Todd is married to Kimberly. They have five wonderful children. In 2015, he graduated with honors from Wheaton College with a Master’s Degree in Evangelism and Leadership and soon thereafter opened Catalyze, Inc. - a nonprofit organization that seeks to positively transform individuals and neighborhoods; educate and inspire Christians to be more active in their faith; and catalyze small Christian group creation, reproduction, and multiplication. He is passionate about God, family, sports, hunting, fishing, and the outdoors.
On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 2:27:24 PM UTC-5, plainolamerican wrote: > > ‘I hate n*ggers so I’m going to cancel’: NC Airbnb host rejects and > harasses black businesswoman > [image: David Edwards] > David Edwards <http://www.rawstory.com/author/davide/> > 01 Jun 2016 at 10:41 ET <http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/01/> > > > An Airbnb host in North Carolina reportedly canceled on an investment > banker after learning she was black and then attacked her with racial and > sexist slurs. > > In screen shots of a heated conversation sent to Bossip > <http://bossip.com/1319759/north-carolina-air-bnb-host-cancels-then-harasses-investment-banker-with-racial-slurs-after-discovering-shes-black/>, > > Airbnb host Todd Warner accepts the reservation of an investment banker > that needed temporary housing in Charlotte, and then hours later cited her > race as the reason for canceling. > > Shani C. Taylor, who identified herself as a friend of the woman, posted > some of the conversation > <https://twitter.com/shanictaylor/status/737787237446864896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw> > on > Twitter. > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2UUSQjARAzQ/V08zOz2SQxI/AAAAAAAAEbo/ieE9E1WITp8GmWbQh4QO8XnBvmjf7cpJQCLcB/s1600/Cj0llAWUkAAoGD3.jpg> > > > This was only one of several really awful remarks made by the host, Todd > Warner. pic.twitter.com/F0mLHWZW2v <https://t.co/F0mLHWZW2v> > > — Shani C. Taylor (@shanictaylor) May 31, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/shanictaylor/status/737787525083848704> > > “I hate n*ggers so I’m going to cancel you,” Warner wrote. “This is the > south darline. Find another place to rest your n*gger head.” > > He added that he “wanted to f*ck” the woman’s “white friend.” > > After threatening to report Warner to Airbnb, the woman explained that she > was an investment banker with an MBA. > > “So watch out,” she warned. “I might just buy the apartment/house next to > you, and watch you squirm, you piece of shit.” > > Warner fired back that he had retired with $22 million at the age of 44 > because he was “not N*GGER like with my spending.” > > “Have 80 babies that you can’t afford,” he wrote. > > Airbnb responded on Tuesday > <https://twitter.com/AirbnbHelp/status/737823604600143873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>, > > saying that the company had contacted the host. > > In recent months, Airbnb has come under fire > <https://medium.com/stay-woke/i-read-about-this-phenomenon-of-black-people-being-rejected-on-Airbnb-f36dd3ab0375#.hjxaozmzb> > for > not screening out racists hosts. > > Last year, the company defended itself after a Harvard study found that > renters whose names sounded African-American were more likely to be > rejected by Airbnb hosts. > > “Airbnb is one of the most open, trusted, diverse, transparent communities > in the world,” a spokesperson insisted to Bloomberg > <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-10/study-finds-racial-discrimination-by-Airbnb-hosts> > at > the time. “We respond quickly to any concerns raised by hosts or guests, > and we have a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination on our platform.” > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
