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I'm white and I've been followed around shops here in London (England) before. Only those shops were always owned or staffed by people of Middle Eastern or African ancestry. I've never been followed around by another white person. I think people just irrationally fear those they perceive to be different from themselves.

I shop at paytm but racism still exists in our country

All Best Buy’s do that. Even in the state of Texas, to a old white guy like me. \nI find it annoying, but only due to the fact that I know to ask someone if I need it. If I don’t ask, let me shop. \nIf you’re on the move, they’ll leave you alone. If I’m in the store with the wife, and we split up, I’m just browsing to burn time.\nThat’s when I get offered multiple “May I help you”? \nSo yeah, corporate policy, which that “expert” knows nothing about, yet they say he verifies the “profiling” when he says “it’s possible”.

Are u hearing news there are so many gun shooting happening in US, killing innocents in shopping , in school, on street . All these killers are non muslim. What do u say now?

I'm not minimising the racism here but I have been followed and asked to open my backpack, I'm British white but must look like a thief to security . One time the shop was my football club's merchandise shop . I think the management realised the security personnel were over zealous because they didnt last long . It doesn't feel very nice to be thought a thief but to decide who could be a thief because of ethnicity is disgraceful.

Well just open your shopping bag, proof her wrong, then go from there.

I always suggest to the security guard to come hold my basket for me if you really think I'm going to steal, come shop with me :D hahaha you should see the look on their faces

I don't agree with the Hijab it covers her face completely so you just don't know who they are, , it's not ok to wear a balaclava or a Motorcycle helmet in a bank or any government building or basically any shop / store so why should they ,there's a serious threat to the western world it's happening in Europe and the UK Muslim extremists spreading the hateful word's of Islam and there Ideology !

Trudeau classic liberal idiot. Him and his ilk and their phony posturing and virtue signaling has created this problem pretty hopeful immigrants. This is what happens when these phonies, these left of left posers, are allowed to perpetuate misconceptions and feel-good phrases unchecked. Suddenly when the leftist posers look around and see that their neighborhood, their surrounding community , and the places they shop live and play are be coming home to these immigrants, they suddenly realize that they better make some excuses to explain why their mouths wrote checks that asses cannot cash.

Ise se accha india me shop khol lo \nMajudar hi banna he to bhart me kar lo

I'm white and live in Ireland and I've left shops because of them annoyingly asking can I help u and I won't go back and I spend a lot of money in them

If i observe someone watching me. I say since your watching me why don't you come and help me shop?

What nonsense. I have been followed by shop security and am pasty white.

Best buy had one of their secret shoppers shop around us

Why aren’t the shops where there were no problem highlighted. They ought to be commended just as much as the racists ones should be named and shamed

Im guessing some shop owners have been burned before. People want to hang out with people on their same level and background also. Obviously these 3 are a perfect example. Like minded. Share culture,business, political or religious beliefs. People aren't quick to trust anybody they don't know .

This is a propaganda piece. He's not an asylum seeker, he's an asylum SHOPPER. He went from Mexico to USA to Canada looking for the best social service programs for asylum seekers. It was denied because he was shopping and not seeking. Big difference. There are laws, you can't go to one country offering asylum then jump to Canada. I don't understand why people on here find that so hard to get.

8 minutes in the video now i get it why me and my friends were approached several times at Walmart when we went there for the 1st time shopping .......we were approached several times in Walmart ... MAY I HELP U?! ...and we thought they were legit trying to help us

It is NOT just race. Depending on the bag or backpack you carry, you get followed, which I hate. And I'm not black. My mother also gets followed everywhere in every Macy's store. It drives me crazy. It's really annoying, because I think it's because my mom has big purses and I usually have my art backpack. \n\nWhen I'm in a different town, I get followed in Walmart all the time. If I forget my shopping bags, I will empty my backpack so I can use that to put all my items in at the end of the purchase.\n\n In Best Buy, I'm lucky to get anyone to help me at all!!! I have to hunt someone down, and most of the time, they don't know anything anyway. Target: I have a hard time finding anyone to help me as well. I haven't really done a social experiment, but sometimes I just have my shopping bags and fill them as I shop and I won't carry a purse.\n\nLocally, I don't get followed because my family and me are known in that town. We know a lot of people and my face is everywhere. I never get followed. But out of town Walmart, I get followed in certain stores. It irritates me immensely, especially since I buy a lot of make up and the make up department is cramped they way they block the end of the aisles. It makes it really hard to turn your cart around when other people are in the same aisle. Then they close the make up aisle even though they have tons of cameras all over!! \n\nOverall, I don't know WHERE these backhanded compliments are coming from. I normally hear stuff about my weight. Nothing about race ever. Nor do I ever hear others talking about race. Weight seems to be the hot topic always.\n\nI also find it weird that the one guy feels like he needs to apologize!

Once an apartment complex has reached its full capacity the rents go up has to do with timing also if you wait a few months you're going to pay more in a good economy. Some people are confused why a realtor doesn't offer the same house to every customer for the same price. Realtors know everyone doesn't want to live with strangers When shopping for a one-bedroom apartment. I've never lived anywhere where everyone pays the same rent regardless of how many years or days they've been there. It has to do with supply and demand the second guy got a higher price because the demand was up for just a few apartments. If you took the same three guys with a hundred other guys to an apartment complex that was at 50% capacity they would all be quartered the same price most likely. People rent apartments to make a profit. When you fly you'll notice that nobody plays the same price to ride in the same plane at the same time.

I have been profiled like that in stores. Asking me for help and what not. You know what I do, I have them stay with me for about 15 min to half an hour. Just asking then questions constantly. Dont stop! They will think about it twice next time. I promise you. And the thing is just ask simple questions, be like mmh uhh. Just shop dont pay them no mind. I like it cause at the same time your being entertained while shopping.

How about you make the reporter black and send him shopping

When I lived home in the 80's and early 90's I was a teenager. Even then I noticed that the black hair care products were behind the counter but the hair care products for white people were in the isles. Even 2 years ago here, in Columbus, I was shopping with a friend. In my Lane was a white lady, my friend who was white, then me. We all used a card and the sign stated an ID was needed to use a card. No one was asked until it was my turn. When she asked. I showed it, then waited till the line was gone. Then I went to the counter and questioned her. She hummed and stumbled over her words. In the end her bigotry and profiling seemed subconscience. That was even worse.

I've worked in retail, and color has nothing to do with the attention you give a customet. When I go shopping not once do I look over my shoulder to see who is watching me. Blacks people not only do they attract attention to themselves but they act like the victims when they get caught red handed. Smh...

Damn they should've done his shopping for him WTF

Man this is why i shop online most of the time

Not even surprised haha in Saskatchewan and Alberta, the slight racism is just normal I am really experiencing . One day, I even got this situation that I went to Costco at Medicine Hat and one kid froze his face and said “ why are you guy shopping here if you don’t speak English “ and this episode is just not even level one.\nI really wonder how white people can say Canada is their country . Seriously?? is Canada white people’s country ??

I get encountered like this whilst shopping all the time. I just send the people who want to help me on an impossible man hunt until they get fed up and leave me alone.

I'm pretty sure soon the name Whitechapel will be deemed as racist as it has white in it, Alcohol is a bad thing according to Muslim's yet just about  every Muslim shop sells guess what? alcohol.

All my life I have dealt with racism in the US. Every.... single.... day! My kids have to deal with it in 2019.... 2019!!!!!! At work in retail, random driving, at work on the school bus with kids chanting “build the wall”, shopping in stores.... on TV with news that demonize us..... and I was an assistant manager at the store I still work at, and yes, a Black person with a big LV bag will be targeted while the actual thief that is White will get away with it. I am the only Hispanic and I am the only one over worked. And every time another minority applies, they last a week because they notice how they are also overworked and treated. Is this life Humane? We care so much for dogs..... they get better treatment! Right now, my dog has health insurance and my family of 6 don’t!

Don’t carry two large bags into a store while shopping!!

Ive started keeping an eye on white folks , I've seen them shop lift and worse I've seen them eat and not pay the bill.

im white ive been stopped by police and harrassed and ive been followed in plenty of shops and followed by security in shopping centres. Wheres my prize?

I'm a white guy and went to a black Barber shop. I was treated with respect and he did a very good job on the hair cut. Why can't all places treat all customers with respect? Every paying customer regardless of race should be treated with respect. It's common sense to have good customer service to all customers if you want them to return and a good reputation in the community.

Don't ever ask a white person if there is racism in their town, city, country, why? Because they are not targeted so how would they know? I used to trip on people watching me when I was in stores, however today @ 53 I don't care, all I ever say is if they ever grab me then I will take action, until then I'll shop till I drop! The racism that goes on in the workplace as well as rentals will probably never end because some white people just don't want(minorities)around, and since there is no law on the books that says they have to then it will never change. The late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said that the Government could never make a law to govern the hearts of men, maybe it's because King knew back then that even though the majority of us might want change, there are still a lot of people who would not change simply because they don't know anything else, so anything short of an act of GOD they probably still would never make them change, because you can't force people to obey a law that in their hearts they feel is wrong!!!

I get followed each and every time I go shopping.. Even though I shop at the same stores weekly (small town) And spend apx 200$/week.. I've had it.. Northern BC Canada

I'm white and when I was younger....under 24 specifically I had shop keepers follow me and watch me constantly....I just dont see it.

I'm white and when I was younger....under 24 specifically I had shop keepers follow me and watch me constantly....I just dont see it.

This is the main reasons I haven’t shopped in stores in decades..

Black men are so scared to go shopping in New York City \n#1 you don’t get help #2 two three people are following \nI couldn’t give up shopping because I need to eat

As a White person I have noticed that while shopping at Walmart in my predominately Black neighborhood all packages leaving the store are inspected, of course mine included, however when shopping at a Walmart across town in a predominately White neighborhood no one inspects packages. The store in the black neighborhood has mostly Blacks shoppers and the store in the white neighborhood mostly White shoppers. It seems rather obvious to me that the store in the Black neighborhood has a much higher rate of shoplifting than the store in the White neighborhood or else they would never implement this extra step because of the added expense to the store. So is this considered Racial Profiling or is it simply protecting your property? I am not a genius but the evidence seems to suggest that Blacks in general shoplift more than Whites, and racial profiling in this case is completely justified.

Ha Ha this is why Amazon sales are going through the roof, why go in a store and have to put up with this bs and you can shop online

CRIME STATS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, i understnd why they would hold extra eye on a black person in a shop, cuz that is a stereotype supported by statistics

I am an old bearded Caucasian with a cane who often shops at a Korean market in my area in downtown Vancouver. At one point they had a black security officer who would consistently follow me anytime I entered the store. I finally reached a point where I jokingly confronted him and told him if he insisted on following me I was going to get him to help me by carrying things. He never followed me again but we would always smile at each other and laugh when I came to shop. I believe his attitude was based on my appearance and perceived economic status rather then race.\nHaving said this I have also gone shopping at other Asian markets with my children, who are half Chinese, and been followed by the Caucasian security people while my kids were not.

One thing I've learned about apartment shopping they don't usually tell everyone the same apartment because they both might want it but one will be disappointed. Can't rent same unit to all...

Not a very wide sample. As a white senior woman I have been tasseled about possible theft and watched. This is not just about race but over all shop lifting that all of us pay for. I was discriminated against all my life completely as a SINGLE WHITE WOMAN WITH CHILDREN. Always had to rent cheep run down places in bad neighborhoods and I worked everyday all my life and was educated.

SUPPOSED REFUGEES WERE CAUGHT\nMANY TIMES SHOP LIFTING BY MY \nFRIEND AT HIS YARD SALES !

As a retired Police Officer I pay attention to people who spend alot of time in certain isles without a shopping cart. And I think he was carrying a shopping bag. I'm black. I have seen white people walk through the grocery store eating chips, packaged danish and drinking soda, finish eating and leave the wrappings on a shelf, never thinking about paying. I saw a young black mother in CVS take toothpaste and drop it in the baby dag in the back of the baby carriage, without paying. If you work in a store they are told to watch out for shoplifters. I've seen video of white people joking they can go shoplifting anytime because the store employees or security are so busy watching black people. Unfortunately minorities are watched more. If I go in my handbage, or backpack I go into the main isle where everyone can see what I'm doing. They don't need to guess what I'm doing. That's just me.

I get followed all the time,I’m a black grandmother, I have even been asked once if I came with the bag I was carrying I was in a bag/ purse shop..

I have pale skin and live in my native country. I can’t count the amount of times Arab shop assistants have been following me or made other ill-concealed attempts at monitoring me while in department stores. \n\nI dress nicely and have a tidy appearance so there was nothing to explain that. If they had been pale-skinned and I was dark-skinned, everyone would say it was racism.\n\nCould it just be stupidity?