New Research Looks At Ways To Help Stop Airbnb Racial Discrimination

By Shankar Vedantam

Published March 2, 2017 at 5:08 AM EST

Airbnb has come under fire in the last year following reports that hosts are less likely to rent to African-Americans compared to whites.

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Shankar Vedantam is NPR's social science correspondent and the host of Hidden Brain. The focus of his reporting is on human behavior and the social sciences, and how research in those fields can get listeners to think about the news in unusual and interesting ways. Hidden Brain is among the most popular podcasts in the world, with over two million downloads per week. The Hidden Brain radio show is featured on some 250 public radio stations across the United States.

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