This month in serious ridesharing allegations

[jim bell]

From: Razer <rayzer at riseup.net>



>This month in serious ridesharing allegations
>Nathaniel Mott
>October was defined by a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research which revealed that many Uber and Lyft drivers >are sexist. The landmark study found that drivers in Seattle made African American passengers wait longer to be picked up,

A few months ago, I read a part of an article referring to another article saying that Americans discriminated against "African-American names".  The second article might have been     http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-sounding-names-study_us_561697a5e4b0dbb8000d687f , although I just Googled that result.




 But the first article went on to point out that in reality, Americans discriminated against STRANGE names, not specifically against African-American names.  But because blacks have begun to adopt strange names, they adopt the discrimination they would not otherwise face.


This is why the term, "Lying with statistics" exists.  


            Jim Bell





   
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