Lyft drivers are using safety tools to suspend and harass Black
passengers, and the company is doing nothing about it!

Let’s join together and force them to clean their cars of racism.

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John,

My friend just told me the worst story: there's an epidemic of Lyft and
Uber drivers reporting people for not wearing masks just so that they
don't have to pick up Black, Brown and LGBTQ+ customers.

Then, those customers are losing their accounts even though they wore a
mask the whole time!

Some drivers are basically using a feature that is supposed to protect
them from covid to help them be racist towards everyone else.

It's disgusting. And worse, Lyft and Uber aren't stepping in to solve the
problem, even though experts say it's not hard to quickly verify driver
reports as they happen. Let's call on ride share companies to clean their
cars of racism before another person's account is unfairly suspended.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Uber and Lyft: clean up your cars of racism.

There’s even reports of this happening the other way round: Black and
Brown drivers getting reported for not wearing masks (when they clearly
are) so that white riders can avoid using them without cancellation fees.
It just shows that the whole feature is a mess of prejudice and abuse.

It may not be fair to expect the companies to have predicted this
atrocious behavior, but now that it’s being reported everywhere, even in
the news, they still aren’t doing anything about it.

A simple verify option where riders and drivers can show their mask in the
moment would solve this problem right away, but it means spending money
and time to create it. That’s where our community comes in!

[ [link removed] ]Act now to force Lyft and Uber to clean their cars of racism!

This is one of those horrible situations that can have wide-ranging
effects on the lives of millions of people, and never ever get solved
because it never makes it into the mainstream media. But one massive
outcry from us could solve the problem and make sure all ride share users
are safe from this kind of harassment and discrimination.



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With hope,
Toni and the team at SumOfUs


More information:

[ [link removed] ]A Pandemic Safety Feature On Uber And Lyft Is Getting Abused To Scam
Drivers And Discriminate Against Passengers Buzzfeed News, July 07, 2021

 

 

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