Originally Posted by
2old
Just for interest: is this legal or permitted when it's a step toward Socialism? AIR, "from each according to their ability; to each according to their need" but possibly misquoted.
AFAIK, California still prohibits businesses (public accommodations) from discriminating based on race (among other things). Federal civil rights legislation does the same thing. So, as far as I can tell, it's not legal. However, I'm willing to bet that there will be no accountability for breaking the letter of the law in this case.
It's nothing like socialism or Marxism, however. They explicitly state that income does NOT matter. Wealthy black people will get the discount. People of modest means that are not black get no discount at all (I'd say poor, but NO poor person could afford their bikes at all).