Re:Uber Eats removes delivery fee for Black-owned restaurants
by Kaze404 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @01:06PM
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The reason you think that is because you're assuming the free market is 1) free and 2) treats everyone equally, which is not the case.
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Re:Uber Eats removes delivery fee for Black-owned restaurants
by atlantacrackers on Saturday June 06, 2020 @01:10PM
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Treated equally in a food ordering service? Show me where it says “restaurant owned by a black person” in the Uber app allowing people to discriminate when ordering food.
Re:Uber Eats removes delivery fee for Black-owned restaurants
by Fargren on Saturday June 06, 2020 @01:21PM
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Quoting a message from this thread:
> If you are black, you are less likely to get a small business loan, and if so you are likely to get worse rates [1]. They also are encountering more resistance to accessing COVID-19 bailout funds [2]. These are just two examples specific to being a business owner, not to mention the systemic racism they face as individuals.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/16/black-owned.... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/business/minority-busines....