It’s time to finally stamp out racism

NASC, the Irish Immigrant Support Centre Cork, would like to express our deep concern about the ongoing treatment of black and other non-Irish taxi drivers in Cork.

Nasc has over the past few years received many complaints by black taxi drivers who report systematic discrimination and unfair treatment in the taxi service in Cork. This problem exists for years. If there is a problem with the issuing of taxi licenses then the problem is a structural one and needs to be addressed as such. Scapegoating and targeting one group of people because of their skin colour or nationality is racism.

Derry Coughlan’s (chair of Cork Taxi Federation) statement that this federation can only take local Cork men and does not allow “non-national members” is almost inconceivable.