A Racist Incident Led this Black Man to

Industry News A Racist Incident Led this Black Man to Launch Noirbnb

by Parker Diakite

Black travelers could probably tell you about situation. He and his housemates had to prove to that time when. the cops they were occupying the house legally.

That time when you were mistaken as Grant posted the situation on his social media a celebrity. Or that time when people rushed to with the caption: “Yo! The Airbnb we’re staying at take a picture like you’re a prop, touch your skin is so nice, the neighbors thought we were robbing and hair without your permission because they’ve the place & called the cops!” never seen a person of color. His next post on Twitter was from an audacious

There are times when people nearly fall over neighbor. with their blatant stares. Or that time when you “After that happened, one of the neighbors were delayed or even refused service in a country knocked on the door asking what we were doing because of the color of your skin. there, and he tries to walk in the house,” Grant

For Stefan Grant, he would tell you about the added. time when neighbors of an Airbnb he was renting in Atlanta called the police on him and his housemates.

“One of the homies came and woke me up, and I’m thinking he wants to ask me about breakfast or something, but he tells me, ‘the cops are here,’” said Grant to Stefan Grant, Founder, Noirbnb Torrence Reed | Chief Technology Offi cer, Noirbnb Travel Noire. “I go outside and see these two police offi cers with The posts went viral, and soon after, Grant started their guns drawn, and they’re aiming them at us. getting messages from people around the world They were trying to fi gure out what we’re doing sharing their similar experiences of discrimination there.” while using Airbnb or other platforms.

This happened in 2015 – one year after police “People were saying how they would try to rent a offi cers killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, spot but get denied so, would have to change their Missouri. Grant says he was struggling with profi le photo to a white person to get approved. that, but his whole mindset was deescalating the I heard stories about how people would book a