> “What this study shows aligns with what many people across social sciences find, which is — in a world characterized by structural racism — market mechanisms

> “What this study shows aligns with what many people across social sciences find, which is — in a world characterized by structural racism — market mechanisms are often going to reflect and reinforce structural racism,” she said. Exactly. > “It’s important not to equate correlation for causation, ..." an Uber statement said. It doesn't matter. No one is claiming that Uber or Lyft are intentionally factoring race into pricing. It's an artifact of structural racism. Still, it re-enforces the existing system. We know that it's expensive to be poor. And we know that Blacks are disproportionately poor due to centuries of racism. So what could Uber and Lyft do about this? They'd could for example use a progressive pricing model where wealthy riders subsidize poor riders. I have no idea how you'd go about doing that. It's hard to piecemeal address systemic problems. Or they could just use taxi pricing.