You don't want to take us just because we're black

You don't want to take us just because we're black
First they complain and pull the race card and then compound it by doing a theft of services - proving that they are not trustworthy - hmmm if you are going to complain about the perception that being black is a negative thing and then you reinforce the thinking with a criminal act - don't be surprised when people think the worst.
—Kong

You don't want to take us just because we're black
Cabbies should have a good idea on what it would cost to drive a client to a particular destination. Hell, charge them when they get in the car. that'll fix chumps like the knuckleheads you gave the ride.
—Carlos

You don't want to take us just because we're black
Race has nothing to do with it - don't pick up suspicious looking/acting teenagers!
—Jason

You don't want to take us just because we're black
My dentist now asks up front for the 50% of the cost of work he is planning to do that he knows my insurance doesn't cover. Maybe an after hours deposit is not outrageous. But, can you get away doing that with everybody? Maybe a sign, like the ones thatself-serve gas stations in other states have "Pre-Pay After Dark" would work. Sorry that those people took advantage of your fair nature.
—Rick in Nebraska

You don't want to take us just because we're black
I take it the pdx view of this theft is that it is the cabby's fault. Wrong. First it is the fault of parents who have raised pissant kids. Second it is the teenagers at fault for being street thug hustlers in the making. And third, it is the fault of every apologist in this country who lets this race card crap fall at will, usually just before or just after some affront brought on by poorly raised insults to their own ethnicity. And the cabby should never, ever not trust her own judgement again, because the results can be far worse than a ride- and- run passenger.
—john

You don't want to take us just because we're black
There is a another side to this. I am white. I used to live in New York City, where I often went to Harlem to work (I sang in a club on 138th) or to visit friends. Many times, I hailed a cab, particularly at night when I didn't want to take the subway, and when I told them where I wanted to go, they would refuse. (The usual uptown service was gypsy cabs --- if you could find one below 96th.) One time, Miles Davis had me hail him a cab because no one would stop for him.

I had a boyfriend, a piano player who lived on "Striver's Row" in Harlem, a lovely street of Stanford White brownstones. One night, I found a yellow cab (white driver) that would take me there. All was fine until I paid him. I gave him a twenty, and he refused to give me change. He was "fining" me for taking me up there. I started yelling at him (I was mad because I couldn't afford to drop $20 on a $5.75 cab ride), and my boyfriend came out and hustled me into his house, saying, "You're going to upset the neighborhood. Just forget about it." I never forgot about it.
—ladyluck

You don't want to take us just because we're black
Don't be prejudiced by the way people look, but by their actions. If more black people, latino, or whatever, screw you over more than another group of people, it's all natural to be cautious and biased. It's called odds. The odds that they they will do something that a past fare has, will be elevated. As a matter of fact, I would generally assume most people as being deadbeats until they prove otherwise. All the those teens did was reinforce your gut instinct for the next fare. Fuck'em. And fuck whoever doesn't like the way you do business. There are other cabs in town.
—VEGA