Friday, March 30, 2012

ANECDOTE

I recall a story about a black woman who complained that too many of the black personal care products in a chain store were under lock and key.  She felt this was discriminatory but the store said that those items were often stolen.  I don't recall how this ended but at the time and now I think the store was justified.

If course this brings up other issues, such as the infamous "Driving While Black" and being followed around by store security.  To me, one source of racial discrimination is based on empirical evidence (e.g. store item thefts) but that seems to change over time into a blanket distrust of black people (e.g. black teenager walking in a suburb).

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