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Seems like Uber is thinks black businesses are not capable of competing in a free market without a handout. Based on your definition, it is explicit racism.
by atlantacrackers 6y ago
Seems like Uber is thinks black businesses are not capable of competing in a free market without a handout. Based on your definition, it is explicit racism.
- Kaze404 6y agoThe reason you think that is because you're assuming the free market is 1) free and 2) treats everyone equally, which is not the case.
- atlantacrackers 6y agoTreated equally in a food ordering service? Show me where it says “restaurant owned by a black person” in the Uber app allowing people to discriminate when ordering food.
- Fargren 6y agoQuoting a message from this thread: > If you are black, you are less likely to get a small business loan, and if so you are likely to get worse rates [1]. They also are encountering more resistance to accessing COVID-19 bailout funds [2]. These are just two examples specific to being a business owner, not to mention the systemic racism they face as individuals. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/16/black-owned.. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/16/black-owned.... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/business/minority-busines.. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/business/minority-busines....
- ikeyany 6y agoHow do we live in a free market? Corporations get bailed out all the time for poor business decisions.
- mrcorona 6y agoIts a form of economic reparations. When it comes to all the forms of racism blacks have experienced over the past few centuries I find it funny that this is what offends people, "subsidized deliveries".