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Until we're willing to step into ‘the conversation’ and unequivocally explain to the ‘black community’ that they don't have nice stores because the costs of doing business in the black community is too high - - things will not change.

Commerce rejection has NOTHING to do with skin color and everything to do with rejection of the underclass criminal culture that has taken over much of the black community.

For COSTCO and Sam's to pretend otherwise might make their liberal elite executives feel good about themselves but the unreality presented to the honest people in the black community (people who are trying to pull their communities away from the criminals) is a slap in the face. A saner approach would be to offer memberships - and if anyone is caught stealing they lose their membership and are given a prorated refund of what they paid. In time this incentive allows the 'winners' to be the honest black citizens and losers to be the criminals. It's a naturally health incentive patterns that in the long run restores sanity to the black community. (Yes, before the great society 'incentives from hell' the black community had stores and commerce)

You speak the truth. Unfortunately long term rewards do not negate immediate retribution. Corporate big wigs make decisions in board rooms and order them implemented in real places filled with real people. Local business people are- rightfully- AFRAID of immediate violence in response to cancelled memberships,apprehension of shoplifters, etc. Kick two thieves out of your store and 'disrespect' them in front of others and their family and friends WILL and DO return to cause havoc-even violence. What's a couple hundred dollars of merchandise compared to that?And that is how business is done in reality as opposed to theory. And the criminals know it and take full advantage.

I'll give you a real example: membership stores, in the N.O. area,are considered discriminatory by the lower class-primarily black-citizenry.They argue public business should be open to the public. Result- major concessions, from free memberships to no checking if the member is the shopper. Anyone can use the card. So 1 person has a card and 10 non-members come in with them.Rules or not, NO ONE is going to cause a scene by denying them as shoppers. Rules are- and have to be-ignored in the face of immediate confrontations. As long as the loss, per store, doesn't exceed a set, expected, limit, managers cut costs elsewhere. Much is hidden from Corporate; and corporate doesn't care as long as it doesn't hurt the bottom line or reach the point where they have to make major changes. (Which, of course, have economic and political repercussions)

Six Flags theme park in N.O. died partially due to the miserable, and dangerous, location but also because a certain amount of free passes had to be given the 'underpriveleged' who took over the park, harassing paying people, and enjoying it all free while others paid $$$. Politics, social 'fairness' and cultural 'sensitivity'cripples business even before it opens.