Retailers Accused Of "Racism" As They Flee Black Neighborhoods In Milwaukee

Are they racist for leaving?

We have seen the same actions in Oakland or in other crime laden neighborhoods.

It about self preservation.

But is it racist?

If yes, why? Why should retailers just take it on the chin?

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Milwaukee is the latest in a long list of US cities facing a rapid retail exodus in minority neighborhoods and once again the blame is being placed on the companies in question rather than the behavior of the residents as they protests the rising tide of "food deserts".

At the beginning of July, city officials mounted a public outcry after Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. announced the decision to close at least five Pick 'n Save supermarket locations, including one in Milwaukee's Metcalfe Park neighborhood.



The city was also notified by Walgreens that they will be closing at least seven locations over the next two years and CVS will be closing some locations as well. Activists argue that the closures center around "black and brown neighborhoods" and that these areas "deserve access" to nearby grocery outlets.

Kroger's decision was discussed at a July 2 meeting of the Common Council's Community and Economic Development Committee. Many people walk or take the bus to buy food, said Alderwoman Sharlen P. Moore. If the store is gone, they may have nowhere close to shop. “This impacts our city,” Moore said. “They’re closing quite a bit of grocery stores that are in neighborhoods that absolutely have no access to groceries.

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VySky said:

Are they racist for leaving?

We have seen the same actions in Oakland or in other crime laden neighborhoods.

It about self preservation.

But is it racist?

If yes, why? Why should retailers just take it on the chin?

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No need to worry. Government-run grocery stores are coming, and they'll solve this problem.

NatMorton said:

No need to worry. Government-run grocery stores are coming, and they'll solve this problem.

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Indeed. Kansas City is such a model of excellence.

VySky said:

Are they racist for leaving?

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Do you have a solution?

Or are you just going to go with this tepid, insincere Tucker Carlson impression?

Retailers don't close down existing, profitable stores that they have invested $millions in. Either the stores have become insufficiently profitable due to crime, or too unsafe to keep open. Regardless of race, the communities need to look at themselves if they are losing local amenities.

VySky said:

Are they racist for leaving?

We have seen the same actions in Oakland or in other crime laden neighborhoods.

It about self preservation.

But is it racist?

If yes, why? Why should retailers just take it on the chin?

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I believe major corporations should be encouraged to have social responsibility beyond pure profitability. But, they cannot be forced to do so.

If they withdraw critical services, of which food is one, government will unfortunately be forced to pick-up the slack.

Gozaburo said:

Do you have a solution?

Or are you just going to go with this tepid, insincere Tucker Carlson impression?

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Admit that there's a problem - the reason why the companies are leaving.

Chomsky said:

I believe major corporations should be encouraged to have social responsibility beyond pure profitability.

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Corporations have bills to pay just like everyone else. They can't get money to pay those bills if stores in high-risk areas are losing money due to Flash Rob mobs.

Plus, they have a responsibility to the safety of employees. If they can't guarantee safety...

The problem is the neighborhoods. They need to be more proactive in dealing with their crumbs of society who are causing the problems.

roberthughey said:

Admit that there's a problem - the reason why the companies are leaving.

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I think even the most obtuse and dogmatic leftist would admit the obvious problem is disproportionate criminality in "black and brown" neighborhoods.

The difference is leftists offer altruistic, if highly idealistic, almost ignorant solutions, whereas people like the OP of this thread almost sadistically revel in the destruction wrought by the consequences of high criminality, but refuse to offer a solution.

Like I said in a separate thread: the political right reads news headlines like this as if they were pornography. There's a hedonistic pleasure in witnessing the human suffering which comes from the contradictions and assumptions in the progressive worldview. It's gross.

NatMorton said:

No need to worry. Government-run grocery stores are coming, and they'll solve this problem.

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We ONLY accept food stamps.

Gozaburo said:

I think even the most obtuse and dogmatic leftist would admit the obvious problem is disproportionate criminality in "black and brown" neighborhoods.

The difference is leftists offer altruistic, if highly idealistic, almost ignorant solutions, whereas people like the OP of this thread almost sadistically revel in the destruction wrought by the consequences of high criminality, but refuse to offer a solution.

Like I said in a separate thread: the political right reads news headlines like this as if they were pornography. There's a hedonistic pleasure in witnessing the human suffering which comes from the contradictions and assumptions in the progressive worldview. It's gross.

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Always the critic with no solution.

Gozaburo said:

I think even the most obtuse and dogmatic leftist would admit the obvious problem is disproportionate criminality in "black and brown" neighborhoods.

The difference is leftists offer altruistic, if highly idealistic, almost ignorant solutions, whereas people like the OP of this thread almost sadistically revel in the destruction wrought by the consequences of high criminality, but refuse to offer a solution.

Like I said in a separate thread: the political right reads news headlines like this as if they were pornography. There's a hedonistic pleasure in witnessing the human suffering which comes from the contradictions and assumptions in the progressive worldview. It's gross.

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Just creates small business opportunities for those who live there.
The nearest supermarket to where I live is more than 80KM away, and about a 2 hour trip to get there.
Currently we have 4 people who have turned their homes into shops and they buy in quantity and resell for a few cents profit on each item. Plus, we have many individuals who grow vegetables and fruit who set up tables each day to sell. My Wife occasionally sells bananas or other fruits when we have more than the monkeys can eat.

Business has little to do with race, primarily just profit.

Roadvirus said:

Corporations have bills to pay just like everyone else. They can't get money to pay those bills if stores in high-risk areas are losing money due to Flash Rob mobs.

Plus, they have a responsibility to the safety of employees. If they can't guarantee safety...

The problem is the neighborhoods. They need to be more proactive in dealing with their crumbs of society who are causing the problems.

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I agree with all of this.

Which is why I earlier chose my words carefully, using "encourage" rather than "require/mandate/etc".

But just as importantly, in my post I also stated this becomes where government needs to gets involved in providing for the citizens' well being.

Gozaburo said:

I think even the most obtuse and dogmatic leftist would admit the obvious problem is disproportionate criminality in "black and brown" neighborhoods.

The difference is leftists offer altruistic, if highly idealistic, almost ignorant solutions, whereas people like the OP of this thread almost sadistically revel in the destruction wrought by the consequences of high criminality, but refuse to offer a solution.

Like I said in a separate thread: the political right reads news headlines like this as if they were pornography. There's a hedonistic pleasure in witnessing the human suffering which comes from the contradictions and assumptions in the progressive worldview. It's gross.

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Excellent observation. Well done!

OP posts like this don't seem to offer much in the way of problem solving, but rather seem to find glee in human suffering.

NatMorton said:

No need to worry. Government-run grocery stores are coming, and they'll solve this problem.

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How is rarely discussed. Perhaps, with no rent or taxes to pay and no need to make any profit, the government run stores can afford to suffer more inventory ‘shrinkage’. It’s also possible that local LEOs would (be forced to?) offer more protection to stores owned by their (government) employer than they currently offer to private for profit stores.

Its not socially responsible to encourage crime by staying. If governments can't protect property and citizens then they should be replaced.

Chomsky said:

I believe major corporations should be encouraged to have social responsibility beyond pure profitability. But, they cannot be forced to do so.

If they withdraw critical services, of which food is one, government will unfortunately be forced to pick-up the slack.

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The solution is to close the stores.

Gozaburo said:

Do you have a solution?

Or are you just going to go with this tepid, insincere Tucker Carlson impression?

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TobyOne said:

The solution is to close the stores.

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Awesome.

See you in the next thread where you bitch about absurd home prices due to minority emigration from unlivable shitholes.

Individual said:

Just creates small business opportunities for those who live there.
The nearest supermarket to where I live is more than 80KM away, and about a 2 hour trip to get there.
Currently we have 4 people who have turned their homes into shops and they buy in quantity and resell for a few cents profit on each item. Plus, we have many individuals who grow vegetables and fruit who set up tables each day to sell. My Wife occasionally sells bananas or other fruits when we have more than the monkeys can eat.

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Individual said:

Business has little to do with race, primarily just profit.

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I very much agree with the bolded.

As an example, my formerly extremely segregated city is still fairly segregated on one side of town. On that side of town is an affluent neighborhood that was settled by the wealthy & prominent African-American families & individuals of the prior century. Wealthy Black men & women settled there, because it was at the time the only affluent neighborhood where they didn't face overt racism. One sub-section even became known as "Pill Hill", due to the number of physicians and clinic owners - all Black - living there.

This neighborhood today is still affluent, and still prominently Black, though some Caucasians have moved-in due to the neighborhood's desirably.

The neighborhood is a desirable cultural mecca with many thriving businesses, necessitating a strict zoning schedule to keep excessive corporatizing of business out!

Oddly enough though, the neighborhood's has precluded their hosting chains that require large physical structures like WalMart & CostCo, The land is simply to valuable to be cost-effective for such endeavors. So they put the big corporate places on the edges just outside the immediate neighborhood where land pricing is cheaper.

But they have a plethora of smaller more upscale chains and boutique shops like Starbucks, Stan's Donuts, etc.

My city has several examples of similar predominantly African-American neighborhoods, all thriving economically and in fact only limited by the excessively high price of property for commercial use. That these neighborhoods are Black, does not stop the developers & chains from wanting a seat at their economic table!

No, in my opinion it's not racist to relocate and/or close down a store in a neighborhood where crime is making it too difficult to do business in a safe and profitable way.

TobyOne said:

Its not socially responsible to encourage crime by staying. If governments can't protect property and citizens then they should be replaced.

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1] Staying in one's house is not "encouraging crime"
2] Not all have the resources to "leave".
3] That some corporations chose more profitable neighborhoods is not necessarily a mandate to "replace government".

LongIslandGirl said:

No, in my opinion it's not racist to relocate and/or close down a store in a neighborhood where crime is making it too difficult to do business in a safe and profitable way.

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Perhaps it’s racist for the government to allow such high crime neighborhoods to come into existence.

TobyOne said:

The solution is to close the stores.

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Then how do you feed the citizenry?

Chomsky said:

If they withdraw critical services, of which food is one, government will unfortunately be forced to pick-up the slack.

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Not with government run grocery stores I hope