An American airline wins the right to weigh passengers on its Samoan route
It costs more to lend money to black people even if FICO is held equal [1]. The lender doesn&#x27;t care about your race, they care about your probability of repayment. Is it legitimate to charge people higher interest rates solely because they are black?<p>It costs more to employ a woman, since she&#x27;ll get sick more and poses a higher risk of vanishing into babyland. Is it legitimate to lower her wage commensurately?<p>I don&#x27;t know the answer to these questions. But unless you are willing to bite the bullet and endorse the racial&#x2F;sexual discrimination I propose above, you don&#x27;t have a clear answer either.<p>[1] See this comment for calculations: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13156153#13167650" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13156153#13167650</a>