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I wouldn't spend my money at any store that refused service to people of any race, religion, or sexual orientation. I know a few people who would visit a store light that only if they had good prices (people who put super savings above company ethics).
It's hard to say.
I wouldn't think many people I know would be doing business with Walmart, but I guess people are selfish and avaricious by nature, and will throw their principles to the winds when it comes to being able to purchase whatever trashy geegaws they want at lower prices and all in one convenient location.
Based on the "John Stossel called for a repeal of the public accomodations portion of the Civil Rights Act" thread. If that portion was repealed and it was legal to openly deny service based on race and such a business opened up in your neighborhood, would you do business there? Would anyone you know do business there?
Poll options will be up shortly. Have patience.
EDIT: Can a mod fix the typo in the title. I hate my typing skills (or lack thereof).
The reason I made the point about Walmart is that everybody claims it's evil, but shops there anyway.
Ideals tend to fly out the window in the face of good bargains and convenient location.
Racism and racial discrimination need to remain illegal.
Here we have a Cowboys of Color rodeo.
Or at least we did have one, at least once.
I was downtown with my kids who were about 8 and 9, and they saw a poster for this rodeo and asked me a billion questions about it.
My conclusion was that minority cowboys have traditionally excluded from regular rodeos, and so they've started their own.
Although I don't for sure if that's true. It just sounds convincing.
I do live in the South and must say that a few folks I know would go to these places. And I have a feeling a LOT of people I don't know would go too
I'm hesitant to even say whether or not I'd patronize such an establishment, because I feel like if we all say we wouldn't, that will be used as an excuse, by libertarian types, why business owners should have the legal right to discriminate in this way (which i don't believe they should), because- the theory goes- the free market will drive such establishments out of business anyway, because nobody would be willing to shop there.
It's not a discussion I'm willing to have, though.
Business owners don't and shouldn't have the right to discriminate on the basis of ethnicity.
The reason I made the point about Walmart is that everybody claims it's evil, but shops there anyway.
Ideals tend to fly out the window in the face of good bargains and convenient location.
Racism and racial discrimination need to remain illegal.
I'm hesitant to even say whether or not I'd patronize such an establishment, because I feel like if we all say we wouldn't, that will be used as an excuse, by libertarian types, why business owners should have the legal right to discriminate in this way (which i don't believe they should), because- the theory goes- the free market will drive such establishments out of business anyway, because nobody would be willing to shop there.
It's not a discussion I'm willing to have, though.
Business owners don't and shouldn't have the right to discriminate on the basis of ethnicity.
The reason I made the point about Walmart is that everybody claims it's evil, but shops there anyway.
Ideals tend to fly out the window in the face of good bargains and convenient location.
Racism and racial discrimination need to remain illegal.
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