Shoppers at a southern New Jersey Walmart store were shocked Sunday night when a voice came over the retailer’s public-address system announcing: “Attention, Walmart customers: All black people, leave the store now”. The male voice who delivered the announcement has yet to be identified. Since the racist announcement was made the store has vowed to change its access to the system. Not all of the phones are in the view of security cameras, and some are accessible to the public.
Other than just having a lax policy regarding the PA system extension and access to phones on the job, Walmart should not be faulted for the actions of some crazy employee or random shopper. This is a prank. Racist overtones, yes I see them.
There are tons of things that people could be up in arms about with regard to the way Walmart does business. If you’re still mad about this incident that happened Sunday, perhaps you would consider re-directing your attention to things like this:
Family Business Shut Their Doors When Wal-Mart Comes to Town
