I drove a yellow cab in New York city for 10 years and you know why cabs don't pick up blacks? Because they don't pay. It's as simple as that. Black drivers do not pick up blacks, so there goes the "racism" argument right out the window. I can't even count the amount of times blacks either 1. Ran away without paying or 2. Short changed me, meaning if the fare was $5 they would give me $3 and take off. And tips? ha ha ha ha. Tips do not exist when it comes to blacks. Ask any waiter, food delivery guy, anything that involves tips who tips the least, ALL of them will tell you blacks every-single-time. Probably the worst I ever got ripped off was driving a black guy from Manhattan to Baldwin Long Island, it came to something like $105 and he told me "wait right here while I get the money" and zooom, he ran behind a house and that was the last I saw of him. This is on top of all the other blacks I drove to Brooklyn or the Bronx who also skipped out on $20, $30 even $60 dollar fares. The $60 one was a guy I drove from Brooklyn to North Bronx who gave me a crumpled up bunch of bills and as I was taking them apart he took off. $3 dollars. He crumpled up $3 dollars. And of course it's ALL racism by the drivers isn't it! Not the fact that blacks have absolutely NO respect when it comes to people who work in the service industry.
In the future, when I think about blacks and cabs, I’ll remember your post. Thanks for the clear, non-PC explanation.