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Students at Cornwall campus, University of Exeter
University of Exeter
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tried to get a taxi but was turned down by five taxis because i was white.

don't be white and try to get a taxi,
racist taxi drivers will pass you by and no one cares, or ever will
try one day to report someone not white and trust me you will get nowhere.
racism exists but in exeter its not by white people its by Asians in taxies
Reply 1
Man bites dog!
Students at Cornwall campus, University of Exeter
University of Exeter
Exeter
Original post by louisleloup
don't be white and try to get a taxi,
racist taxi drivers will pass you by and no one cares, or ever will
try one day to report someone not white and trust me you will get nowhere.
racism exists but in exeter its not by white people its by Asians in taxies


No you didn't.

I've been a student here for three years, have never once had a taxi drive past me because I'm white, nobody I know has ever had a taxi drive past them because they were white.

More often than not whenever I get a taxi to or from the train station, or into town for a night out, the drivers are Asian and almost without exception they are perfectly pleasant. The only exceptions I've ever seen have been once when I got a driver who was a bit moody because he was meant to be having a day off but had to work instead, and a couple of times on the way back from a night out when it looked like one of our group was damn close to vomiting in the guys cab.

Without a shadow of a doubt the Asian taxi drivers have been more polite and friendly than the British drivers, damn near every single time.

Stop making up bull**** lies to try and make this place seem bad, it's pathetic and childish.
Reply 3
Another student here, and same view as mack, taxi drivers here seem to be nicer than where I live too. In fact the only bad taxi driver I've had was British so...
Reply 4
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Original post by louisleloup
don't be white and try to get a taxi,
racist taxi drivers will pass you by and no one cares, or ever will
try one day to report someone not white and trust me you will get nowhere.
racism exists but in exeter its not by white people its by Asians in taxies


So funny it makes me laugh, if these 5 taxi drivers did drive past you then how can you say they are racists? What if they were all booked over the phone and were on the way to a job? You cant flag down a private hire taxi either legally they cant pick you up of the street.

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Maybe you just didn't look as if you had any money.
Reply 7
This simply didn't happen.
Original post by scotttb
This simply didn't happen.


Lad.

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Reply 9
You 'was' white? So what are you now?
Fake tan and some glasses?

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