Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its ride-hailing platform.

The new feature is being rolled out nationwide despite an ongoing class action lawsuit against the policy in California, filed by Uber drivers who argue that it discriminates against men. Rival ride-hailing company Lyft is facing a discrimination lawsuit over a similar offering that it introduced nationwide in 2024.

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    It’s also not a bullshit statistic to say black americans are more likely to commit and be arrested for violent crimes.

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      There’s a lot riding into that figure: asymmetric policing, asymmetric wealth, racist violence by white to black tends to go unreported, etc.

      Edit: also there is a recurring, unsubtle theme in history of falsified reports for insurance or PR where people will say they were attacked by a black man. There’s at least two notable instances from characters that earned a Dollop episode giving police a description of a fully fabricated black man.

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      You aren’t living in reality if you believe that the violence men commit against others is just bullshit statistics.

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          Can you read? That’s exactly what the commenter was implying.

          I don’t like these policies and find them sexist. It is as if men were these wild creatures that women must stay away from and cannot be reasoned with. It is dehumanizing. How would you feel if I could choose not to take rides from people of color because of some bullshit statistic about them being more likely to commit crimes?

          It’s also not a bullshit statistic to say black americans are more likely to commit and be arrested for violent crimes.