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We're just regressing back to black people not being able to get a taxi.

WrongThinkerNo5 6y ago
Why would "black" taxi drivers not pick up "black" passengers? What is your obsession with color coding people? It's unhealthy and racist.
- tfehring 6y ago
  Drivers are more than twice as likely to cancel rides requested by black passengers than rides requested by white passengers. Any such "obsession" in this discussion is a reflection of observed reality, which is clearly not colorblind. https://news.iu.edu/stories/2020/07/iub/releases/22-racial-lgbt-bias-persists-in-ridesharing-platforms.html https://news.iu.edu/stories/2020/07/iub/releases/22-racial-l...
  - davidf18 6y ago
    For privacy reasons best not to use photos. Also, for these sorts of apps, probably best to choose a plain generic name, e.g, John, Sally and just say it is your middle name and that you go by your middle name.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
  There's a YouTube video of African immigrant taxi drivers in NYC merrily stating that they won't pick up black Americans because of fare jumping and other issues. One claimed that he could tell who was native born and who wasn't.
- Consultant32452 6y ago
  We've finally come full circle to the point where calling out racism is now racist. Pack it up folks, it's time to go home.
  - asdff 6y ago
    What has happened to this forum lately? Election year, I guess.
  - dang 6y ago
    We've banned that account but please don't make the thread even worse like this. We want curious conversation, not boilerplate battle. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
mlrtime 6y ago
Does Uber show a picture of the rider before they accept or just the location?
- kevingadd 6y ago
  If the location is a low-income, racially segregated neighborhood, it's functionally the same thing (at least when it comes to not being able to get a cab). This was an issue before Uber even existed, since you'd need to get a cab dispatched to you if you lived in one of those places.

Why would "black" taxi drivers not pick up "black" passengers? What is your obsession with color coding people? It's unhealthy and racist.

tfehring 6y ago
Drivers are more than twice as likely to cancel rides requested by black passengers than rides requested by white passengers. Any such "obsession" in this discussion is a reflection of observed reality, which is clearly not colorblind. https://news.iu.edu/stories/2020/07/iub/releases/22-racial-lgbt-bias-persists-in-ridesharing-platforms.html https://news.iu.edu/stories/2020/07/iub/releases/22-racial-l...
- davidf18 6y ago
  For privacy reasons best not to use photos. Also, for these sorts of apps, probably best to choose a plain generic name, e.g, John, Sally and just say it is your middle name and that you go by your middle name.
kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
There's a YouTube video of African immigrant taxi drivers in NYC merrily stating that they won't pick up black Americans because of fare jumping and other issues. One claimed that he could tell who was native born and who wasn't.
Consultant32452 6y ago
We've finally come full circle to the point where calling out racism is now racist. Pack it up folks, it's time to go home.
- asdff 6y ago
  What has happened to this forum lately? Election year, I guess.
- dang 6y ago
  We've banned that account but please don't make the thread even worse like this. We want curious conversation, not boilerplate battle. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

mlrtime 6y ago

Does Uber show a picture of the rider before they accept or just the location?

kevingadd 6y ago
If the location is a low-income, racially segregated neighborhood, it's functionally the same thing (at least when it comes to not being able to get a cab). This was an issue before Uber even existed, since you'd need to get a cab dispatched to you if you lived in one of those places.