Re:Racial and Gender Discrimination in Transportation Networ...
by nickpsecurity on Monday October 31, 2016 @04:05PM
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They always need to consider crime rates in these studies. One was posted about Amazon Prime a while back showing they weren't delivering to a number of mostly-black areas. This they said was evidence of racial discrimination. They didn't mention that those areas, which I recognized, were a bunch of "hoods" very high in violent crime and theft. Most truck drivers will resist going into such places not to mention liability or cost conscious companies. So, the truth about them avoiding dangerous areas got distorted into them just being racist.
Need to always account for that. In this case, they're talking Seattle and Boston. I don't know how much crime is involved in these areas or what amount of the study happened in ghetto areas. If these were minimal, then it would be evidence of racism. If not, then crime angle has to be examined.
Need to always account for that. In this case, they're talking Seattle and Boston. I don't know how much crime is involved in these areas or what amount of the study happened in ghetto areas. If these were minimal, then it would be evidence of racism. If not, then crime angle has to be examined.