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Unfortunately, they don't appear to have solved it at all. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/10/uber-lyft-and-the-false-promise-of-fair-rides/5
by lazyasciiart 6y ago
Unfortunately, they don't appear to have solved it at all.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/10/uber-lyft-and-the-false-promise-of-fair-rides/506000/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/10/uber-ly...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-22/ride-hail-racism-isn-t-gone-it-s-just-delayed https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-22/ride-hail...
- vmception 6y agothe older article is practically supplanted by the newer bloomberg article your bloomberg article starts off with nothing nearly as extreme as “at all”, specifically using “egalitarian in some ways” such as in the case of exactly the problem I detailed Introducing new problems and shifting where the bis occurs and for different populations than just people of color Thank you for the insight, good to know about. I have never thought about overlaying social causes in my profile picture at all let alone on ride hailing apps, but I can see many people doing that
- lazyasciiart 6y agoYes, they show that the problem has persisted over time. Black or Hispanic people still wait longer for a car, which is the problem you described.
- vmception 6y agoyes you're right