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Tapate50
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Black American who moved to Ghana to escape "racism" says she's coming home because Africa is so corrupt
Wait, you mean America is actually pretty ... exceptional?
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American woman flees to Ghana to escape racism is heading back in a shocking turn of events.
This is a good example of the race baiting rage machine in practice. Troll account gets 4 million views posting a screen grab from a 2014 crime involving a 12-year-old perp.
Another account then gets a bunch of other impressions posting a follow up on the attacker that suggests I should hate the media. That follow up details the reformation of an abused, depressed child who did something awful but has consistently accepted responsibility for his actions and shown contrition, while local organizations aid in his transition to becoming a productive member of society. It’s genuinely one of the more uplifting things I’ve read in some time.
Tapate50
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Gunfire erupts after a charter boat altercation in South Carolina beach town, police say
Horry County police believe the incident, which wounded at least 10 people, was isolated to the original location near the Intracoastal Waterway.
There’s a drive by joke in there somewhere
That’s an unfair criticism. There’s nothing suggesting the OP doesn’t know why Walmart would possibly do such a thing. But retail AP measures always run into conflict with sales measures, and making the shopping experience untenable for honest customers is still a choice the company made. If I can’t go into a Walmart and buy a thing of laundry detergent without waiting ten minutes for an employee, I will also take my business elsewhere. That’s not being woke, it’s capitalism.
Sure, companies don’t just make their products harder to buy for no reason. But I also support consumers using their wallet and voice to tell these companies they should try a different approach, particularly since one solution would just be to staff their stores better.
Yes, it’s because of theft in predominantly black communities. I suspect we might disagree on the root causes of certain crime demographics, but I’m not arguing the reasons companies do this are different than what they are. I’m simply arguing (as the OP did) those choices are short-sighted and could have long-term consequences on sales.
I understand the thought process, but I do question the favorability of the trade-off. I’m sure much more qualified people than I have crunched these numbers, but I am somewhat skeptical that this solution is better in the long run. I’d maybe consider dropping the product line altogether in that market before making it too hard to legally purchase, especially when one considers the increased labor involved in selling it.
