Questions about the Wal-Mart Death

Wal-Mart is now being sued by the family of the worker who was trampled to death on Long Island. I truly hate these kinds of lawsuits but I can’t say I’m surprised.
I would like to raise an uncomfortable question. The City of New York went out of its way to block every attempt by Wal-Mart to open a store in the city which included one in Queens.
According to the Census Bureau, the village of Valley Stream is 7.5% black, while the pictures show that the crowd was heavily black. Would a store located in the neighborhood of its customers have been better able to handle a crowd? Please note: I’m not talking about race but geography.
I don’t know what the answer is, but I think it’s worth asking. I’m not convinced the anti-Wal-Mart activists helped anyone.

Posted by on December 3rd, 2008 at 4:12 pm


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