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Airbnb's new experiment to combat rental bias uses initials instead of names

A 2016 Harvard Business School study<a href=&quot;http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/racial-discrimination-in-the-sharing-economy-evidence-from-a-field-experiment&quot;>, </a>specifically looking at behavioral patterns on Airbnb, found that guests with &quot;distinctly African-American names are roughly 16% less likely to be accepted than identical guests with distinctively White names.&quot; (AFP via Getty Images)
A 2016 Harvard Business School study, specifically looking at behavioral patterns on Airbnb, found that guests with "distinctly African-American names are roughly 16% less likely to be accepted than identical guests with distinctively White names." (AFP via Getty Images)

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