SirJohn, you are 100% correct.
As a caucasian, I would bust out laughing if I heard that broadcasted!
Then again, I also have a sense of humor, something sorely missing in urban America.
Just to be clear, this area is not urban. Very nice series of strip and big box stores, I was there tonight.
IF we lived in a white racist country, Walmart wouldn’t be apologizing and changing their public address systems, the government wouldn’t be offering counseling, the patrons wouldn’t be angrily protesting, and the prosecutor wouldn’t be investigating a possible “bias crime”.
If we did live in a racist country such an announcement would be troubling, however I can tell you that living in this area I have NEVER seen anything but black customers being given deferential service, but then let’s have AP turn something inconsaequential into a worldwide incident.