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'Shopping While Black' What Would You Do..


Society & Culture  (tags: society, Racism, ethics, Human Rights, sadness )

Dee
- 200 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Racial profiling in stores is so prevalent that researchers have even given it a name -- Shopping While Black. When it happens, black shoppers are made to feel both unwelcome and under suspicion.
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Dee C. (502)
Monday April 20, 2009, 4:16 pm
Please watch the video..
And here is the link to the article..

http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/story?id=7131333&page=1

When New Yorker Denise Simon goes shopping, she is always on guard. She carries a small bag, keeps her hands visible whenever possible, and makes an effort to be overly friendly to sales clerks. She doesn't have any reason to be wary except for one thing -- she happens to be black. And if she doesn't take these precautions, she fears she will once again fall victim to racial profiling.

If you had a front row seat to this kind of racism, would you take action?

ABC News' "What Would You Do?" set up the largest hidden camera operation in the show's history in New York City's Soho neighborhood at the chic clothing boutique Unpomela. It was practically the only store the show could find willing to experiment with something so controversial.

The show hired actors to play a racist store clerk and security guard, both armed with words that would make even the most apathetic shopper flinch. An actor was hired to pose as the black shopper, the target of the abuse.

In a 2007 Gallup survey, 47 percent of black people surveyed said they are not treated equally by retailers. More than one-quarter of those surveyed felt they were targeted because of their race while shopping in the last 30 days."
 

Past Member (0)
Thursday April 23, 2009, 7:46 pm
This is why criminals walk, people are more worried about color than justice. If you find a bad cop, fire him or her. If the murderer is black, her or she is still a murderer. Profiling goes on for every race. The equal rights movement was successful. Incidents still happen, but then again complains are answered. I am tired of hearing about the injustice black people are put through. Move on!

End counterproductive racial profiling! A concern from engagement rings makers of NY
 

Dee C. (502)
Friday April 24, 2009, 12:28 pm
I love it when trolls stop by..post their ignorance and run..

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