Racial Comment in Wal-Mart

In Atlantic County, New Jersey, police arrested a sixteen year old boy for making an inappropriate racial comment in a Wal-Mart store. Apparently the sixteen year old boy got access to the public-address system(the intercom) and said, "All blacks need to leave the store." The store management then contacted police for investigation. The boy was arrested on bias intimidation and harassment charges. The Wal-Mart company "is just as appalled as anyone" according to Wal-Mart corporate spokesman Lorenzo Lopez. Wal-Mart is now limiting the public address system to smaller amounts of in-store telephones.

I think that it is so sad that someone would come in over the intercom and say something like that for everyone in the store to hear. It really is unacceptable, however it still goes to show that there is still racism in our country yet today. Racism is still a very big issue and there are still acts of discrimination this day and age. This article made me open my eyes a little more because it made me realize how discriminatory some people in our country still are today. I guess I just wouldn't expect something like this to happen. Even though our country has come a long ways in not descriminating as much (having a black president), there are still people out there where race and discrimination is a factor. I think that what that teenage boy did was a shame, and he had no reason for his actions. It is truely sad that a boy so young could have that much hatred towards black people. It really is unacceptable.



http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/20/walmart.racial.remark/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+(RSS%3A+Top+Stories)