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NYC yellow taxi driver accused of refusing ride to Al Roker because he's black
NY Daily News ^ | 11/24/2015 | ANDY MAI, DAN RIVOLI

Posted on 11/25/2015 5:03:55 AM PST by Kid Shelleen

The cabbie accused of snubbing famed weatherman Al Roker is a repeat offender having refused service to a potential passenger before.

Mahabur Rahman facing heavy fines after Roker complained on Twitter Saturday night that a taxi left him and his 13 year-old son high and dry in favor of a white fare settled a similar allegation in May for $200, according to the city Taxi & Limousine Commission

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To: Kid Shelleen

I’ve been rejected by cabbies before. Don’t remember WHINING to the media about it...just had to wait until one would take me.


21 posted on 11/25/2015 5:27:46 AM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Mr. Rahman is probably a Climate Change denier. /s


22 posted on 11/25/2015 5:28:12 AM PST by csvset ( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Several years ago I was sent to DC to work on a special project for just one week. During the week prior to my arrival, and the first 2 days after I arrived, 7 cabbies were murdered.

The Taxi Commissioner responded by issuing a directive that cabbies not pick up black men after dark, and that they stay out of certain areas after dark. Immediately the cry of “racism” was heard. The Commissioner stuck to her guns, and said that her job was to keep cabbies alive, and safe. She pointed out that all 7 cabbies were either black or Hispanic, and that all the suspects were black men who had been picked up after dark, and all the murders had occurred in certain areas.

Ultimately, she was forced out.

BTW, the commissioner was a black woman.

Black lives don’t really seem to matter at all, unless they can be used to advance the leftist agenda.


23 posted on 11/25/2015 5:30:17 AM PST by euram
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To: Kid Shelleen

Stereotypes come from experience and pattern recognition is pretty deep in our DNA.


24 posted on 11/25/2015 5:30:26 AM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: mindburglar

He will be a white Arabic before noon.


25 posted on 11/25/2015 5:32:25 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: Kid Shelleen

Having used cabs in New York many times:

1) I find it surprising Roker uses a cab instead of a car service. In fact, Roker should have a personal limo with chauffeur as part of his compensation package at NBC, given his stature.
2) When multiple people are hailing cabs, cabbies often don’t see all of the potential fares. Countless times I’ve been bypassed for another rider 50 feet beyond me.
3) If it was near the end of the cabbie’s shift, and Roker had luggage with him, the cabbie may have passed him by to avoid a long trip to the airport. Many times I’ve stood on the street in Manhattan with luggage trying to go to the airport and been passed by empty cabs around shift change time. For that very reason I started using a car service and scheduling a pickup when departing to the airport. The cost differential was only a few dollars more than a cab, the ride was more comfortable, and the time savings was significant.
4) It is disappointing a wealthy, successful media celebrity like Roker is looking for a slight and spends time playing the victim card. As a white American I’ve experienced black store clerks wait on a black customer standing in line behind me, I’ve experienced black employees in fast food restaurants taint the food I was served, and I’ve had black government employees deliberately provide slow service or put me through an administrative ringer smiling the entire time. I’ve also experienced blue blood white Harvard grads look down their noses at me for my state university education. Early in life I learned I could ignore the narrow minded, racist, and elitist bigots or I could live in a state of perpetual outrage at every real and perceived slight. Having made the right choice I’m sure I live a happier life than those who wallow in the cesspool of victimhood.

As a black man who has “made it” Roker should play the role of leader, not victim. By indulging in the publicity afforded by victimhood he only perpetuates the mindset in the black community they can’t get ahead due to racism so they shouldn’t even try.


26 posted on 11/25/2015 5:35:40 AM PST by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: Soul of the South
Very good analysis. Speaking to point #3, sometimes cabbies take fares based on the odds of getting another fare. If I am looking to make the most money I don't want to waste time riding home from the airport or an outer borough with an empty cab.

Someone should tell Roker that it is leftists/democrats who oppose Uber.
27 posted on 11/25/2015 5:48:30 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: ealgeone
A bittah clingah!!!!
28 posted on 11/25/2015 5:49:07 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: Kid Shelleen

White privilege! Cab driver thought he would get a better tip.


29 posted on 11/25/2015 5:54:12 AM PST by the_daug
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To: Kid Shelleen

He probably WAS passed by because he was black, actually

Cab drivers know:

Black folks don’t tip. AT ALL. EVER.

They bitch....endlessly....the entire trip.

Did I already mention that black folks complain and will not ever, ever tip?

I am a reservation agent for a company that provides cab services for 900 cities in the United States.


30 posted on 11/25/2015 5:56:56 AM PST by Dana1960
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To: Kid Shelleen
Wait!... "yellow taxi driver"?..... I know exactly who he is! I've seen this jerk before!...


31 posted on 11/25/2015 6:01:13 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: Kid Shelleen

everything is about race to virtually all blacks.

REmember 93% of them voted Obama back into office, so the black ‘friend’ you know almost certainly voted for an Anti-American bigot, simply because of his race,


32 posted on 11/25/2015 6:03:24 AM PST by bestintxas (every time a RINO loses, a founding father gets his wings.)
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To: Kid Shelleen
Can't trust those yellow drivers.



33 posted on 11/25/2015 6:13:49 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Kid Shelleen

Hell, I’d refuse to give him a ride because he’s Al Roker.


34 posted on 11/25/2015 6:17:24 AM PST by glock rocks (I don't always talk to liberals, but when I do, I order the large fries.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

It’s impossible to know the motivation. It is wrong to always assume a racist motivation.


35 posted on 11/25/2015 6:25:58 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Psst: Little dirty secret: Blacks don’t tip. Black cabbies prefer white fares. Get it?


36 posted on 11/25/2015 6:35:46 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Men need a reason to shop. Women need a place.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

who determined the other fare wan’t noticed first
gay wedding cakes
anti chick filet
muslim truck drivers
gay marriage licenses
double standards
too much big brother racist intervention


37 posted on 11/25/2015 6:38:30 AM PST by zzwhale
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To: Kid Shelleen

The Indian or Muslim driver probably told Roker to walk to prevent more global warming which is more dangerous than terrorism.


38 posted on 11/25/2015 6:52:17 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Syrians escape to live well in US & EU..Our troops go to Syria to die in their place. More Obamacrap)
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To: Hatteras

I thought he was oriental (mongol, 1 of three races)


39 posted on 11/25/2015 7:03:34 AM PST by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

White Americans often feel guilt about African-Americans though relatively few white Americans had ancestors who were involved in the slave trade or owned slaves.

However, Hispanic Americans do not like African-Americans because of their bad behavior.

Asian Americans do not like African-Americans because of their bad behavior.

Eastern European and Russian Americans do not like African-Americans because of their bad behavior.

Arab Americans do not like African-Americans because of their bad behavior.

And especially, Immigrant black Africans do not like African-Americans because of their bad behavior.

I’m seeing a big problem here, and it is not caused by what white people do. And though it is racism, it seems to be founded on realism.


40 posted on 11/25/2015 7:07:27 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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