Does "racism" Exist In The Trucking Industry?

Of course!! People have been ranting about color for a long time do you own a CB? Years ago I'm sure you would have heard "get that slow orange piece of " and I'm sure you would have known they were talking about a 55mph pumpkin aka Schneider truck.

Now it's them red guys in the way.. Crete followed closely by them multi colored guys and gals in the Prime trucks.

Short answer: yes, but it's not hugely prevalent.

Longer version: there's plenty of racism to be found, beyond the CB Rambos ranting. If you keep your mouth shut and eyes and ears open at any given truck stop or shipper/receiver you'll hear and see it. Hell, it might get literally shoved in your face. I had a guy at the TA in Aurora, OR try forcing me to take a KKK flyer because I have white skin and blue eyes. The look on his face when I told him my Cherokee ancestors wouldn't approve was priceless.

I spent the last day and a half hanging around the repair shop while my truck was being worked on and unfortunately found myself in the driver's lounge with an older fellow who chewed my ear off about how much he hated foreigners. That's really the first time I have seen any really negative behavior toward other drivers in general. Of course there's always the mockery taking place on the CB. LOL

If there is one thing that has been prevalent in my research it's this:

"Trucking doesn't respect race, religion, sex, sexual-orientation, looks, or birthplace. Trucking is Trucking. Trucking is about getting freight safely from point A to point B in a timely manner and getting paid based on your ability do so efficiently."

You could be a 350 lb. Black, Jewish, Homosexual, woman from the backwoods of Louisiana and make more money than the 180 lb. White, Christian, Straight, Man from Suburbia with 4 years of college under his belt in the truck 2 spaces down.

However, PEOPLE are people. Some have pre-conceived notions and may be racist, sexist, bigoted, supremacists.

The industry as a whole though IMHO is not Racist at all.