Comment on Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US

• starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In this case the effect is so serious that you don’t really have a good option. It would be like if specifically Asian people were joining Uber trying to sexually assault men, I would probably do something to allow men to avoid Asians. It’s absolutely racist but at least I’m massively reducing the sexual assaults. The reason this doesn’t apply to race as much is almost every time something was blamed on race it was just a lie or completely misrepresented.

  source

  • frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I understand the problem is real.

    Discrimination is discrimination though.

    source

    • starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Well in that case would you also be against affirmative action? I would also say that’s racist, but I also want the perspectives of other ethnicities, who likely grew up differently, when decisions are made. I think discrimination is sometimes just a necessary evil.

      source

      • frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’m in favor of affirmative action because it attempts to correct discrimination. It’s not racist, it is racial. Affirmative action acknowledges that discrimination has existed and takes measures to attempt to prevent it.

        source