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G/A/F? 6 Black Students Ejected of Apple Store Because They Might Steal Something"
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ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
I had to kick a bunch of kids out of a store I worked in once, they happened to be black... and stealing stuff.
But yeah, it's why they have surveillance equipment and security guards to stop people stealing. Didn't even give them a chance.
Southern Australia is like The South in America, full of racist hicks, probably worse even.
But yeah, it's why they have surveillance equipment and security guards to stop people stealing. Didn't even give them a chance.
Southern Australia is like The South in America, full of racist hicks, probably worse even.
Angelus Errare
Banned
But I was told that Australia doesn't have a race problem! By T.I., various GAF members, and ASAP Ferg!
Nah it's the opposite here. We keep the rednecks to the north, closer to the equator. Keeps their necks warmer. We are all about craft beers and quinoa down here.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
And race riots and violent racial abusers on public transport.
they might be thinking of tasmania
not unique to any part of australia, sadly
YourMaster
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This could very well be ethnic profiling, but it could also not be the first time these teens visited this or other stores and that last time didn't work out too well.
Black Republican
Member
Good on him doing that
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Ah, race riots are I'm afraid. Can't remember the last time we had one in QLD. All this shits pretty exclusive to you guys, sorry to say. You can keep trying to palm it off but yeah, no.
I knew a guy working in a store were they wanted to kick people out, cause when certain persons gets in the store, stuff dissappears.
And if you notice the same 4 people in the store another time, stuff are missing afterwards, but you have no evidence since you couldnt see anything on the camera etc, you cant do anything.
So it could have been like this also, cause Im pretty sure there were lots of colored people that didnt get threw out from the store.
And if you notice the same 4 people in the store another time, stuff are missing afterwards, but you have no evidence since you couldnt see anything on the camera etc, you cant do anything.
So it could have been like this also, cause Im pretty sure there were lots of colored people that didnt get threw out from the store.
Oh yes, let's give them the benefit of the doubt, right?
It's like clockwork!
I'm sorry, I don't get it... What is the problem with that?
H.Protagonist
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Highpoint, huh? I do my shopping there all the time. Surprised considering Maribyrnong's make-up.
I'm not sure I phrased that right (especially given the subject matter) - just seems that everywhere someone is willing to film something, rather than talk about it as human beings before it escalates.
Still not sure I'm phrasing it right...
I think I get it, but in this case good thing they filmed it. The guy ejecting them from the store is not willing to talk, he is just like "these guys think you might steal something, so go away. End of discussion, end of discussion". There was no intention to talk.
| Praxis |
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All of the shops near my school had signs in the windows saying "one child at a time" and they'd kick you out if you tried to go in as a group.
Absolutely agree in this case, given the guy wasn't willing to talk. It's probably the other instances of "film first, ask questions later" that are riling me.
glaringradio
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Surprised you didn't post this amazing gem that was found on Facebook and shown in the BBC's take on the story:
I... I just don't know whether people are being serious anymore
I... I just don't know whether people are being serious anymore
ldcommando
Banned
been there, man... it´s fucking awful
Claude Augario
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Regional management is going to come down on the store manager like a ton of bricks. Would be surprised if they get to keep their job.
There's a reason most expensive stock is kept in the back room, visible security is minimal, and you're encouraged to spend as much time as you like with the demo products.
Apple goes to great effort to maintain the open image of their stores, even if it sacrifices their loss prevention abilities (which is a negligible amount anyway), and a headline like this is a PR nightmare.
edit: lol at the comparisons to 'one child at a time' policies. This is fucking Apple, not your local sweet shop.
There's a reason most expensive stock is kept in the back room, visible security is minimal, and you're encouraged to spend as much time as you like with the demo products.
Apple goes to great effort to maintain the open image of their stores, even if it sacrifices their loss prevention abilities (which is a negligible amount anyway), and a headline like this is a PR nightmare.
edit: lol at the comparisons to 'one child at a time' policies. This is fucking Apple, not your local sweet shop.
Why does it bug you? You know what bugs me that people have to be subjected to racism. If everyone can record it they should
Bananajama
Banned
Ditto
Without knowing more - I'd have thought this was typical profiling based on age group rather than ethnicity.
I'm staying on the fence here unless there really is more to sway me off
tkscz
Member
Wasn't the bus incident by a elderly middle-eastern woman to an Asian-Australian girl?
OT: That's fucked up. I don't know how it works in AU, but I don't see those employees having a job for long.
2015, where the word "colored" is constantly used by non-white people to say non-white people.
toastyToast
Member
Surprised you didn't post this amazing gem that was found on Facebook and shown in the BBC's take on the story:
I... I just don't know whether people are being serious anymore
lmao this is amazing
Claude Augario
Member
People of Color and colored have two completely different uses.
So not only have I slipped through time but alternate realities too.
America neither invented nor patented negative stereotypes against people of African descent.
It is too early in the morning for ya'll shenanigans right now.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Haha. It's simply gaf. Some parts you don't see for a long time.
It took a few posts before people broke out the CSI kit to find an alternate theory.
I'll assume you were just born yesterday to think racism against blacks is inherent to Americans, or racism in general.
Straight Edge
Member
Isn't everything in the apple store attached to massive security cables?
What if they steal the cables, tho?
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Can't say I would be surprised regardless of the answer of where this took place. Black people are treated poorly in basically the entire globe.
In my nearest store only the display/testing devices. Everything else like chargers, cases etc just on shelves.
Yeah this is the most likely scenario. Of course 6 white kids getting denied entry to an Apple store wouldn't make an article worth discussing.
i_am_ben
running_here_and_there
Of course I don't think it is inherent to America I was just writing quickly and didn't word myself correctly.
I do think, however, think that American media, which has completely dominated Australian culture for the last 60+ years, has played a major role in propagating racism and stereotypes against black people.
I also think Institutionalised white colonialist ideas have played a part but I'm not sure if it is as large. Especially given Australia's history where colonialism is more immediately associated with the treatment of aboriginals.
sixteen-bit
Member
Yeah, that's what made guessing the geography hard. Points to the OP.
The Faceless Master
Member
wow, it's crazy nowadays!
something that happens all the time to minorities is now actually a big deal in the news cycle.
something that happens all the time to minorities is now actually a big deal in the news cycle.
Edward Snowden isn't black silly
ebullientprism
Member
Damn it! I had Florida. The fact that it wasnt brown people threw me off. Australia diversifying. :/
freeofgreed
Member
Pretty sure that's not Apple's policy though, but go ahead keep making excuses for them.
Gordon Shumway
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Exactly what I was thinking. Not Australia. Then again, noticed a few Austrians on here defend wrongdoing by the police in the US..it's starting to make sense!
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