Chocolate Rain Flooded Nj Walmart by Intercom Message

One Sunday was just another ordinary day to shop at Walmart (Believe me, I hate it.) in Washington Township, New Jersey  – people were grocery-shopping in the supercenter, kids were throwing their usual tantrums in hopes for gaining toys, and teens do their pranks there. All went well when a male voice announced something horrid to many people’s ears over the PA: “Attention Walmart customers: all black people leave the store – now.”

Chocolate rain just flooded the store, causing outrage from many customers.

You might be thinking that “chocolate rain” is merely the name of a viral video of him recording the similarly titled song created by Tay Zonday, but to me it means something more. It’s a song about racism and how it links to various issues, like the “baby born who will die before the sin” (childhood obesity). That chocolate rain manifested itself in that said Walmart in that degrading intercom announcement. The store manager stepped in shortly after that announcement and apologized to the public. the Walmart headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, issued an apology, too; they stated,

“We are just as appalled by this incident as our customers. Whoever did this is just wrong and acted in an inappropriate manner. Clearly, this is completely unacceptable to us and to our customers.”

If I were to shop at that very store and hear that discriminatory message, I would have been stained with that verbal chocolate rain.

Later, the racist remarks turned out to come out from the mouth of an unnamed 16-year-old male, who went to that Walmart with his friend. Police arrested him on that Friday and charged him with bias and intimidation. It’s did not turn out to be a moody, prejudiced employee, but it’s a teenager who pulled a prank days before April Fools Day – a the expense of other patrons.

Racism is not new to Walmart – it has been stained (or allegedly tainted) by chocolate rain several times in its history. Recently, they marked down Ballerina Theresa Barbie dolls, making their prices lower than Ballerina Barbie dolls (Note: Teresa has darker skin than Barbie.) just to make room for spring inventory, but some customers claim it was racist to do so (I don’t claim as much, actually).

Whites dominated blacks in their truck-driving fleet, causing them to previously settle a lawsuit. With distinct prices placed on dolls allegedly based on its skin and with the truck fleet dominated by whites as examples, many people claim (or even conclude that) Walmart gets flooded by chocolate rain.

That’s why I dread shopping at Walmart – it’s not just the wages the company pay their associates, the work conditions, their large inventory of Chinese imports, and their urban sprawl beneficiaries (the retail stores). It’s the chocolate rain that stains its associates and their loyal customers – verbally and job-wise. The situation would be even worse if someone utters the “n-word,” or even worse, the “r-word” (e. g., “Attention all “r-word” Walmart customers, you are all ‘r-word.’”), over the PA, whether it’s just a prank or not.

In light of the news, I move away from the mic to boycott Walmart.

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