Airbnb apologizes for slave cabin for rent in Mississippi
by Maya Yang from Technology | The Guardian on (#624DB)
The listing was lambasted in a viral TikTok video and was taken down by the company
Airbnb publicly apologized after it allowed a property owner to list an 1830s slave cabin" for rent in Greenville, Mississippi.
In a TikTok video that went viral, a New-Orleans civil rights and entertainment lawyer, Wynton Yates, criticized the listing, saying: The history of slavery in this country is constantly denied and now it's being mocked by being turned into a luxurious vacation spot."
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