Q&A
Racial justice implications of driver deactivations
1:00:06
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Bhairavi Desai highlights the racial justice implications of driver deactivations, given that the workforce is predominantly composed of immigrants and people of color. She emphasizes the unfairness of the current system and its impact on drivers' reputations and communities.
- Over 90% of the workforce consists of immigrants and people of color
- Deactivations are seen as a racial justice issue due to the demographic makeup of the workforce
- The current system allows corporations to control the economic lives of a predominantly minority workforce
- Drivers often face reputational damage in their communities without the opportunity to defend themselves
Bhairavi Desai
1:00:06
This is also a workforce that is over 90% immigrants, people of color.
1:00:12
And so I think there's there's also there to me, this is also an issue, not just civil rights, but also racial justice, that here's a workforce that's predominantly people of color.
1:00:25
And what you're essentially is allow allowing at the moment is Corporations that control their economic life are going to take their job away and presume them to be guilty.
1:00:38
You know, there is in certain cases, there's no hearings, no opportunity for you to defend yourself.
1:00:46
You know?
1:00:46
And so within your community, all you've heard is, oh, this driver, there's a sexual harassment charge against him.
1:00:55
The people in the community don't know.
1:00:57
You were never given a right to defend yourself.
1:00:59
You've never seen any evidence against you.
1:01:02
Your good name is just smeared.
1:01:04
You know, there's there's consequences to this.
1:01:08
That are tremendous financially, but they're also tremendous, you know, socially and psychologically, and just did the mental health well-being of the drivers.