Breitbart:
“Black cabs have become a byword for populism and racism” in the minds of Muslim and immigrant Uber drivers, according to aNew York Times article on the politics of taxi regulation in London.
Many of the British capital’s black cab drivers, who have to comply with a raft of regulations — including passing The Knowledge, a notoriously difficult test in which they must memorise tens of thousands of destinations — tend to be against Uber’s presence in London. Cabbies and their trade union assert that the ride-calling app rival’s lower fares and lower barriers to entry are destroying their trade.
But according to The New York Times feature, London’s taxi wars are “less about the disruptive power of an app, or a new business model” than they are an “echo [of] the culture wars that fueled Britain’s vote last summer to leave the European Union”.
Pointing out how demographics profiles show the majority of black tab drivers are white Britons whilst most Uber drivers are non-white, and many who are immigrants, the Timesargues that the debate concerns “immigrant versus native, old versus new, global versus national”. more here
So….most black cab drivers are white. Ooooookaaaaaay.
The Knowledge is really an impressive accomplishment. Permanently memorizing the entire London map, virtually every street name, plus the mass transit system, plus a host of landmarks in a city with 1000 years of history.
…and the “creep” continues.
Is there anything that is not racist according to the New York Times?
They don’t want throat cutting muzzies taking their livelyhood, they must be racist.
@TAXPAYER:
Yes. Racial violence against whites.
Anyone who has ever caught a taxi in London knows how knowledgeable the cabbies are if they are driving the traditional black cabs. The only time I’ve ever encountered a problem was when an Asian man in a hotel called a ride for me that didn’t have a meter or a taxi license. When he started loading my bags, I refused to take this vehicle, and the Asian driver wanted money for coming to the hotel to pick me up. It is a racket. Lots of money involved in a ride across the city or to the airport, and tourist are being ripped off all the time by these Wonderful Oriental Gentelman. It must be worse now with Uber.
Oops: Wonderful Oriental Gentlemen.
Oh? Londonstan? WGARA? They are not on my travel list in the
next five decades.