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stench_montana t1_iu1ktcz wrote

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

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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