TikToker goes viral exposing \u201cslave cabins\u201d on Airbnb TIKTOK: LAWYERWYNTONA TikTok user went viral after exposing a 1830s slave cabin listed on Airbnb as a luxurious stay. Wynton Yates, a civil rights attorney who posts under the handle \u2018LawyerWinton,\u2019 slammed the listing, which has since been removed. In the viral video, he shared screenshots of the cabin\u2019s 1830s structure, which was moved from a nearby plantation to the one it currently sits on. On Airbnb, it was advertised as a \u201cmeticulously restored\u201d bed-and-breakfast. \u201cThe history of slavery in this country is constantly denied and now it\u2019s being mocked by being turned into a luxurious vacation spot,\u201d Yates said in the clip. The listing was advertised as \u201cThe Panther Burn Cottage at Belmont Plantation\u201d in Greenville, Mississippi. The description said it was formerly a slave cabin in the 1830s, then a sharecropper cabin and medical office for local farmers. In the clip, which has been viewed over 2.6 million views, Yates asks, \u201cHow is this okay, in somebody\u2019s mind, to rent out this place? A place where human beings were kept as slaves.\u201d \u201cThe history of slavery in this country is constantly denied and now it\u2019s being mocked by being turned into a luxurious vacation spot,\u201d he added. Airbnb responds to Wynton Yate\u2019s viral video Following major backlash, the vacation rental company removed the listing, and recently issued a public apology. \u201cProperties that formerly housed the enslaved have no place on Airbnb,\u201d Airbnb spokesman Ben Breit said in a statement. \u201cWe apologize for any trauma or grief created by the presence of this listing, and others like it, and that we did not act sooner to address this issue.\u201d The company also said it\u2019s working with experts on developing new policies for dealing with properties tied to slavery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikToker goes viral exposing \u201cslave cabins\u201d on Airbnb TIKTOK: LAWYERWYNTONA TikTok user went viral after exposing a 1830s slave cabin listed on Airbnb as a luxurious stay. Wynton Yates, a civil rights attorney who posts under the handle \u2018LawyerWinton,\u2019 slammed the listing, which has since been removed. In the viral video, he shared screenshots of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}