This month in serious ridesharing allegations

[jdb10987 at yahoo.com (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. Â 


            Jim Bell





   
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