From: Razer <rayzer@riseup.net>
   On 11/19/2016 09:48 AM, jim bell wrote:

   From: Razer [1]<rayzer@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
     [2]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

   >I don't think that point matter one bit.
   I don't think most people are in any way interested in what you have to
   say.
   >If my name was doodleflapper it would be a strange name. But a
   different kind of strange than Ishmael Osama Baraka Stokely Carmichael.
   But my (and others) point is that nutty lefty organizations like
   Huffington Post like to lie about things, make it appear there is
   "racism" when there really isn't.  They often do this by citing
   seemingly-authoritative statistics, ones that don't actually support
   what they claim.
                     Jim Bell

References

   1. mailto:rayzer@riseup.net
   2. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-sounding-names-study_us_561697a5e4b0dbb8000d687f