[wintertime]

Why were you in that neighborhood with your girlfriend?

[Swordmaker]

We were going to Harbor Freight Tools to buy a tool she needed. Normally, it’s a safe neighborhood. . . well, as safe as anywhere in Stockton.

[Fred Nerks]

I'm an Australian, I came across this thread quite by accident, and as a foreigner, I daresay I could be accused of asking a stupid question...when I ask, so what's wrong with going to what we in Oz would call a hardware store...? I looked at their catalogue, and no where does it indicate that whites aren't welcome, or that the customers catered for are exclusively hispanic:

So, I can't imagine what would have prompted you to ask what a freeper and a friend might have been doing in the parking lot of a Harbor Freight Tools Store. Can you enlighten me?