Catching a taxi in Seoul

  A year ago in Itaewon, I couldn't get a taxi to take me anywhere.  I had to walk half way to hongdae (where I lived at the time) to get a taxi. I would like to think it was by coincidence that I couldn't get a taxi on that particular night but it has happened numerous time. And every time outta frustration I vow to blow this bitch up! Then I regain my sensibility. I realized long ago that cab drivers in Seoul have a passenger hierarchy.  Korean, people will more than likely be able to flag a taxi. Although sometimes Koreans have a difficult time getting a taxi at night in certain areas.

  Let us not delve into the hierarchy of who gets a taxi based on ethnicity.  As a black American man, I based my life in Korea around the time of day and who I'm with when trying to flag a cab.  I've noticed that women are more likely to be picked up by a taxi. Still ethnicity plays a huge part. For example, I've tried to get a taxi with a Korean woman before and the taxi cab driver sees me with her and looks at her with total disgust.  With a black woman from any part of the African Diaspora, they look frightened to see the both of us. But with a white woman I've found it to be the easiest way to catch a cab.  For example:

  My good friend Pinnacle the Hustler, invited me to a radio show he was doing in Seoul. On our way to the studio my sister and his girlfriend Dolce , decided that she should try to get a taxi after four vacant taxis passed us by.  Dolce got a taxi rather quickly but later on that night a white chick from the studio got a taxi with us in .06 seconds.  Black Americans in general have an unspoken language that I just can't explain. Actually POC (People of Color) in the U.S. share this unspoken language.

  When the white woman was with us we all slowly backed away without words and we immediately knew that if we were gonna get outta Gangnam anytime soon...she was our ticket.  And without fail a taxi stopped for her. What was strange was the way in which we ambushed the guys car.  Darkness was upon him and he looked mad confused when 3 black people bomb rushed his car. Can you imagine seeing two black dudes running at your car at night wearing nothing but black and a down ass chick draped in the same colors?! If I was in America I would shit but I'm in Korea...it's safe.

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