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Originally posted by straightBOS
What's wrong with the sign?
The store, obviously, was advertising an item that POSSIBLY was very popular among the African-Americans in its area.
They had a similar incident here a few years ago. A local drug store gave discounts on relaxers, skin-lightening products and s-curl products for Black History Month. Why? Because their info showed that the A-A community in which the store was based were active and consistent buyers of these products. So, taa-daa! they have a big sale on a guaranteed seller!!
Now, what's wrong with a sale on products that one's customers buy a lot of. If you ask me, that’s good business. And why not advertise during Black History Month?
If Black people have a problem with the products chosen for the sale, they should take a closer look at the products they flock to the stores and buy in the first place.
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It's one thing to give discounts on products that are created for & geared towards African Americans. The insult is that "fried chicken and watermelon" are stereotypical and have negative connotations. We are not the only people that eat fried chicken.... the dish was not created with us in mind, and not all of us
like fried chicken. If that was the case, they might as well have thrown up a sign with chitterlings, pig feet, and hog maws as well.
That's why every company needs to invest in diversity training. Whoever put the sign up just was not thinking and didn't know that
impact that it would have (I hope, although this is happening more and more....).