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Indigenous singer Emma Donovan alleges entire taxi rank refused to serve her at Perth airport
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2024
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Yeah, nah. I find this incredibly hard to believe. It's extremely unlikely that even one behaved like that. Australian taxi drivers are immensely racially diverse, as it's one of the easiest jobs to get when first arriving here, and all would sell their child for a $20 fare. And you're telling me an entire rank of 20 drivers are somehow all racist toward indigenous Australians, like at levels they'd refuse a job? Yeah, nah.
Something seems off, like it was more her behaviour or condition. Or, ya know, the album she just released...
I'm inclined to believe her. She's already gone to the media, and taking photos of plates. She's hardly going to do all that in one of the most camera-covered parts of the city, and open complaints with Main Roads / Equal Opportunity commission if she weren't legit.
The article would hit exactly as hard if it were at some less popular rank with no/minimal CCTV covering it. She wouldn't pick the airport if she was planning on exaggerating her position for clout.
Nor do you.
Its a largely uninvestigated report at the moment. Maybe people who believe her will turn out to have misplaced their trust, maybe theres a more compliacted series of events, maybe she is lying.
Point is none of us know more than whats been said so far; theres no reason to outright disbelieve someone when they make a serious complaint about discrimination. Otherwise, if we do, we've learned nothing from historic discriminatory abuses in all manner of circumstances.