Does Uber show a picture of the rider before they accept or just the location?

If the location is a low-income, racially segregated neighborhood, it's functionally the same thing (at least when it comes to not being able to get a cab). This was an issue before Uber even existed, since you'd need to get a cab dispatched to you if you lived in one of those places.

Drivers are more than twice as likely to cancel rides requested by black passengers than rides requested by white passengers. Any such "obsession" in this discussion is a reflection of observed reality, which is clearly not colorblind. https://news.iu.edu/stories/2020/07/iub/releases/22-racial-l...

There's a YouTube video of African immigrant taxi drivers in NYC merrily stating that they won't pick up black Americans because of fare jumping and other issues. One claimed that he could tell who was native born and who wasn't.

We've finally come full circle to the point where calling out racism is now racist. Pack it up folks, it's time to go home.

We've banned that account but please don't make the thread even worse like this. We want curious conversation, not boilerplate battle.

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What has happened to this forum lately? Election year, I guess.