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Taxi service was bad everywhere if you were black.

TeMPOraL 9y ago
Everywhere in the 60s or everywhere in pre-Uber XXI century? Honest question; I was under the impression that most of the racism problems in the US have been solved before I was born.
- sp332 9y ago
  It's still a big problem. https://medium.com/matter/ubering-while-black-146db581b9db https://medium.com/matter/ubering-while-black-146db581b9db http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/digital-discrimination-the-case-of-airbnb-com http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/digital-discrimination-the-case-of... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining#Current_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining#Current_issues
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- dsp1234 9y ago
  Racism in the US is not currently solved, so your impression is incorrect. Slavery is gone, and legal segregation is gone, but racism is still alive and well. While the other comment is particularly snarky, and while modern day racism is less overt than activities like lynching, it still exists. As an easy example from recent news, a Texas judge posting on facebook that it was "time for a tree and a rope" (which is an implied lynching)[0]. [0] - http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local-govt--politics/judge-must-undergo-sensitivity-training-after-tree-and-rope-post/mmNmCgN8j5chVcqF6URaBM/ http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local-govt--politics/judge-m...
anigbrowl 9y ago
You know the rest of the world isn't as racist as the USA, so be a little more careful with your 'everywhere' please.
- xaqfox 9y ago
  <quote>You know the rest of the world isn't as racist as the USA</quote> Unless perhaps, you are a Turk in Germany or a Roma just about anywhere in Europe.
  - anigbrowl 9y ago
    A reasonable point. I'd say the US is worse in absolute terms (simply on account of a much larger number of number of fatal shootings and the like), but whether that means it's more racist or similarly so and just more violent in general is tricky to analyze. It's unfortunate that we find ourselves having to make such comparisons at all :-(
BlackjackCF 9y ago
It's really not much different for Uber: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-31/study-finds-racial-discrimination-by-uber-and-lyft-drivers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-31/study-fin...

Everywhere in the 60s or everywhere in pre-Uber XXI century? Honest question; I was under the impression that most of the racism problems in the US have been solved before I was born.

sp332 9y ago
It's still a big problem. https://medium.com/matter/ubering-while-black-146db581b9db https://medium.com/matter/ubering-while-black-146db581b9db http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/digital-discrimination-the-case-of-airbnb-com http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/digital-discrimination-the-case-of... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining#Current_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining#Current_issues
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dsp1234 9y ago
Racism in the US is not currently solved, so your impression is incorrect. Slavery is gone, and legal segregation is gone, but racism is still alive and well. While the other comment is particularly snarky, and while modern day racism is less overt than activities like lynching, it still exists. As an easy example from recent news, a Texas judge posting on facebook that it was "time for a tree and a rope" (which is an implied lynching)[0]. [0] - http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local-govt--politics/judge-must-undergo-sensitivity-training-after-tree-and-rope-post/mmNmCgN8j5chVcqF6URaBM/ http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local-govt--politics/judge-m...

anigbrowl 9y ago

You know the rest of the world isn't as racist as the USA, so be a little more careful with your 'everywhere' please.

xaqfox 9y ago
<quote>You know the rest of the world isn't as racist as the USA</quote> Unless perhaps, you are a Turk in Germany or a Roma just about anywhere in Europe.
- anigbrowl 9y ago
  A reasonable point. I'd say the US is worse in absolute terms (simply on account of a much larger number of number of fatal shootings and the like), but whether that means it's more racist or similarly so and just more violent in general is tricky to analyze. It's unfortunate that we find ourselves having to make such comparisons at all :-(

BlackjackCF 9y ago

It's really not much different for Uber: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-31/study-finds-racial-discrimination-by-uber-and-lyft-drivers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-31/study-fin...