lyft
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Trump Supporter Accuses His Lyft Driver of 'Being Racist Against Gay People' Before Calling Him a Racial Slur
A gay Trump supporter has a lot of reckoning to do after a video of him confronting a black Lyft driver recently went viral. In a video recorded by driver Shawn Pepas Lettman, three young men can be seen harassing Lettman after he allegedly refused to let them play music, reports Instinct Magazine. The initial…
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Chance the Rapper Puts in Another Act for Sainthood: Partners With Lyft for Chicago Public Schools
Chance the Rapper continues to break all types of molds, stereotypes and boundaries with his unique blend of God and guts, the nontraditional distribution of his music and his conscious philanthropy. Not only did he again buy out several movie theaters for the new Thurgood Marshall biopic Marshall (he did the same for Hidden Figures), but…
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Lyft Driver Charged in Stabbing on Christmas Night
Kiona Thomas, 25, was charged with stabbing a woman Christmas night over a dispute about how many passengers she would transport, CBS News reports. Thomas was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of assault with intent to murder. Apparently she was picking up a customer in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood at about 11:15 p.m. on Christmas but…
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Study Shows Discrimination Among Uber and Lyft Drivers
A study published Monday by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and the University of Washington reveals that racial discrimination exists among Uber and Lyft drivers, Bloomberg reports. In Boston, drivers canceled rides for men with “black-sounding” names more than twice as often as for other men, according to the study. And…