“A Harvard study from January of this year found that guests with black-sounding names got rejected from many listings where people with identical profiles, but a white-sounding name, got accepted.”

If you had AirBnB hosts running a credit check on applicants you would find a similar pattern of blacks being rejected. A credit check can uncover a pattern of irresponsible dealings in a persons background. And there is nothing racist about running a credit check on someone. Unfortunately, blacks have higher rates of irresponsible behavior in their past.