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by nasmorn 4392 days ago
My favorite sentence is "biracial woman mistakenly identified as white". Racial profiling right there. There is no valid reason to even consider if someone's skin is tanned or genetically darker for purposes of taxi regulation. I would led it slide for maybe a dermatologist.
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I would led it slide for maybe a dermatologist.

It's medically relevant far beyond dermatology; having darker skin than normal for one's racial background can be a symptom (e.g., of primary adrenal insufficiency), while knowing a patient's racial background can be important for diagnosing and treating diseases which are far more common in some racial groups than others (e.g., drepanocytosis).

But absolutely agree that it is not relevant to taxi regulation.