Taxi service was bad everywhere if you were black.
While the other comment is particularly snarky, and while modern day racism is less overt than activities like lynching, it still exists.
As an easy example from recent news, a Texas judge posting on facebook that it was "time for a tree and a rope" (which is an implied lynching)[0].
[0] - http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local-govt--politics/judge-m...