Sydney Morning Herald April 21 from stay in touch Cab rides: a black and white issue Remember, it is 1999 not 1959 ... Evelyn Scott, chairwoman of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, was in Sydney last Friday waiting for a cab in Market Street. She and her companion explained to the others in the queue that she was running late for a plane and were told they could take the first cab to arrive. A taxi pulled up and asked if there was anyone for the airport. Yes, said Scott, below. Anybody else? said the cabbie. He refused to take her, in spite of her insistence that he was obliged to by law. "I can do anything I like, I'm finishing up in a few weeks." he said. Later, they rang the cab company to complain, and were told a cabbie could refuse a fare if the person looked unable to pay, or was drunk or threatening. Now Scott and her companion were sober, in suits, and it was the middle of the afternoon. So it wasn't that. Gee, it couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact they were, um, not white? ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
