Let me start this controversial topic with two provocative questions and an assumption that it is OK for an SP to be racist and/or discriminate against black clients while it is not OK to have, for example, "no blacks allowed" grocery store
First:
Consider a legal brothel in Nevada and a racist SP who does not want to have black clients. Will she be allowed to refuse black clients? I think, she should be. But in this case we have a business (brothel) that restricts a portion of its services for black customers. Is it OK to have a legal business open to the public that discriminates based on the race? Just a follow up: my guess, such girl will not be hired at the first place, and, since the only legal prostitution in Nevada it through brothels, her only possible employment will be in a brothel that is "for white customers only" So, we end up in situation when there is a legal business that does not serve black customers. So, is racial discrimination allowed in sex business?
Second:
I am sure, the majority will answer "yes" to the first question, so, what is more important than sexual safety? I'd say, safety itself, i.e., being able to live. Now, it is common information, that disproportional fraction of black population is involved in violent crimes. It may nothing to do with race (and I personally believe so), but it is more likely because more black people live in poverty and more people who live in poverty are likely to be involved in crimes. Now, assume you are an Uber driver and, based on this statistics, correctly estimates that if the only thing you know about your passenger is his skin colour, there is a conditionally higher probability that your passenger is involved in violent crimes if he is black than if he is white. Since you care for your safety, you would prefer to have white passenger. Question is: is it OK for an Uber drivers discriminate base on race and refuse black passengers?
Main question: where is that line when racial discrimination is no longer allowed?
First:
Consider a legal brothel in Nevada and a racist SP who does not want to have black clients. Will she be allowed to refuse black clients? I think, she should be. But in this case we have a business (brothel) that restricts a portion of its services for black customers. Is it OK to have a legal business open to the public that discriminates based on the race? Just a follow up: my guess, such girl will not be hired at the first place, and, since the only legal prostitution in Nevada it through brothels, her only possible employment will be in a brothel that is "for white customers only" So, we end up in situation when there is a legal business that does not serve black customers. So, is racial discrimination allowed in sex business?
Second:
I am sure, the majority will answer "yes" to the first question, so, what is more important than sexual safety? I'd say, safety itself, i.e., being able to live. Now, it is common information, that disproportional fraction of black population is involved in violent crimes. It may nothing to do with race (and I personally believe so), but it is more likely because more black people live in poverty and more people who live in poverty are likely to be involved in crimes. Now, assume you are an Uber driver and, based on this statistics, correctly estimates that if the only thing you know about your passenger is his skin colour, there is a conditionally higher probability that your passenger is involved in violent crimes if he is black than if he is white. Since you care for your safety, you would prefer to have white passenger. Question is: is it OK for an Uber drivers discriminate base on race and refuse black passengers?
Main question: where is that line when racial discrimination is no longer allowed?
