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Uber already have different options for vehicles bigger, ability to haul equipment, luxury, etc... so how about embrace this issue by having a class of armored

Uber already have different options for vehicles bigger, ability to haul equipment, luxury, etc... so how about embrace this issue by having a class of armored vehicle for rough neighborhoods? Call it the "Presidential Service". Or pay former bouncers and ex gang members extra to service these areas. If there is a policy against this make an exception for this category and add disclaimers. Probably not a wonderful idea but someone could probably build upon it.

YellOh 3y ago
I think the trouble is the overlap of high-crime and high-diversity areas. Say you're sending an armored vehicle into a high-crime area and it's reasonable protection. Someone writes a news article about having expensive & specially trained drivers required in the poorest minority communities and it's a major PR issue. Depends on who gets control of the narrative.
- LinuxBender 3y ago
  major PR issue. Depends on who gets control of the narrative Agreed, even as I was typing it I can see all the negative optics. It's probably a bad idea but there is probably some derivation that could work and could even give more job opportunities to people that are otherwise between a rock and a hard place. I'm thinking along the lines of private military contractors but with less formal training.
- beezlewax 3y ago
  Isn't this overlap more due to poverty rather than "high-diversity" as you put it?
  - YellOh 3y ago
    The actual cause of the overlap is probably due to [generational] poverty; diversity itself doesn't cause crime. I have no idea where you even read that in my comment. I'm trying to point out that it is beneficial to some groups to frame it as only-crime (if trying to defend treating the area differently), and beneficial to other groups to treat it as only-diversity (if trying to punish those who treat the area differently).

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Uber already have different options for vehicles bigger, ability to haul equipment, luxury, etc... so how about embrace this issue by having a class of armored

by LinuxBender 3y ago

YellOh 3y ago
I think the trouble is the overlap of high-crime and high-diversity areas. Say you're sending an armored vehicle into a high-crime area and it's reasonable protection. Someone writes a news article about having expensive & specially trained drivers required in the poorest minority communities and it's a major PR issue. Depends on who gets control of the narrative.
- LinuxBender 3y ago
  major PR issue. Depends on who gets control of the narrative Agreed, even as I was typing it I can see all the negative optics. It's probably a bad idea but there is probably some derivation that could work and could even give more job opportunities to people that are otherwise between a rock and a hard place. I'm thinking along the lines of private military contractors but with less formal training.
- beezlewax 3y ago
  Isn't this overlap more due to poverty rather than "high-diversity" as you put it?
  - YellOh 3y ago
    The actual cause of the overlap is probably due to [generational] poverty; diversity itself doesn't cause crime. I have no idea where you even read that in my comment. I'm trying to point out that it is beneficial to some groups to frame it as only-crime (if trying to defend treating the area differently), and beneficial to other groups to treat it as only-diversity (if trying to punish those who treat the area differently).