UK retailer Tesco accused of racism for
burglar-proofing dark-skinned makeup
New York Post,
by
Ariel Zilber
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
8/8/2022 2:25:40 PM
A British supermarket chain is under fire for locking up a makeup product for dark-skinned shoppers while the same line for lighter-skinned women was left without any security measures. Natalie Westgate, a local mother of three, wandered into a Tesco location in West London last week and noticed the disparate security while browsing a shelf lined with Garnier SkinActive BB Cream products.
Westgate posted a photo showing the products that are traditionally marketed to minorities being encased in what appeared to be theft-proof containers. Westgate tweeted: “@tesco can you please explain this? Do white people not steal then? Absolutely disgusting and not to mention racist!!!!”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
kono 8/8/2022 2:33:41 PM (No. 1241728)
Tesco should just say the secure shelving is to keep white people from stealing the dark-skinned makeup. That nobody wants the light-skinned stuff enough to steal it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
valinva 8/8/2022 2:33:51 PM (No. 1241729)
Tesco should have replied that the product was locked up because of the frequency it is stolen not because of the color of people who are stealing it.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rich323 8/8/2022 2:40:08 PM (No. 1241733)
Tesco should have ignored a single complaint and moved on. Why react to one opinion? Must be woke management.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 8/8/2022 2:40:35 PM (No. 1241734)
Eyee dink thair maye b aa reesun.
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So this complete moron apparently doesn't realize that Tesco (and many others, I might add) actively use security cameras in their establishments. Tesco management are aware of which "customers" are doing what.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
coyote 8/8/2022 3:09:57 PM (No. 1241752)
It's statistics, not racism.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 8/8/2022 3:26:50 PM (No. 1241780)
Physical stores, when they will exist at all, will have shelf space with non-removable fake examples of products so shoppers can examine their choice if necessary, but only enter a code on a ‘shopping pad’ device. It enters your product choice and your order is packed and ready for you as soon as it’s paid for in checkout line. Viva la future.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bpl40 8/8/2022 3:46:11 PM (No. 1241806)
Its called prudence, not racism.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 8/8/2022 4:17:13 PM (No. 1241836)
LOL! More proof of the cultural criminal differences in certain subgroups.
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Gee Wally ( sorry, I won t quit using this tribute to a very nice actor ) if a white product was secured because it was theft-full would whites have a cow???
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 8/8/2022 4:21:47 PM (No. 1241843)
#7 is probably right. You can see it now in some stores in the Dem-run big cities. They have bullet resistant glass between the clerk and customer. The customer orders, say, a couple of packs of cigarettes, pays first, then gets his purchase slipped to him around the glass. In the future, there may not be a clerk to be seen. You will place an order, pay with credit (or more likely EBT) card and once approved, your order tumbles out a chute like a vending machine.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
TexaTucky 8/8/2022 4:36:58 PM (No. 1241863)
How 'bout stop selling products that don't make you a profit?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/8/2022 4:44:48 PM (No. 1241872)
What tends to disappear in numbers disproportionate to sales gets locked away. In this case, it happens to be makeup for dark skins. Coincidence? We know who has sticky fingers. So do the stores. This was done quite a while ago at stores like Target and major drugstore chains.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
navybrat 8/8/2022 5:04:00 PM (No. 1241893)
Inventory shows which products are stolen with frequency. They are the ones put under lock and key.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
DVC 8/8/2022 5:20:06 PM (No. 1241910)
In South Africa about 15 years ago, I needed to buy some car wax with a polishing compound. I found a small "auto store" in the parking lot of a shopping mall. And when I went in.....no products at all visible. Empty shelves and a counter with most of the store square footage behind the counter, not accessible to the customers. I was a bit confused, and the clerk asked if he could help me. I told him what I was looking for and he brought up several different kinds to examine an select from. I got my wax and went on. Clearly shoplifting was way out of control, so they dealt with it.
I'll never forget a black guy hanging around outside with a HUGE "Afro" hairdo, and an equally huge bright pink furry hat on over the 'fro'. The hat had to be literally 18+ inches across, one of those sort of puffed up kind with a small bill in front that Brits seemed to wear in the 1920s, except huge, furry and pink. OK, that sort of pimp style sense wasn't just in the USA. I just looked it up....the kind is called an "Eight piece hat"....eight segments sown together.
The guy really looked ridiculous in that huge pink furry hat.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 8/8/2022 5:46:00 PM (No. 1241948)
Crime stats don't lie.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
3XALADY 8/8/2022 5:53:32 PM (No. 1241957)
Our local Walmart must had had a big loss on liquor because a lot of it is now behind lock and key. And good luck finding someone to bring the key. We don't have that many blacks around so it must be the whites taking it.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
udanja99 8/8/2022 6:49:21 PM (No. 1242024)
Perhaps someone should show Natalie the video of the black guys stealing $2 million worth of jewelry the other day. That should explain it to her.
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