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Dry asparagus prompts questions about racial discrimination in U. City
St. Louis Post Disgrace ^ | 7/17/13 | Stephen Deere

Posted on 07/17/2013 5:48:33 AM PDT by Clintons Are White Trash

UNIVERSITY CITY • A dried-out batch of asparagus has touched off a debate about racial discrimination, grocery stores and the role of citizen-led commissions.

It started in May when resident David Olander was perusing the produce section of the University City Schnucks. He noticed the asparagus weren’t resting in a tray of water.

“It was just sitting there dried out,” said Olander, a member of the city’s human relations commission.

Olander summoned an assistant manager, and then he asked the question: Did the quality of the asparagus have any relationship to the store’s location in a black neighborhood?

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To: Clintons Are White Trash

If Obama was a Vegetable he would look like Asparagus.


21 posted on 07/17/2013 6:06:58 AM PDT by Autonomous User (Pain Fades. Chicks Dig Scars. Glory, lasts forever.)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Maybe black peeps don’t like smelly pee.


22 posted on 07/17/2013 6:07:15 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will set)
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To: BwanaNdege

I kind of like “envelopea”. It sounds like it could be mushroom, flower, or butterfly.


23 posted on 07/17/2013 6:07:21 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.g)
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To: freeangel

The problem with inner city supermarkets is that they also have inner-city staff, who usually don’t care if the asparagus is chilled.


24 posted on 07/17/2013 6:07:33 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Nifster
90% of human misery is caused by people trying to be more important than they really are. The other 10% is caused by natural disasters. - Paul Harvey
25 posted on 07/17/2013 6:08:23 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: Jack Hammer

It’s all beyond laughable, by now.


26 posted on 07/17/2013 6:09:16 AM PDT by SMARTY ("The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." H. Amiel)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Did the quality of the asparagus have any relationship to the store’s location in a black neighborhood?


In his mind yes, and you cannot correct stupid people.


27 posted on 07/17/2013 6:10:15 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Racist vegetables....who knew?


28 posted on 07/17/2013 6:10:17 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Clintons Are White Trash
Does Olander really want to know the reason for the difference? - the employees working at the stores.

Hire people that do not care or do not know and the business will reflect it.

And to the (do-) gooder doctor, wanna really help those in need? Volunteer your time as a Doctor in local clinics or even churches as many children in the hood are neglected and would benefit from real care.

Real care as opposed to flappin your gums and trying to shake down a business that will yield nothing for the kids.

29 posted on 07/17/2013 6:10:20 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Good thing he didn’t notice that the watermelons were dried out as well.


30 posted on 07/17/2013 6:10:38 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: Roccus

Oh, come on now.


31 posted on 07/17/2013 6:11:13 AM PDT by grimalkin (The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man. -G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash
Did the quality of the asparagus have any relationship to the store’s location in a black neighborhood?

Actually it is directly correlated to the store being in a black neighborhood. When you have a low quality labor pool where no one cares about quality, the produce would tend to get ignored.

The asparagus was likely nice and fresh when it got there....

32 posted on 07/17/2013 6:12:25 AM PDT by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

First is was the asparagus then the broccoli. Where will it end?


33 posted on 07/17/2013 6:13:23 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

As a teen, I worked in a produce store in a town with few black people at the time. We just put rubber bands around the asparagus and put it out, we didn’t leave any produce in standing water.


34 posted on 07/17/2013 6:13:53 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There's no salvation in politics.)
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To: BwanaNdege

“envelopea” = the post office


35 posted on 07/17/2013 6:16:19 AM PDT by Walmartian (I'm their leader. Which way did they go?)
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To: grimalkin
Baby steps, FRiend...baby steps. Some like to call it incrimentalism.
36 posted on 07/17/2013 6:18:08 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Of course when communists like Commissar (I mean commissioner) Olander fully take over, there won’t be any asparagus in the store, fresh or otherwise. Maybe a few loaves of stale bread if the locals are lucky.


37 posted on 07/17/2013 6:22:27 AM PDT by barefoot_hiker
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Musta been white asparagus. White privilege.


38 posted on 07/17/2013 6:23:58 AM PDT by I want the USA back (If I Pi$$ed off just one liberal today my mission has been accomplished.)
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To: BwanaNdege

Actually, it was the only item in the store left unstolen.


39 posted on 07/17/2013 6:24:41 AM PDT by Ancient Man
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

DAT ASPERGAS IS RACIS!


40 posted on 07/17/2013 6:26:01 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If illegal aliens voted (R), then the Dems would create the tightest border security in the world.)
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