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ON THE ISSUE OF RACE

Working as a greeter, I got a feel for what types of people live in the area and shop at Walmart. Having gone to college in Kentucky, I was surprised to see just how many families were white and black or white and Latino. It seemed like most of the children I saw were at least biracial. Since I saw so many multi-racial families, I thought this was an area that didn’t care about race but about the quality of the individual. I grew up in California, so I enjoyed the diversity and lack of tension over race. My friends and I from high school were able to joke about each other’s and our own race, and it was just fun. We also enjoyed sharing each other’s ethnic food and cultural traditions. Honestly, even now I have to stop and think of who was of what race because the issue of race mattered so little. I missed that.

Apparently, some customers knew better than I did. The following two stories are examples of drama that ensued over race.