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‘I won’t go back’: New Walmart checkout policy called racially biased
KDVR ^ | Mar 7, 2021 | Aimee Lewis

Posted on 03/08/2021 3:48:50 AM PST by real saxophonist

‘I won’t go back’: New Walmart checkout policy called racially biased

by: Aimee Lewis

Updated: Mar 7, 2021

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — A new checkout policy at the Walmart in Centennial is under scrutiny for its security measures around beauty products for people of color.

The allegations of racial bias come almost a year after Walmart changed is practice on locking up beauty products for people of color at its stores.

“I honestly will probably not go back there again because of how I felt,” said Rachel from Aurora, who visited the Walmart store around 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning.

Rachel was purchasing shampoo in the beauty products for people of color aisle when allegedly stopped by a clerk who told her she needed to pay for the bottle at a special register near the back of the store before she could continue shopping in other parts of the Walmart store.

“I asked the sales associate, if I am purchasing Caucasian products do I need to do the same thing? She said no you can walk around the store with those products,” Rachel told the Problem Solvers. “I told her I had more shopping to do, she said it didn’t matter I still needed to pay for it back there.”

There’s also clearly more surveillance around that particular aisle. There are three cameras over the beauty products for people of color aisle and only one over the other shampoos and conditioners.

“Honestly, I was shocked, because this is 2021, racism and discrimination are still happening,” said Rachel. “It’s either one or the other. You monitor all haircare products, or you don’t. It’s not okay to point out one group.”

A Walmart spokesperson responded to the alleged incident saying:

“We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind at Walmart. We serve millions of customers weekly, crossing all demographics, and are focused on meeting their needs while providing the best shopping experience at each store.Like other retailers, we have policies in place that allow security for some items, such as cosmetics and other personal care products. In the case of this store, the entire section of products is under additional monitoring. However, we do not want those policies to create an unfriendly shopping environment for any individual customer. The goal is to keep the products our customers want in stock while providing a convenient and friendly shopping experience. We have followed up with the store to ensure those policies will be followed properly in the future, and to provide a welcoming environment for our customers.”

Rachel hopes to hear a personal apology from Walmart after calling its corporate stores but hasn’t yet heard back.

“The more we speak out about it and just let other people know what’s happening, maybe they will change the division and discrimination we have in the country right now,” said Rachel.

“I am hoping to hear an apology, I’m hoping to hear they will change this policy immediately, that’s what I’m hoping to hear.”


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News
KEYWORDS: colorado; iswhatitis; pantsup; riotandloot; thassraciss; truthbombs; walmart
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To: SamAdams76

It is make-up, but mainly hair products I think.


101 posted on 03/08/2021 6:46:34 AM PST by Pigsley
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To: Responsibility2nd

they ought to add a nominal cost of business fee to each bottle of shampoo.

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I’d bet money that is already added in
some form as a cost of doing business.


102 posted on 03/08/2021 6:48:43 AM PST by deport ( )
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To: billyboy15

I have been to 2 large super markets, in a crappy part of town. The have the booze separated from the rest of the store and you have to pay for it in that area. I ask the clerk and she told me scum bags would come in take a bottle and chug it, before they moved it to the separate area. Nice.


103 posted on 03/08/2021 6:50:44 AM PST by Pigsley
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To: real saxophonist

Solution. Stop stocking the stuff.

Let black stores carry it.


104 posted on 03/08/2021 6:51:10 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (I have a burning hatred of anyone who would vote for a demented, pedophile, crook and a commie whore)
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To: Hatteras
Colored People = BANNED and evil!

People of Color­™ = Approved!

105 posted on 03/08/2021 6:54:05 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: abb

Untrue


106 posted on 03/08/2021 6:54:10 AM PST by Jrabbit
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To: deport; Responsibility2nd

ALL products have added costs due to ‘shrink’. Walmart is just so big nobody notices.


107 posted on 03/08/2021 6:57:48 AM PST by real saxophonist (The current symbol of slavery is not the noose. It is the mask.)
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To: oldasrocks

At my drugstore you have to ask for them at the drug counter. One night I had a date and stopped to get a couple of condoms, I paid them just picked them up to leave and the druggest asked don’t you need a bag? I said nah she’s ain’t bad looking...


108 posted on 03/08/2021 7:03:46 AM PST by 4bye4
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To: real saxophonist
There’s also clearly more surveillance around that particular aisle. There are three cameras over the beauty products for people of color aisle and only one over the other shampoos and conditioners.

And why would the store go through all that effort, unless there had been a major problem with losses of said items? Don't like it, don't shop there. And lean on your acquaintances and raise your kids to not take what is not paid for.

109 posted on 03/08/2021 7:18:23 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: freedumb2003
WM should just stop carrying these products if the theft rate makes them unprofitable.

An opportunity for black entrepreneurs to open black-oriented specialty shops to sell the items that Walmart drops.

110 posted on 03/08/2021 7:20:58 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Do you live near an old folks home? There could be a good black market for arthritis pills.


111 posted on 03/08/2021 7:30:11 AM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: Pigsley

LOL. I would’ve gotten out my phone and started filming this incident. Just for grins. Just to see what those characters would do about it.


112 posted on 03/08/2021 7:53:25 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Trump is a deposed Pres. in exile. America is truly a banana republic. Our govt. has been overthrown)
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To: Born to Conserve

Filthadelphia ... it ain’t just a play on words.


113 posted on 03/08/2021 8:06:40 AM PST by tomkat
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To: abb

“I have heard that only a small percentage of WalMart theft is from customers. Most of the thieves are the employees.”

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Walmart closed a store in Homer, LA about 20 years ago for this very reason. We all would be amazed at how much lower prices would be if there was no “inventory shrinkage” at all stores. “Inventory shrinkage” includes loss from theft for whatever reason.


114 posted on 03/08/2021 8:20:34 AM PST by Saltmeat (69)
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To: Saltmeat

I remember that store. Homer is about a 45 minute drive from Ruston.


115 posted on 03/08/2021 8:27:02 AM PST by abb
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To: real saxophonist
this is outright discrimination!

why aren't colored products mixed in wi white products like they want all the toy stores do wi boys and girls toys???

116 posted on 03/08/2021 8:32:20 AM PST by Chode (Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
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To: freedumb2003

And post a sign saying as much.


117 posted on 03/08/2021 8:35:28 AM PST by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: Freedom56v2

>>Highly doubt it is about the race of the shopper. They are simply requiring immediate purchase of the products that are highly pilfered...I suspect a Caucasian buying one of the targeted high-theft item would have to pay at the special register as well<<

I don’t know about you, but I, as a white male, cannot make it through the week without my Afro-Sheen.

Of COURSE the issue s/b with the product and not the buyer (which is what I understood from the article). In this case the products are black-oriented. In my WM a few years ago they started locking up Similac and requiring a clerk to open it. I do not know why but from watching TV, it is also prevalent in black households.

Bottom line: WM will not tolerate net loss. The data for the products just say they are stolen more. The fact they happen to be for blacks is just fodder for the race pimps.


118 posted on 03/08/2021 8:38:37 AM PST by freedumb2003 (No matter what, resist and stop the agenda of blow bidet and hairass the whore)
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To: Born to Conserve

Yep, it’s a sure-nuff mystery! In Chicago, retailers weren’t allowed to sell spray paint at all, not even from a locked case. Folks would drive over the border into Indiana to buy it. I believe that policy may have changed since then . . .


119 posted on 03/08/2021 8:41:52 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: JimRed

>>An opportunity for black entrepreneurs to open black-oriented specialty shops to sell the items that Walmart drops.<<

And for only 3 times the price WM would have charged!

Such a shop would probably opened by Koreans. No joke.


120 posted on 03/08/2021 8:42:39 AM PST by freedumb2003 (No matter what, resist and stop the agenda of blow bidet and hairass the whore)
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