Boston Uber drivers reportedly turned down passengers based on a photo or a ‘black-sounding name’ twice as often as average states a study published by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and the University of Washington.
The in depth study also found that in Seattle, racial differences meant notably longer wait times for a car using Uber and Lyft.
The study, reported by Bloomberg today, was conducted in Seattle and Boston, and included almost 1,500 rides using four black and four white research assistants— equally male and female — who ordered cars over six weeks Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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