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Re:An Open Letter to the Uber Board and Investors by cstejerean on Thursday February 23, 2017 @07:20PM (#13719408)
In the US at least Uber hasn't done a very good job at eliminating racial discrimination. A study has found that drivers continue to discriminate, this time based on the race they assume based on the person's name.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-31/study-fin...

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Re:An Open Letter to the Uber Board and Investors by yummyfajitas on Thursday February 23, 2017 @07:40PM (#13719589)
The actual study says they are doing a very good job - traditional taxis discriminate vastly more than Uber/Lyft/Flywheel. Look at the tables at the end, it's easy to see a HUGE delta for traditional taxis, compared to relatively small (albeit statistically significant ones) for Uber.

https://faculty.washington.edu/dwhm/wp-content/uploads/2016/...

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Re:An Open Letter to the Uber Board and Investors by splintercell on Thursday February 23, 2017 @07:39PM (#13719579)
I don't know whatever Lyft is doing, but I have a super low rating on Lyft than on Uber and I behave the same in both the cases.
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Re:An Open Letter to the Uber Board and Investors by joatmon-snoo on Thursday February 23, 2017 @09:32PM (#13720379)
Wait, as a driver?
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Re:An Open Letter to the Uber Board and Investors by splintercell on Thursday February 23, 2017 @09:38PM (#13720418)
No as a customer.
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