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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by ginko on Sunday January 12, 2020 @06:23AM (#22025749)
As far as I can tell, the name "Cummings" is Gaelic, not Caucasian.

http://www.comins.org/cummingsname.htm

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