First, I don't know anything about the picture above. That picture is not Walmart from any year recently, and I don't even know what locale it is, or if it existed at all, or if some errant employee decided to do it as a joke for a meme. Those aren't Walmart price tags, and I don't have the faintest clue where it actually is. On the flipside, if that specific product goes off the shelf the moment it comes in, yet none are purchased, the options are to lock it up or stop selling it altogether.

Here's a better thought: If "black targeted products" that are demanded by "black communities" are being stolen at a higher rate than the "white counterparts" ask yourself why that is, and is the store at fault for acting to protect their assets, or are the thieves (criminals) at fault for forcing the store to act to protect those assets? The stores that have to lock up their products are the victims in this. It increases labor costs, product costs, and security costs to have to lock up products. Why point the finger at the business for being the victim of constant crime?

kek

some of these make Karens look reasonable

In Hawaii it’s spam lmfao

Mmm spam musubi. Which island are you on?

Oahu

Literally sitting at the beach rn

Damn. Let me know if you want to invest in the North Shore. I'd happily retire early there.

When I was poor I took my tent, pitched it at hoomaluhia botanical gardens which locks at 8 every night. Walked in every night and slept in the pooring rain but never cared.

This post was edited by SBD on Feb 22 2021 05:46pm

Hey I’m a carpenter I can build your house 🏡

I’m actually leaving Hawaii this fall though.

What's the cause of SPAM being locked up in your area? Are there a lot of people who can't get access to a basic foodbank style canned meat, or...?

Sorry, really confused on that, hoping for minor clarification. Note: Never been to Hawaii, not familiar with it's internal politics, etc. Act as though I'm 100% ignorant on the subject, and you'll be mostly right.

This post was edited by InsaneBobb on Feb 22 2021 05:58pm

youre missing my point. i dont disagree that they have the right to protect their products. BUT they should have realized that iftheyre only locking up products that are aimed at blacks (at least in that one section) then its going to LOOK racist. to avoid that they should have locked up all similar products, even if not aimed at blacks.


but it COULD also be that it WAS racially motivated, if they didnt have any thefts yet but said "blacks are gonna want these and blacks steal, so we should lock these up". that WOULD be racist, and that would be wrong. it all depends on whether they were already experiencing thefts, or anticipating them on a racially motivated basis.

There was one kid in my high school that carried a bottle of listerine around with him. The teachers couldnt do anything about it either it was incredible.