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From a business perspective, it's really about the Law of Averages, not covert racism. If the majority of my shoplifters are black, then naturally i'll be more suspect when a black person walks in. No need to candy-coat it. It is what it is.
Anyone remember Raleigh's? Snobby store that went bankrupt.
My friend and I walked in wearing gym shorts and carrying a frisbee. Met at the door by the manager who said, "Hi fellas. Can I help you with something, like the way out?" Tossed us out on the spot.
A couple of years later, I returned solo and wearing a suit. I was followed by three store detectives.
From a business perspective, it's really about the Law of Averages, not covert racism. If the majority of my shoplifters are black, then naturally i'll be more suspect when a black person walks in. No need to candy-coat it. It is what it is.
Well, I will use the law of money in that case. Why should I shop at an establishment if at this establishment I will be suspected more, despite being a regular person like everyone else? Why should I?
Well, I will use the law of money in that case. Why should I shop at an establishment if at this establishment I will be suspected more, despite being a regular person like everyone else? Why should I?
Then don't! Why are you complaining about a choice?
Then don't! Why are you complaining about a choice?
My perspective comes from the fact that this kind of battle was fought in the 1960s. Boycotts were used back in those days to let the store owners know "hey, I'm not taking any more of your treating us like suspects or like trash" and the store owners had to listen because if they didn't, they lost money. Unfortunately, that doesn't always work today. Just because I don't shop there doesn't mean someone else won't. My perspective is that if you going to treat me like a criminal without knowing me, then you don't deserve my money, and I've stopped shopping at certain places because of this. Unfortunately, the message doesn't get across because my money is just a drop in the bucket. Even further, sometimes in the world of retail, there are not any alternatives. Where I live, there is a Barnes and Noble. I get treated nicely there. I'm not treated like a criminal. If they changed and started following me in the store, I could leave. However, thanks to the departure of Borders, there are no other bookstores where I live, and I don't have a car, so that's a problem.
You walk into the store...and within 1-5 minutes here it comes...
'Your being watched and monitored...all suspicious activity on your part is being recorded...if you try anything 'scum bag'...you'll be arrested so fast that you won't have time to blink'...by the way...this is a recording'...
Lately, or even in the past...it seems shopping while black, is a threat to ones own mental sanity...
This post only applies to those who never steal, never intend on stealing, and who only want to enjoy their shopping experience and be appreciated as a custimor rather than a suspect...
And if your a black male, it's even worse...notice how always, within minutes of entering the store, here come the automated security speals??
And the sad thing is, is it don't matter if your pants are hanging down your butt, or if your dressed in a 3 piece suit...those in charge of such things, security, just seem to loose all control of rational thought, when a male of color walks into the store...they just think they know your intentions from the get go...and those intentions are to 'steal' something...
How do you deal with it? and How does it make you feel?
Do you ever call back to the store manager and express your outrage?
Or do you just absorb it?
I don't think it's a troll post. I understand these feelings because I have experienced some of this myself.
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