A video of a Black manโs confrontation with employees at a Los Angeles-area Whole Foods has gone viral after thousands who have viewed the video accused the store manager of racial profiling. In the video, the man who was shopping at the Culver City store can be heard in a heated exchange with a Latino employee. The employee, who identified himself as the store manager, approached the shopper, accused him of stealing his groceries and asked for his receipt.
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The shopper, who knew the store doesnโt make a habit out of asking people to show their receipts, called the manager on his BS and asked why he was being questioned. The managerโs response was even more disturbing.
โThatโs all of our product right there, if you didnโt pay for it,โ the manager replied.
The shopper, who insisted he paid for everything, had his receipt (literally) and walked to a register to ask employees to return over $200 worth of grocery items for a full refund.
You can watch the video of his exchange with the store employees here:
The video has since received over 150,000 likes and nearly 14,000 comments from viewers who believe the store manager was way out of line.
โYou did right by returning it back. They act like they donโt need your money,โ wrote one person in the comments.
One Mexican viewer apologized, calling the mangerโs behavior an embarrassment to Latinos everywhere.
โAs a Mexican I apologize he donโt represent us and itโs an embarrassment what he did and the way heโs acting,โ they wrote.ย
Others were quick to point out that the shopper never received an apology from any of the employees he encountered, even after showing his receipt, and called on other shoppers to boycott the store.
โUntil Whole foods apologizes to this man, letโs boycott,โ they wrote.ย
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