Airbnb removes Mississippi 'slave cabin' from listings after viral TikTok video

[ShazzieB]

Oh, but there's no such thing as systemic racism in the U.S. How dare anyone suggest such a thing!

Airbnb on Monday removed listings where enslaved people in the U.S. once lived following a viral TikTok video slamming a Mississippi property described as a "slave cabin."

“Properties that formerly housed the enslaved have no place on Airbnb,” the property-rental company said in a statement to NBC News. ”We apologize for any trauma or grief created by the presence of this listing, and others like it, and that we did not act sooner to address this issue.”

Airbnb added that the company is working with experts to develop new policies to address other properties associated with slavery.

The property at the forefront of the controversy is the Panther Burn Cottage at the Belmont Plantation in Greenville, Mississippi. It is no longer listed on the site.

Read the whole story and see the Tik Tok video here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/airbnb-removes-mississippi-slave-cabin-listings-viral-tiktok-video-rcna41092

[Haggard Celine]

1. All the owners have to do is say that it's haunted.

They'll have people staying there and having seances and all sorts of shit. They need to look for the right places to advertise. Air Bnb isn't it.

[ggma]

2. OR...

Honor the past and make it a historical site.

gg