Drivers: Cab Drivers and People

drivers: You can be black, according to Metro News. You can be somewhere in between," he said. "It an inaccurate description, and it leaves the door open to whatever stereotypes people have in mind for bad people."A recent spate of sexual assault allegations against Halifax taxi drivers has thrown the local industry into a state of crisis, cab drivers say. Khouri, who is also member of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, said the millions of people from the 17 countries in the region come from disparate backgrounds, which means their physical attributes vary widely."You can be white. There have been four alleged attacks in the past three months alone, compared with three alleged sexual assaults by cab drivers in all of 2015. I wouldn't accuse the police of racism ... it misguided. According to the most recent police reports, three of the four suspects were described as "Middle Eastern men." One police statement, from May 20, described the accused as "Middle Eastern or a light-complected black man with an accent."Khouri said the "Middle Eastern" identifier, when used in conjunction with criminal activity, is typically associated with stereotypical notions about terrorism suspects."You can be racist without meaning to be racist," Khouri said in an interview."But that doesn't make it any less racist in terms of its impact. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.