Eric Holder’s Next Challenge? Training 640,000 Airbnb Hosts About Unconscious Bias

Bashar Wali | August 19, 2016

by Bashar Wali, Principal / President & Chief Creative Officer, Provenance Hotels Good Luck, Mr. Holder. Seriously! Let me be clear: I'm not anti-Airbnb. I'm pro-Guest. To me, the sharing economy reflects a heartening and positive shift in collective values (from "mine" to "ours," hence the word "sharing") and an impressively agile and rapid pivot toward resourcefulness and efficiency (hence the word "economy"). Am I the only one who thinks humanity should be giving itself a high five right now? The sharing economy is really us. At our caring, clever best. The recent wave of discrimination lawsuits and horror stories about Airbnb ma...