> Lets take a yellow cab driver in Manhattan not wanting to pick up a black passenger.
A good example for folks on news.yc, instead, would be to look at hiring in tech: In particular gate-keeping by screening in only the traditionally White/Asian universities: https://twitter.com/shaft/status/1355696154990628864 Such institutionalised behaviour has ripple effects of all kinds including people from under-represented backgrounds finding it increasingly difficult to make it in tech.
Coming back to Robinhood, it isn't far-fetched to really view their decision, subsequent lying, and the follow-up CMA stories to be construed as "don't care about the little guy as much as the big guys" behaviour.
A good example for folks on news.yc, instead, would be to look at hiring in tech: In particular gate-keeping by screening in only the traditionally White/Asian universities: https://twitter.com/shaft/status/1355696154990628864 Such institutionalised behaviour has ripple effects of all kinds including people from under-represented backgrounds finding it increasingly difficult to make it in tech.
In India, similar situation plays out with hiring and fund raising: https://twitter.com/arnav_kumar/status/1354780261158801409
Coming back to Robinhood, it isn't far-fetched to really view their decision, subsequent lying, and the follow-up CMA stories to be construed as "don't care about the little guy as much as the big guys" behaviour.