Taxi company racism report

biko wrote: »

I can tell the difference between African accents, not all but some.
I can also tell a Chinese person from a Japanese.
Can you?

Emm, I'd hazard a guess that the posters claiming to be able to 100% diffentiate between people from 40 +countries on a single continent, did *not* knock on the drivers' window and have them recite 'Mary had a little lamb', to see if their accent passed muster or not:rolleyes:

Yes, there are national physical traits that *sometimes* give a clue but it is by NO means an indicator. And it is downright daft to say we can differentiate all the time..there are plenty of Connemara men who are dark, Spanish and French blokes who are fair etc. I KNOW that I'd find it hard to tell an Ethiopian from an Eritrean - yet many of those peoples would consider themselves as different as the Irish to the English

See I thought the monkey post was an attempt at a form of comedy, now my brain is boggling at the fact it may have been a serious post.

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

Get out of where, his taxi or your country? :rolleyes:


Either.

I know of a Polish guy who was a taxi driver in Galway, he has given his job up as there was no money in the job after a good few years working at it. He told me he heard Irish guys talking of the good times of when there was a shortage of taxi's and could get loads of fares. Now there is too many taxi's unless your looking for one

I have heard of women looking for women taxi drivers, thats not sexist is it ? If taxi at top of line has a taxi driver that looks dubious, and considering some taxi drivers have been found to have previous convictions then you are right to look elsewhere. Otherwise may end up like the lady that got in the taxi driven by John Ryan, She gave the driver, John Ryan, her address but he continued past it to an isolated area where he raped and sexually assaulted her. Not his first conviction
http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/~peoplesr/forums//showthread.php?t=175245

I have been in a taxi in Dublin driven by african and went down wrong road, he said it was accident. It cost slightly more money due to that error but only slightly. Given that taxi's have meters I dont see how they could charge more than say an Irish taxi driver. It is all regulated now

There is the case of african not having tax/insurance http://taxieire.lefora.com/2010/08/18/taxi-driver-from-nigeria-dokiwari-kobam-had-fake-t/ . How come these people get a PSV licence. I know more regulations are coming into force so perhaps this wont happen in the future again. No matter what nationality they are. Lots and lots of black guys driving taxi's in Galway. I heard big 'O' taxi's work on a system of all drivers have a share in business

Racist against who, which race? Do you mean Nigeria ?When it comes to Nigeria, they have alot of problems with corruption. I know the government is trying to stop it. Do you think people are racist against Nigerians ?

Nigeria has a bad reputation for phrases such as “Most corrupt country in the world”, “kidnappings” “tribal conflicts”, “HIV pandemic” “hotbed for malaria”

http://www.eilireland.org/community/members/maevegalvin/blog/23/september/2010/my-nigerian-experience

If you are from Nigeria, people will all know of the African Prince who wants to take thousands off them. I have got hundreds of those emails. That reputation will follow you, even if you completly innocent


If you take B&H in New York, they employ only Jews. Jews often complain of discrimination. They are doing it themselves in this case

I choose my taxi in the rank on the basis of how decent their car is and how trustworthy the driver looks; regardless of their skin colour. I also actively avoid getting a taxi with one of the larger companies as I had a very bad and scary experience with one of their drivers years ago. I use Galway taxis a lot, but again that is purely down to the good service they provide regardless of the time of day or night. As long as I get from a to b safely and at a reasonable price, and the taxi shows up when ordered Then that's all of the boxes ticked for me as far as I'm concerned

Would you skip a taxi if it was a taxi from one of the larger companies and if it was the first/lead taxi in the taxi rank and use a different taxi in the taxi rank?

What scary experience did you have, did you make a complaint ?

LawnMower Man wrote: »

It is serious, I'm vegetarian for years and ever since that News report last year about the monkeys legs being smuggled in from Nigeria, I stopped getting Black Taxi drivers as I just think about the poor little monkeys getting there legs chopped off and posted over here, just stuck in my mind I suppose, same as the koreans eating dogs. Then again It doesnt bother me Irish people eating turkeys or Irish fare, Just I think Monkeys and Dogs have a bit of personality but thats just my view but I dont consider it racist.

Well Jaysus, if lack of personality = a good reason to be eaten, then a lot of people on here are bound to have a few bites gone out of them on a regular basis.

I generally pick the taxi that's at the top of the rank, regardless of who's behind the wheel, because they've waited their turn and it's only fair.

But, since people are talking about experiences - I've generally had more enjoyable journeys with non-Irish taxi drivers.

I find that a lot of the Irish taxi drivers are negative, that they can go off on racist tangents or start ranting and raving about politicians and the economy. On the other hand, I got into a minicab driven by an African chap one night. He had decked the thing out to be like a disco, with lights and stuff. Kinda gave added value to the fare, imo!

Dan_Solo wrote: »

There's no contradiction there.
He says there's no rules and then tells you what he does. His personal choice doesn't contradict the fact that there a no laws governing which taxi someone picks.
Yeah, he's a racist, but at least he's consistent!

*sigh*

• rorymcgrory's 'personal choice' contradicts his claim that he doesn't [negatively in this context] discriminate by race.
• Caucasian is a race.
• rorymcgrory discriminates when choosing a taxi based on the driver being caucasian.
• rorymcrory discriminates on race.

What made it negative discrimination, and therefore racist, was his claim to have been ripped off by a racial group of drivers (I would consider 'negro' to be racial in the context of his post).
This was followed up by generalised and false statement "It's a well known fact [that the same racial group] charge at least 2 to 3 euro more per run [than....?]".

*needle* *needle* *poke* *poke* *needle*

mbiking123 wrote: »

If a black person refused to get into a taxi driven by a white man would that be racist ?

If a black person refused to trust any White cabbie based on a negative individual, yes, I would consider it a racist choice.

Maybe they read that article about Scottish people disembowelling sheep, and stuffing their stomachs with spiced breadcrumbs and eating it at special occasions, or about Irish peope cutting the feet off pigs in parts of rural Ireland, and serving them in jars of vinegar in pubs, or maybe Spanish people slowiny goring a bull to death with knives as people cheer, or English hunting baby foxes with blood-thirsty dogs (foxes are clever, supposed to have a bit of personality, right?). They are all White - Wouldn't want to get into a car with
any of them if you're a vegetarian of any standing, never mind buy a product
from their country!:rolleyes:

I'm half veggie, can I use a skateboard?

Maybe they read that article about Scottish people disembowelling sheep, and stuffing their stomachs with spiced breadcrumbs and eating it at special occasions, or about Irish peope cutting the feet off pigs in parts of rural Ireland, and serving them in jars of vinegar in pubs, or maybe Spanish people slowiny goring a bull to death with knives as people cheer, or English hunting baby foxes with blood-thirsty dogs (foxes are clever, supposed to have a bit of personality, right?). They are all White - Wouldn't want to get into a car with
any of them if you're a vegetarian of any standing, never mind buy a product
from their country!

we dont eat monkeys or bush meat, dont eat whale meat and we also dont eat other humans. We could be alot worse than just eating pig meat. By the way I know someone with pigs and their are strict regulations with their slaughter, your not allowed to do it yourself

mbiking123 wrote: »

I believe if he would not use a taxi with a white cabbie it is racist full stop, never mind the trust

I'm not disagreeing with you on that, I just would assume he/she would base the decision on something *such as* lack of trust.

mbiking123 wrote: »

we dont eat monkeys or bush meat, dont eat whale meat and we also dont eat other humans. We could be alot worse than just eating pig meat. By the way I know someone with pigs and their are strict regulations with their slaughter, your not allowed to do it yourself

I eat fish but not meat myself. Honestly though,I have WAY more respect for those who raise or hunt their food, and are aware of it's origins, rather than those who rant about the *intelligent* animals having a right to live, while happy to leg it down to centra and buy a box of burgers with excessive packaging, and possibly flown in from another country.

Endangered species are a whole other conversation. Much of the fish we consume is reaching that point. But this is going off topic, the fact that we started off connecting ALL black taxi drivers with eating monkey limbs is akin something from a comedy with Alf Garnett or Mr Steptoe.

Endangered species are a whole other conversation. Much of the fish we consume is reaching that point. But this is going off topic, the fact that we started off connecting ALL black taxi drivers with eating monkey limbs is akin something from a comedy with Alf Garnett or Mr Steptoe

Tut tut I never said that, I also mentioned whale meat. You brought up the whole meat subject not me. I just showing we are far from the worst offenders

back to the race card

http://www.taxiregulator.ie/industry-FAQs.html

getting into old taxi cars will be changing as far as I know

mbiking123 wrote: »

Tut tut I never said that, I also mentioned whale meat. You brought up the whole meat subject not me. I just showing we are far from the worst offenders

back to the race card

I didn't bring up the meat thing, an earlier poster did. 'We' may not eat whales but we eat creatures that others may not, or are not ecologically sustainable.

Absolutely black people can be racist toward white people, I never disagreed with you on that point.