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“Can I help you with anything?” Yep your actually taught in training if you are involved helping the customers then less theft, but your supposed to genially engage with every customer not just harass ones who are other minorities.

Uh oh. I thought it was an honor to have a store employee notice you,.. but now looking back I loitered for like 20 minutes trying to attract attention without asking for help directly bc social anxiety. BUUUTTT actually maybe the times they just walked up to me, maybe it was racial profiling!??!

To be fair the situation is difficult, having worked in retail before there is plenty of shoplifting on a daily basis so I can understand why staff are trained to use procedures to make shoplifting less likely, it does result in an unpleasant experience for customers if they are misprofiled and unfortunately people do misjudge or assume that certain types of people are more likely to steal. A lot of shoplifting is actually surprisingly done by old people, and its usually not intentional, sometimes they just simply forget to pay.

My mother's background is ambiguous based on looks. She's actually English and Irish but she has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes and naturally tanned skin. It's very unusual for someone of British ancestry, but family photo's of Mum's family show the same colouring back to her great-great-grandfather. In Britain, as a blonde, blue-eyed daughter, I've watched my whole life as people treated her differently to other relatives. She's quiet, polite and her father was a police chief inspector, she strictly obeys the law. I've overheard people refer to her as a 'paki' and all sorts of derogatory things. When we went to the US, it wasn't better. They were rude to her until she spoke and then reacted with shock. Some admitted they thought she was Mexican. \nSo, is it any easier for her in Canada? When she visits me here, she is mistaken for an aboriginal. It isn't any easier for her here. And pettiness of it all. When they hear her accent, suddenly it's like she's their best friend. \nThe sad/funny thing is, often I can't find customer service more than half the time I'm out. When I'm with my mother, there is ALWAYS someone around to ask for help.

That’s not racist. That’s actually really funny ?

I think subtle racism is actually a very practical type of stereotyping and it didn't just got created out of air, there is a big chunk of that specific race (be it any race according to the stereotype) who actually prove the stereotype to be right. I am from india, living in Canada and if some house owner would prefer a white guy over me to rent their house, I would not blame him since a lot of people don't like the smell of spices that we cook all the time.\n\nAs far as stereotyping is sublet and not rude or hurting, I don't think it's actually so much of racism rather then preference.\n\nI just want to make it clear though that I do support racism, whatever is happening in US and a lot of other countries which is violent is a very horrible thing. Specially black people being racially profiled everywhere including malls and by the police themselves.

this is literally disgusting i cannot believe someone can actually talk to another human like that and sleep at night

I learned something new today from watching this documentary, the fact that they actually named a town & a park Africville in the great white north. Some people are naive while others are not when it comes to racism. The very fact of the world has been conquered & dominated with the white supremacy mentality leave very little to be surprise that Canada had slaves. I think from what I've come to understands is that having slavery for 250 yrs most white Canadians will pretend to not be racist, but it's like those two kids in your class the one who had the paper thrown at him & the one who did it doesn't act like he did anything & the rest are just as bad because they saw who did it but are complicit by not saying anything. No one wants to be the rat, but at the same time they all know why the one kid that threw the paper did it & the one that had it done to them knows exactly why.

Discrimination happens because of everything that’s not part of the married couple with three perfect kids who play the make believe Disneyland couples dream...if you’re a single mom...if u receive an income that’s not from an office job as the secretary or whatever...if ur low income...if you’re a mom of a teenager...I’ve had my rent raised monthly while everyone else got to keep their original lower rent...I had to pay $720 for deposit on my apartment while others paid $300 for theirs that were exactly the same as mine.. I’ve been followed and asked to leave even though o hadn’t had a chance to stop and shoplift...I actually called and filed a complaint for the employees behavior on that one..the store manager tried making excuses for her behavior but I asked him...should I be made to feel like I’m not good enough to go into his establishment? Why should I have to come home and look at myself in the mirror to question my clothing or the way I style my hair and makeup...and ask myself what am I doing that makes me look so unworthy..? He zipped it quickly and said he would take care of it.

Saucy God there's a big problem in Target we need the same person who bought at the Box you got to come see him and show him he shall see God he grew but what a saucy guy the guy is so many Powers Anthony so many people ask the question why hasn't the person actually walked off the job he thinks he's a pen with the job he's not some Punjabi doesn't know anything about Punjab he's nothing needs to go expire the end of the show and goodnight I waiting for the prepare of the counteractions of why so she got Hebrew the end take your time getting sassy God what he drew

When I see people indulging in racial profiling or discrimination I wonder if humans are actually that dumb ? Treat differently just because someone has a different Colour ? Why is speaking in English so imp even if the one speaking is talking dumb ! ! \nAren’t bilinguals more intelligent and attractive ? I have lived in Toronto for 3 years racial discrimination exists but is subtle ! Am brown take me for your next experiment ?

When i was in Vancouver i met a lot of rude Canadians....some were waiters and hotel staffers and an airport worker. Seriously im nice but next time im going to tell these people off. Actually I gave NO tips to the rude waiters and Tweeted about the bad customer service!! Twitter is helpful in many ways!!

Is there an actual place called vigina ? ? wow ?

How about not sitting out there race baiting. Or be pissed off at the actual terrorists who dress like that. Yeah it's not ok to treat people dressed like that, but it's also not ok for the people who are commiting terrible crimes using the same type of outfit. Not to mention people only know what your media feeds them. If you hear about a bunch of people dressed up like Catholic priests and commiting robberies. And then you see somebody walking your way dressed like a priest. Guess what? The thought is gonna go through your head.

These conservatives in the comment section are such snowflakes. If anything bad happens to a liberal then its just life, but when capitalism and the idea yall like to preach about, survival of the fittest, bites uall in the ass, then it's a problem. If a person with no skills and launguage can outperform you, then it's simply survival of the fittest. Capitalism requires the strongest to improve the economy, it does not need patriotic lazy dumbasses who wanna work desk jobs and dont want to dirty their hands. It's simple, just let them in and work, deport and imprison the ones who commit actual crimes like murder and such. Working and contributing to the local economy is more than enough of a reason to be a citizen.

I’m confused about something. \nIf there’s not many customers in the store and they’re ones that are just looking around for almost 30 minutes and theres a bunch of workers, wouldn’t they be normal to ask “Can I help you” a lot because they are bored and actually want to do something helpful at their job...? \nI used to help in a library if anybody was looking for something I’d try to help them so that they could find what they’re looking for right away instead of wasting time. If I saw anybody just browsing or wandering around for almost half an hour I would totally ask to see if I could help them. Better to try than not help at all. Why get paid to do nothing? Isn’t it your job to help? \n\nUnless I know exactly what I’m looking for and I know where it is I will ask for assistance, it’s great when they just come to me so I don’t have to track down somebody myself. That usually takes longer.

Why do Muslims always fall back on the old 'this is how I/they/we interpret the Koran's teachings'? How can something that is meant to be the perfect word of God be interpreted in so many different ways? Surely God would be a pretty clear communicator? It sounds like a convenient way for muslims to distance themselves from extremists without actually addressing the questionable parts of the Koran.

On behalf of most Canadians, we sincerely apologize for her behaviour. We are actually nice people. Alberta is less diverse than Ontario, but our society is changing slowly. Canada belongs to aboriginal people. It’s not her country if she’s going to play that card. Cheers from Canada!

Canadians wake up.We Indians suffered a lot due to muslims invaders. Buddhism was totally wiped out and shifted to hill areas of Indian. If you get time read 4:5, 4:89, 33:50, 2:223, 4:34 of quran. Actually read the whole quran there is less good stuff and more violent.

What a joke they're leave in England and say this is Muslim's area plz someone tell me what actually they want

It's actually normal, and of nature to have a natural preference to people who look similar or as like yourself. Just like every thing in nature.

Actually this white peraon thinks that he is a muslim instead of sikh

That woman speaking about Harper’s “language”... I’m finally able to see the projection tactics for what they are: The dishonest constantly evade by loudly announcing their own tactics but distorting by insisting their opposition are guilty of using the tactics. It’s why everyone says “woke”...while the masses are actually sleeping.

Not only Canadian government and people we're victims of this cheat using the name, Sunny Wang, actually, many western countries we're being fooled by communist Chinese . In Australia, some of them came in as seekers of asylum due to religious persecution. They we're generously given free housing, which they converted to instant room for rent business. Dear immigration officers, try checking what these Chinese mainlanders doing in your territory, you will be shock!

Thank you for bravely speaking out. I know you’re actually risking your life doing that.

I KEEP  WRITING THE SAME THING EVERYDAY BUT, NO ONE WILL LISTEN. IN THE 1950'S BORDER PATROL ACTUALLY DID THEIR JOB, NO ONE QUESTIONED THE BORDER PATROL. IN THE 1950'S ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS WERE MEN,  NO SUCH THING AS FAMILIES CROSSING THE RIVER. ALL AMERICANS WOULD REPORT ILLEGAL ALIENS TO THE BORDER PATROL,  THERE WAS NO TALK ABOUT  RACISM, ATTORNEYS, SANCTUARY CITIES, ILLEGAL ALIENS IN THE 1950'S DID NOT MARCH AROUND WITH THE MEXICAN FLAG, SHOUTING UNDOCUMENTED AND UNAFRAID. THERE IS ONE WORD IN THE ILLGAL ALIEN INVASION THAT IS NOT DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AND THAT WORD IS...I L L E G A L.... IMMIGRATION IS NOT ABOUT RACISM, ABOUT COMING TO AMERICA FOR A BETTER LIFE..... IT IS ABOUT..... THE RULE OF LAW, THE GOVERNER OF CALIFORNIA IS BREAKING THE RULE OF LAW, HE SHOULD BE ARRESTED, FINED AND JAILED.  IF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY  AND I MEAN  EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN WOULD GET  BEHIND..... THE RULE OF LAW.... THEN THE ILLEGAL  ALIEN INVASION WOULD STOP. ITS ALL ABOUT THE LAW, THE RULE OF LAW... AND NOTHING ELSE. A LONG TIME AGO SOME POLITICIAN  MADE A STATEMENT THAT..... IF... YOUR NOT AN AMERICAN?... THEN.... YOU ARE SOMETHING ELSE.    HMMMM DID HE MEAN ILLEGAL ALIEN?

Have anybody actually taken time to speak to Somalians? Because maybe you should educate yourself!

The color of her skin is actually white.

I’m not surprised at all but how come you guys didn’t actually call out these companies? I know it’s pretty much everyone but tell the world who these people are.

Another message to my Sikh brothers throughout the world: Wear actual Turban. Not like short cloth which is exactly the same like Muslim people are wearing. That’s why you guys are targeted as Muslims. Dumb idiots don’t know the difference while they targeting Sikhs. So please change the way of wearing your Turban.\nThis hate mostly started after Osama bin Laden did the crazy thing 9/11. Have a look at his wearing. U will find no difference and you will get the answer why Sikhs are always targeted for Muslims.

I’m white with mixed Métis and I’ve been followed so many times in the store it’s annoying when there’s probably other people actually stealing

Journalist is actually right. Islam is cancer to world.

Damn lucky black guy. Everytime I go to Best Buy the employees avoid me and actually run away.\n\nI used to hate being racially profiled, but now I love it. I don’t ever get hassled or upsaled because they think I’m poor.

Islamophobia actually made me a better Muslim so keep it coming! ❤️

Honestly, this is sad, because these people obviously didn't receive higher education. I don't mean it in a bad way, but seriously, getting an education prevents stuff like this from happening because you actually LEARN to think critically about others' situations and the way the world works.

Do yourself a favour. Don’t read the comments...a lot of toxicity coming from toxic people...being a Punjabi Indian living in Ottawa, I don’t mind people of any background (white, black, brown, etc.) as long as all respect the bylaws related to driving, house maintenance, garbage...what pisses me off is that people from my community (not all) are actually creating troubles...seen that...seen indians trashing on the streets to talking shit about white and black people in their language be it hindi or punjabi, rash driving, seen some good indians truly respecting the laws...maybe it’s time for the Canadian government to realise that laws should be tightened and people disobeying the laws should face harder penalties...

Apparently, the implicit racism test isn't actually an accurate test of implicit racism, at all.\n\nhttps://www.vox.com/identities/2017/3/7/14637626/implicit-association-test-racism

There is no reason why Canada has to accept any immigrants and if if we actually cared about the environment we would decrease our population. I was was taught that once a society reached a certain level of affluence we would stopped making too many babies and start living with'in our means. Why we seem to need to import hundreds of thousands of people from cultures completely removed from our own, is a joke and our collective doom.

Glad they are uncomfortable they should be they are actually the enemy of the world and they are always lying

When are you going to stop lying? Do the Research, read what Islam actually says that Muhammad did and taught. The problems with Islam is and are problems of Doctrine, and not one of Radicals vs Moderates. Islam is an evil cult bent on world conquest, it always has been so and can not be reformed only discarded as the evil that it is.

Why do these Islamists even think of raiding the Western, civilised nations, they are unwanted in Christian Countries despite the imbeciles who actually permit their entry, Islam MUST be sent back to the many backward Islamic Nations.

Our sikh brethren are not able to understand the mentality of west.\nSecondly they do not put their turban n beard in sikh style actually they resemble so close to Afghans in their display of attire n specially the flowing beard.\nIf you want to be part of another country try n be more accomodative...\nOther no one from india pushed you brothers out to unknown shores.

I actually do feel for the Sikh brothers being attacked many times due to the ignorance of the hater.

I totally agree with that white dude .majority of Sikhs support sharia law. Intact Sikhism is highly influenced by Islam. Founder of Sikhism guru Nanak dev actually went for hajj in mecca.

Of course they are “taken serious” when asked. The actual answer lies in their actions.

Ms con is a good woman but misguided and so is any Muslim that does not follow the Quran TO THE LETTER - the Quran is Islam - the Muslims the west calls terrorists are actually the true Muslims ant not the Muslims in man only - just read the Quran with neutral eyes and listen to your intuition - you will then understand

As a permanent resident based on merit who worked two years to get it, I feel like my work was worthless because people who simply bought their citizenship and can’t even speak English or have any basic merits to qualify for PR are all too common in Canada. The Canadian skilled migration is a scam, skilled workers are better off going somewhere they will actually be valued.

So you’ve lived in the US for years and lived in Canada for a year and you still can’t speak English... you break the law everywhere you’ve been... you don’t actually seem to want to integrate yourself into either American or Canadian culture. This guy sounds like a class act

Here's the elephant in the room..the moral of the story is...when it comes to people having to put up real money to protect their business from theft, white people can be trusted... no one else can be... otherwise businesses wouldn't worry about it or spend money trying to combat it. Though I was surprised by the reaction against the Asian or did I get that wrong and he's actually something else?..

People call me Niger I say yes I am can I help you...i know I'm black I'm so dead to the word once I found out the meaning they just saying what we where called Niger by the own people or negro also black. But it's so sad the caucations use it as a way to make the negro react. I don't and I won't. I'm not going to allow anyone to treat me bad because of my birthmark I actually Love it. I will defend it thou if you come against it.