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Old 03-16-2010, 12:13 PM
 
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I actually laughed at this, most people I know (including my black friends) would laugh at it and know it was a joke right off the bat..
It's definitely a fire-able offense, but I really think that trying to prosecute it is pushing it a little too far.
The problem is it sounds like your black friends are young. The old black ladies that were in there would not think it was a stupid youthful prank.

They would think someone was being racist.
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:15 PM
 
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The problem is it sounds like your black friends are young. The old black ladies that were in there would not think it was a stupid youthful prank.

They would think someone was being racist.

I could even see a black person doing this as a joke. No one knows just yet.
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:17 PM
 
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I could even see a black person doing this as a joke. No one knows just yet.

Really, because until this OP, I couldn't imagine anyone black or white doing something SO stupid.
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:18 PM
 
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I could even see a black person doing this as a joke. No one knows just yet.
Yes, I was thinking of that as well. All in all it was just stupid.
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:18 PM
 
Location: Midessa, Texas Home Yangzhou, Jiangsu temporarily
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Bias crime of the decade. They should make a made-for-TV movie about this. Unless it's still too soon. Maybe wait a year or two for the victims to get over their post traumatic stress disorder.
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:25 PM
 
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Bias crime of the decade. They should make a made-for-TV movie about this. Unless it's still too soon. Maybe wait a year or two for the victims to get over their post traumatic stress disorder.
Well I think having counselors on hand is rediculous.

It's being treated as a suspected bias crime in which the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office is assisting Washington Township," Weisenfeld said, adding the county's victim-witness coordinator has contacted the store manager to offer counseling service to those in the store who were affected by this.
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:28 PM
 
Location: California
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Well I think having counselors on hand is rediculous.

It's being treated as a suspected bias crime in which the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office is assisting Washington Township," Weisenfeld said, adding the county's victim-witness coordinator has contacted the store manager to offer counseling service to those in the store who were affected by this.
Counseling? We really are a nation of idiots.

I'd be mad, but I wouldn't need counceling.
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:32 PM
 
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Counseling? We really are a nation of idiots.

I'd be mad, but I wouldn't need counceling.
I know, its like we need counseling if some one gives us a dirty look now.
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:45 PM
 
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wow..just wow.

I'm not sure about Bias but its almost like yelling fire in a crowded room, it could have caused serious problems. Could you imagine if there were more than these two ladies in that Walmart.
No doubt Obama would have seized control of the Wal-Mart Corporation and turned it over to the unions in the name of "social justice".
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:50 PM
 
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If you want to punish Walmart, don't shop there and protest by not showing up. Companies could care less until you hit them where it counts...their wallet.

If anything, it just shows the white trash nature of Walmart in general...some guy can get on their intercom and make statements like this. Why do I have a feeling this wouldn't happen in Target or a more upscale store.
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