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Ele'ill
6th August 2010, 02:33
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100805/ap_on_re_us/us_beer_distributor_shootings



Having worked retail for a long time back in the day I understand a couple things about this situation.

The 'evidence' of Omar Thornton stealing beer may not have existed outside of an incident involving him acting in a manner that wasn't in conjunction with company policy. Ex: him being around an open door at a certain time. This would be used to fire individuals for a variety of reasons.

The hiring of minorities is a ploy to not get bad press- I don't think the companies 'care' either way who works there. A U.S. company wouldn't get very far hiring a white only work force.

The people that worked at the company but were not affected by racism- or were not a target of racism- are not an example of a 'lack of racism in the work place'.

I tend to think that those people who commit murder at the work place perhaps care more about the world around them than the average person.

Hiratsuka
6th August 2010, 03:38
You're defending his actions? Does it really need to be so black or white? (No pun intended)

Looks like the only thing indiscriminate was his shooting, heh.

Ele'ill
6th August 2010, 04:12
I don't think his actions are excused but I think the explanation would hold numerous other people accountable.

¿Que?
6th August 2010, 04:26
It's not hard to find dirt (racist, sexist, homophobic) on a company. Most people go their whole lives unaware of this simple fact. The shooting is only going to bring that distributor bad publicity, I think.