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Originally Posted by cjs216  Very, very sad. Wal-mart sucks (my opinion, of course). Those low, low prices seem to attract a less-than-average shopper..... I noticed in the photos that the only Caucasians there were the cops....is Long Island a predominately black community? I didn't know that.
cj/ |
Hmmm I find it hard to answer this question since it holds so many unspoken things.
But I will just say that Long Island is a vast place, over 118 miles long with over 7 1/2 million people. We are racially and ethnically and economically mixed. There are wealthy communities, poor communities, communities of primarily one race or ethnicity, yet most are mixed communities. While there are occasional racial or ethnic clashes, most people get along very well and enjoy the rich texture that develops in a mixed community.
This occurrence is an aberration and could have happened anywhere and with any nationality or ethnic group. I have seen many stories like this for the past 15 years or so, ever since a top toy or item is scarce. "Jingle all the way" from 1996 --while no one died, was a movie about this.
I thoroughly condemn the people who did this and those who continued to shop while they observed this.