Andrew Young Resigns From Wal-Mart Post

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Originally Posted by jitterbug13

In an interview with the weekly newspaper, Young was asked whether he was concerned that Wal-Mart causes smaller, mom-and-pop stores to close.

"Well, I think they should; they ran the 'mom and pop' stores out of my neighborhood," the paper quoted Young as saying. "But you see, those are the people who have been overcharging us, selling us stale bread and bad meat and wilted vegetables. And they sold out and moved to Florida. I think they've ripped off our communities enough. First it was Jews, then it was Koreans and now it's Arabs; very few black people own these stores."

The TRUTH hurts

[Steeltrap]

I am a Californian (native of San Diego, attended university and lived in Los Angeles for seven years). Mr. Young is accurate -- we have historically not owned many of the mom- and pop-style grocery stores in AfAm neighborhoods. Fortunately, we didn't have to patronize them because my family had cars and U.S. Navy commissary privileges.

I think people were surprised, though, because it came from civil rights leaderAndrew Young, not someone with a more radical public image. Mr. Young's recent public image is basically courtly, Talented Tenth and classy.

His working with Wally World, though, wasn't the best move, IMO.