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kittyinasweater t1_iu0qu9e wrote

Reply to comment by ark_mod in Miami Beach adopts ordinance banning hairstyle discrimination by AsslessBaboon

Idk if you watched the video or just missed it but John Oliver said the items that were locked up in that particular Walmart were similarly priced to the white hair products. I didn't hear anything in the video about the products being more expensive, although I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case for some products.

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kauapea123 t1_iu1d0rr wrote

Maybe those products get stolen more, so they’re locked up, like cigarettes, etc. Stop jumping to conclusions.

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kittyinasweater t1_iu1oivk wrote

Lol if you would watch the video, you would realize that they tried to collect data that proves those products are stolen more, and Walmart didn't have any data to provide. They even released a statement along with CVS and another company stating that they would no longer be locking up ethnic hair products.

So who exactly is jumping to conclusions? Why don't you actually look at the material you're commenting on before calling someone out.

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AsslessBaboon OP t1_iu0uzjn wrote

In the case of pricing. Am talking of my experience when I visited. Plus when I asked my mates there, they made jokes that it's the "black tax", similar to the Pink tax

Not pricing within the JO segment. It would be a tad irresponsible of me to recommend and put the link if I hadn't watched the segment.

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kittyinasweater t1_iu14nwf wrote

I was replying to the comment under yours. They were justifying the black products being locked up because they're more expensive, but the video you linked (that I don't think they watched) specifically said that the items that were locked up were similarly priced to the products that weren't locked up, directly contradicting his statement that they're locked up for good reason.

My point is that racism absolutely plays a role in the products being locked up, not just data on what's actually being stolen.

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stench_montana t1_iu1ktcz wrote

Or were one of them more likely to be stolen and those ones are more likely to be locked up? Seems extremely logical of that were the case.

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kittyinasweater t1_iu1o65q wrote

In the video, John Oliver mentions they tried to collect the data that proves those items were stolen at a higher rate, but Walmart refers them to the customer service line. So they didn't have anything to back it up and they eventually announced (along with CVS and somewhere else) that they would no longer be locking up ethnic hair products.

So if that tells you anything, it's that something isn't adding up. Literally lol

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jzuccaro1 t1_iu1taas wrote

Break News: Walmart doesn't compile crime statistics.

Who'd have known. That doesn't mean the items aren't stolen at higher rates

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kittyinasweater t1_iu1yc41 wrote

The fuck they don't lmao. Walmart tracks everything that has to do with sales.

If they can't prove it, how did they decide to make it policy in the first place? They obviously would've had to have numbers showing those products are getting stolen more often, prompting them to lock the items up.

It's not rocket science my guy.

So if those numbers don't exist because they don't track it, then what would lead them to lock those products up besides racism?

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