All Black People, Please Leave

[SRP76]

This one kind of makes me laugh with frustration.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Black-people-must-leave-NJ-apf-1749619349.html?x=0


Bruce Shipkowski, Associated Press Writer, On Thursday March 18, 2010, 1:07 am EDT
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- A Walmart store announcement ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities.

A male voice came over the public-address system Sunday evening at a store in Washington Township, in southern New Jersey, and calmly announced: "Attention, Walmart customers: All black people, leave the store now."

Shoppers in the store at the time said a manager quickly got on the public-address system and apologized for the remark. And while it was unclear whether a rogue patron or an employee was responsible for the comment, many customers expressed their anger to store management.

"I want to know why such statements are being made, because it flies in the face of what we teach our children about tolerance for all," said Sheila Ellington, who was in the store at the time with a friend. "If this was meant to be a prank, there's only one person laughing, and it's not either one of us."

Ellington, of Monroe, and her friend Patricia Covington said they plan to boycott the retailer until they're assured the issue has been addressed so it doesn't happen again.

The pair said they were stunned when they heard the announcement and initially believed they had misheard it. But once the words sank in, they grew angry.

"I depended on Walmart for all my needs, because the store has pretty much everything you could want," Covington said. "But until this issue is addressed in a way I'm comfortable with, I can't walk through those doors again."

Officials with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., based in Bentonville, Ark., said that the announcement was "unacceptable" and that they're trying to determine who made it and how it happened.

"We are just as appalled by this incident as our customers," the company said in a statement. "Whoever did this is just wrong and acted in an inappropriate manner. Clearly, this is completely unacceptable to us and to our customers."

This is not the first time the retailer has faced such problems.

There have been several past instances of black customers claiming they were treated unfairly at Walmart stores, and the company faced lawsuits alleging that women were passed over in favor of men for pay raises and promotions.

In February 2009, the retailer paid $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in its hiring of truck drivers.

And the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the company in May 2009, claiming some Hispanic employees at a Sam's Club subsidiary in California were subjected to a hostile work environment. That suit alleges managers failed to stop repeated verbal harassment, including the use of derogatory words, against employees of Mexican descent.

However, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has said the company has worked hard in recent years to show it cares about diversity.

Bill Mitchell, a former Walmart employee who was shopping Wednesday at the store, said that he was saddened to hear about the announcement but that "as a black man, I've heard worse things."

As customer Sharon Osbourne, of Williamstown, left the store Wednesday, she called the announcement "appalling, stupid and sad."


This is a classic case of "waahhhh, my pussy hurts".

Anyone with even half a fucking brain will realize that this was some random jackass grabbing the mic and making his "announcement", and running off. Period.

But no, "I can't shop at Wal-Mart anymore, because they aren't producing a head on a platter". GET A FUCKING LIFE! It's a slur-and-dash from a nobody, not the CEO of Wal-Mart making a fucking policy, you knuckleheads. Get over yourself, and see things as they are, instead of playing the victim.

[bassman]

There's a chance it could've been a stupid employee dicking around, but as SRP said it's most likely a customer picking up the phone. They literally have them sitting around the store. Anyone can just pick one up and say whatever they want.

What was said is rude, but I agree that people are too damn sensitive. This wasn't a large company. Just some dickhead. I don't look for handouts every time someone says something negative to me....

[darth los]

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[darth los]

You beat me to it dude. I just posted this. I tried to delete it but the titlte just won't go. I'm sure a mod will fix it though.


Here's the post. lol

I smell lawsuit. Being a person of color it never ceases to amaze me:

# 1 how people in this day and age are still this ignorant.

# 2: How most racists are such cowards. If you feel that way then make it known, but no. They want to run and hide or put sheets over their heads.


Quick story: I was on x box live on monday getting a session of L4D in when a guy leaves the group to die and bolts for the saferoom. So i say to my other team mates "look at this guy, he just left us."

The guys started calling me a nigger non stop, it had to be atleast 20 times in row. I haven't heard the word nigger that much since the last time Michael Richards did stand up.

It was funny to me because I'm not black I'm Puerto Rican. So i deduced that this guy was from an area where:

# 1 there aren't that many minorities where he lived because he couldn't tell the difference between a hispanic and a black guy and

# 2: he feels really safe talking like that where he lives, (definitely not NY) although in the comfort of your own home you can be as racist as you wanna be, so who knows.

:cool:

[SRP76]

HA! All must bow to the superior news-gathering capabilitites of SRP76! Mwahahahahaaaaaa!:evil:

And yes, people will take any excuse to sue someone. Instead of going after the culprit, who likely doesn't have a pot to piss in, people smell the money of the large corporation, and try to blame them. Why? Because some people will buy the "poor pitiful me" routine they're trying to sell right there.

[darth los]

HA! All must bow to the superior news-gathering capabilitites of SRP76! Mwahahahahaaaaaa!:evil:

And yes, people will take any excuse to sue someone. Instead of going after the culprit, who likely doesn't have a pot to piss in, people smell the money of the large corporation, and try to blame them. Why? Because some people will buy the "poor pitiful me" routine they're trying to sell right there.


You're so lucky I'm at work because otherwise you would never gotten that off before me. :p :lol:

But working at a law firm there are so many frivilous cases that come through the door it stopped being funny long ago.

For better or worse we have a society that feels entitled, like they should get something for nothing.

If it was a prank by some dude who got a hold of the mic it's one thing. However, if it was an employee it's a whole different can of worms.

We have to also look at the damages incurred which is if not all is most of what a lawsuit is based on.

:cool:

[Danny]

title reminded me of the little known ralf pootawn meme.:lol:


http://ralphplsgo.com/images/ralphwatchsex.png

[EvilNed]

Oh my god hellsing. I laughed my ass off so hard. I don't think I've laughed this hard since... i don't know... But this Ralph thing... FUCKING BRILLIANT!!!

[slickwilly13]

Oh my god hellsing. I laughed my ass off so hard. I don't think I've laughed this hard since... i don't know... But this Ralph thing... FUCKING BRILLIANT!!!

I don't get it. The situation was funny, but is there more to it?

[EvilNed]

It's from Second Life. A game which, as I understand it, has no goal. Lots of people just log in and play a Sims like game. And a new arena for "cybersex" evolved. People had their avatars have sex with each other. But they'd still do it in "private" in that world, you know. See how Ralph resembles a troll? :p

[Danny]

I don't get it. The situation was funny, but is there more to it?

Ralph is an ugly little alcoholic troll that invades a world where people have creepy sex fantasies with there "perfect" avatars.
Raplh shows up and ruins the moment, the meme is "raplh pls go" and he replies in the negative and proceeds to drink his beer, smoke his pipe and watch:lol:

like warcrafts infamous yar-yar hump hump.

[darth los]

That is funny. :lol:

Who writes this stuff? lol

:cool:

[mista_mo]

Sounds like my kind of Wal-mart!

[Arcades057]

It's time to fleece the Walmart calf in the name of tolerance!!!!!

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40967000/jpg/_40967298_parks8.jpg

[darth los]

Sounds like my kind of Wal-mart!


That's good to know.

:cool:

[SRP76]

It's time to fleece the Walmart calf in the name of tolerance!!!!!

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40967000/jpg/_40967298_parks8.jpg

Are my eyes playing tricks, or are they leading the throng while sharing a Heineken?! Or is it some other brand? Looks familiar...

[Arcades057]

Your eyes are playing tricks. It's a book or magazine. It's probably a book called "Taking Advantage of White Guilt for Dummies."

[MaximusIncredulous]

Are my eyes playing tricks, or are they leading the throng while sharing a Heineken?! Or is it some other brand? Looks familiar...

Heineken??? Looks like some cheap, dead factory town beer he's drinking.

[AcesandEights]

This thread is going places!

I think it's hysterical, frankly (the announcement, not the angst).

[blind2d]

It's quite obviously a book, seemingly in the leather-back style that's uncommon for more modern books these days... unless you're rich or it's the Bible.

[strayrider]

Hmmm...the prankster is obviously PC. There are any number of terms which could have been used to much greater effect.

This reminds me of that story about the grocery store in the South that had a special on fried chicken and watermelon to honor Marty King's birthday.

:D

-stray-

[MikePizzoff]

Quick story: I was on x box live on monday getting a session of L4D in when a guy leaves the group to die and bolts for the saferoom. So i say to my other team mates "look at this guy, he just left us."

The guys started calling me a nigger non stop, it had to be atleast 20 times in row. I haven't heard the word nigger that much since the last time Michael Richards did stand up.

It was funny to me because I'm not black I'm Puerto Rican. So i deduced that this guy was from an area where:

# 1 there aren't that many minorities where he lived because he couldn't tell the difference between a hispanic and a black guy and

# 2: he feels really safe talking like that where he lives, (definitely not NY) although in the comfort of your own home you can be as racist as you wanna be, so who knows.


Ugggh. Darth, I play a lot of Modern Warfare 2 on XBL and it is littered with dumb fucking teenagers that drop the N-bomb non-stop. It aggravates me to no end. Yes, I am white (although how pure is debatable - I've got Native American in me from as close as the 1930's) and this, to some people, means I shouldn't care as much as I do - but I've got half a brain. On top of it, my girlfriend is Ecuadorian; I guess that gives me even more reason to be so anti-racist.

As far as this Wally World prank goes: I'd love to go into a Walmart and ask all the rednecks to leave the store.

[Mike70]

this smacks of teenage highjinxs.

there's some pack of smart assed, phone meddling kids out there.

[darth los]

this smacks of teenage highjinxs.

there's some pack of smart assed, phone meddling kids out there.


You're right. That's just the type to not think things through.


I'm sure we'll hear all about it as the facts come out due to the lawsuit that I'm sure has already been filed.

:cool:

[slickwilly13]

An arrest was made.

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/arrest-made-in-walmart-racial-comment-case/19407665

[Mike70]

An arrest was made.

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/arrest-made-in-walmart-racial-comment-case/19407665

seems to be much ado over very little. a 16 year old moron got on the PA and said something stupid, whoppity doo. show me a 16 year old that doesn't say at least 25 idiotic things a day.

i don't think either of these charges will stick. harrassment? bias intimidation?

puh-leeze. a teen did something dumb. i see no reason for the NAACP to be circling the wagons nor do i see the need for 85% of the rhetoric in that arrest article.

[SRP76]

i see no reason for the NAACP to be circling the wagons nor do i see the need for 85% of the rhetoric in that arrest article.

"Hey, we can get paid over this." All the reason people need.

[bassman]

"Hey, we can get paid over this." All the reason people need.

unfortunately...this is the bottom line. People looking for a free buck. It's pathetic.

[Wooley]

That is funny. :lol:

Who writes this stuff? lol

:cool:

4channers, probably.

People have been so butt hurt about this is he'd gone in wearing a suit and an Afro wig, picked up the phone and said "Pool's closed due to AIDS!"

[Arcades057]

4channers, probably.

People have been so butt hurt about this is he'd gone in wearing a suit and an Afro wig, picked up the phone and said "Pool's closed due to AIDS!"

:lol:

Habbo raid.

[mista_mo]

I could've sworn this place was called homepageofthedead.com.

GUESS I WAS WRONG EH FELLAS DESU DESU ROLL AROUND OH LMAO AHAHAH XD XD XD

fuck sakes.

[Wooley]

I could've sworn this place was called homepageofthedead.com.

GUESS I WAS WRONG EH FELLAS DESU DESU ROLL AROUND OH LMAO AHAHAH XD XD XD

fuck sakes.

Do you have Battletoads? Do you like mudkips? Tits or GTFO!:D

[DubiousComforts]

show me a 16 year old that doesn't say at least 25 idiotic things a day.
Did you behave this way in public when you were 16 years old? Neither did I.

Everyone would be singing a different tune if a Muslim had shouted "All white infidels please leave the store."

[Arcades057]

Did you behave this way in public when you were 16 years old? Neither did I.

Everyone would be singing a different tune if a Muslim had shouted "All white infidels please leave the store."

They would be, you're right. That Muslim never would've been charged with a crime. :o

[SRP76]

Everyone would be singing a different tune if a Muslim had shouted "All white infidels please leave the store."

If a Muslim shouted anything at me, my focus would be on HIM. NOT THE FUCKING WAL-MART. Not a hard concept.

But maybe that just means that this particular infidel isn't looking for a way to get free money. I guess I can't speak for my fellow infidels.

[darth los]

Hey, even Archie bunker had to start somewhere right? :p

:cool:

[Arcades057]

If a Muslim shouted anything at me, my focus would be on HIM. NOT THE FUCKING WAL-MART. Not a hard concept.

But maybe that just means that this particular infidel isn't looking for a way to get free money. I guess I can't speak for my fellow infidels.

You spoke for me pretty well. My family never sued the Palm Beach County school district for all the racism I suffered in their schools, so I wouldn't be looking for money from Walmart over this.

Come to think of it, I didn't look for money out of McDonald's when one of their staffers allowed her family to jump the line, telling them "don't werr bout dem, dey WHATE!" I also didn't sue the Beall's near me when, after buying a pair a shoes the woman commented "ya'll crac--er, WHATE boys luv dem shoe."

Gee, I could go on and on. I live in a very "multicultural" area.

[darth los]

You spoke for me pretty well. My family never sued the Palm Beach County school district for all the racism I suffered in their schools, so I wouldn't be looking for money from Walmart over this.

Come to think of it, I didn't look for money out of McDonald's when one of their staffers allowed her family to jump the line, telling them "don't werr bout dem, dey WHATE!" I also didn't sue the Beall's near me when, after buying a pair a shoes the woman commented "ya'll crac--er, WHATE boys luv dem shoe."

Gee, I could go on and on. I live in a very "multicultural" area.


The thing that sticks out in that story to me and that i have found through my own life experiences is that for all the crying about racism, blacks are the most overtly so.

As a person of color or as most of you I'm sure would say "colored person" it hurts me to say it but it's true.

:cool:

[DubiousComforts]

They would be, you're right. That Muslim never would've been charged with a crime. :o
The Muslim would be charged as a terrorist, not a racist.


You spoke for me pretty well. My family never sued the Palm Beach County school district for all the racism I suffered in their schools,
Which sort of racism did you suffer? Do you mean like a noose hung in the school library, which happened just last month?

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9607/ucsdnoose.jpg

[bassman]

A green noose? At least they're being colorful about it...

[DubiousComforts]

A green noose? At least they're being colorful about it...
Perhaps had they waited until St. Patrick's Day, they might have gotten away with it.

[krakenslayer]

Is a noose really a specifically racist symbol? To me it has more of a suicide/autoerotic-asphyxiation set of connotations. I guess it must be a US thing, what with the KKK and lynchings, etc.

[bassman]

Is a noose really a specifically racist symbol? To me it has more of a suicide/autoerotic-asphyxiation set of connotations. I guess it must be a US thing, what with the KKK and lynchings, etc.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Blacks aren't the only ones in history to have been hanged. I guess the assholes that put it up didn't really think it through.

[DubiousComforts]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Blacks aren't the only ones in history to have been hanged. I guess the assholes that put it up didn't really think it through.
Regardless of the historic significance of the noose, in this situation it was specifically meant to target black students. Some idiot UCSD student admitted to doing this in the racially-charged atmosphere following a drunken frat-boy party which mocked Black History Month.

To be honest, I would have heard no other mention of Black History Month this year except for all the bellyaching coming from uptight whites. Good job on raising awareness, crackers.


The thing that sticks out in that story to me and that i have found through my own life experiences is that for all the crying about racism, blacks are the most overtly so.
I was unaware that this had become a contest to point out the most racist group of people, which really has no bearing on what some racist brat shouted out in Wal-Mart. But since you've mentioned it, it's been my experience that Latinos (some, not all) are the most racist in the way they use language as a means to exclude people that don't speak Spanish. At least black people speak English so that you know where you stand.

[Arcades057]

The Muslim would be charged as a terrorist, not a racist.


Which sort of racism did you suffer? Do you mean like a noose hung in the school library, which happened just last month?

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9607/ucsdnoose.jpg

Awwwww, they had to look at a noose? The poor dears.

No, I'm talking about actual physical violence against my person; you know, the kind of thing that actually matters?

And, correct me if I'm wrong, but Major Hassan was NOT charged nor is he being charged as a terrorist, right? Yeaaaaaah.

[strayrider]

Some idiot UCSD student admitted to doing this in the racially-charged atmosphere following a drunken frat-boy party which mocked Black History Month.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/02/noose-in-library-a-stupid-mistake-ucsd-student/


"LA JOLLA — In an anonymous letter circulated on campus yesterday, the University of California San Diego student who hung a noose in the school library last week apologized for what she called a “mindless act and stupid mistake.

“I know what I did was offensive — regardless of my intentions — I am just trying to say I’m sorry,” read the letter, which was published in the student newspaper, the UCSD Guardian. “As a minority student who sympathizes with the students that have been affected by the recent issues on campus, I am distraught to know that I have unintentionally added to their pain.”

The 10-paragraph letter was unsigned. In a note to readers, the newspaper said it had “verified the author’s authenticity.” Campus authorities said details in the letter are consistent with what they know about the incident, which was reported late Thursday.

Authorities would not provide the student’s ethnicity or any other details about her, saying it might compromise their investigation into the incident."

Interesting.

:D

-stray-