Why Grocery Stores Are Avoiding Black Neighborhoods

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A food desert is an area with low-access to healthy and affordable food. About 19 million people in America live in a food desert, and it disproportionately affects Black communities. Despite nationwide efforts to improve poor food environments, many of the biggest names in America’s grocery industry continue to avoid these neighborhoods.
In the midst of a worldwide pandemic and raging protests against police brutality, there’s another silent crisis wreaking havoc on America’s most vulnerable communities: food deserts.
The USDA defines a food desert as a place where at least a third of the population lives greater than one mile away from a supermarket for urban areas, or greater than 10 miles for rural areas. By this definition, about 19 million people in America live in a food desert.
The lack of grocery stores in many poor, Black neighborhoods has been a big topic in public policy since Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign in 2010. The initiative was designed to reduce childhood obesity by providing better food in schools and by bringing healthier options to low-income communities using public and private sector funding. Another chief goal of the program was to eliminate food deserts in America within seven years.
Despite nationwide efforts to improve poor food environments, many Americans say this problem persists today. Watch this video to find out more about the country’s food deserts.
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Why Grocery Stores Are Avoiding Black Neighborhoods

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@calmerthoughts Жыл бұрын

As a black man in Minneapolis, I don’t blame the grocery stores, I blame the community who lacks accountability

@oliverheaviside2539 Жыл бұрын

The stores are avoiding black neighborhoods because of rampant crime. No other reason.

@MsEliteForever Жыл бұрын

@ViburaBlanca Жыл бұрын

@@MsEliteForever yeah

@MsEliteForever Жыл бұрын

@@ViburaBlanca No

@ViburaBlanca Жыл бұрын

@@MsEliteForever ratioed

@Wulfstan1938 Жыл бұрын

@@MsEliteForever yes

@SeudXe 5 ай бұрын

Love how the comments immediately know the real reason why stores don’t wanna come. Thats sad

@misplacedsouthern1236 3 ай бұрын

It’s tragic because it’s true.

@BabyBugBug 6 ай бұрын

High crime. I don’t need a 25 minute video to dance around this fact.

@ryanzackel2019 2 жыл бұрын

The stores didn’t fail the communities. The communities failed the stores.

@mikeboate208 Жыл бұрын

mom said it best ..." That's why we can't have nice things "

@lprice5583 Жыл бұрын

@@toxicdust2483 They are racist because unfortunately it is very tiring dealing with people who steal and destroy their property. Unfortunately those people tend to have the same skin color you do. It is not fair for them or for you.

@haruyanto8085 Жыл бұрын

@@toxicdust2483 lol funny how KZfaq gave an option to translate your comment to English

@bymaco825 Жыл бұрын

@@haruyanto8085 Remember to go to school kids 😂

@Chasstful Жыл бұрын

@@toxicdust2483 LOL

@tezino9162 3 жыл бұрын

As a black person I suggest we stop shifting the blame and take accountability for the state of our community

@eatshit8546 3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@tudorme7680 3 жыл бұрын

Bingo!

@tylermorstad1443 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@alisarumrum2062 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, there not speaking nor exploring the fact that there is a high rate of theft and looting in urban retail areas, and at the end of the year, retailers tally up their loss and profits, when they see they have more losses than profits then they move on. That’s the real problems

@buck_neezy6458 3 жыл бұрын

They don’t realize instead of complaining they could be finding ways to solve the problem like starting community garden/farms or start growing food themselves in their front yard or back or in raised beds. It’s not hard to plant and grow fresh food lol

@larrygibson8219 6 ай бұрын

Looting, and shoplifting, the two biggest reasons a business shuts it's doors. They oppress themselves 🤷

@laasta2 Жыл бұрын

CNBC should venture into opening a grocery store in one of these deserts and report back on their findings.

@carmenalexis4787 10 ай бұрын

Best comment!!

@Brianuwu622 9 ай бұрын

can’t, their camera equipment would get stolen

@Fashn4LaDieS 7 ай бұрын

Wooooooo! Bingo!

@bryanbaker5942 5 ай бұрын

That would be awesome!! Hahaha! CNBC would close up shop after a year!

@soulsurfer639 5 ай бұрын

Haha great idea!

@cameronmccollough98 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a 32 year old black man from the hood. I was a district supervisor for undercover loss prevention for 3 years. Theft and robbery are a huge reason why these stores don't want to come to black neighborhoods. It's a easy but very valid excuse to not want to get involved in our communities. I did my best to prevent theft in lower income neighborhoods. I had to quit because that job is getting way too dangerous and that job wasn't paying enough for the amount of trouble I had to deal with daily.

@kennethbower6040 3 жыл бұрын

You know this comment makes you an uncle to or house n word according to democrats rite ? But damn you are on point but no one admits it thank you for speaking out...

@kennethbower6040 3 жыл бұрын

@Dennis Yen ohhhhhhhhhhhh I think that was tried at a concert once and it didn’t go so well !!!!!

@guydreamr 3 жыл бұрын

@Dennis Yen Actually, the Hells Angels killing happened at Altamont, CA in December 1969 at a Rolling Stones performance.

@karenpennington5073 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly people don’t want to look at the true reason,so easy to blame others.

@kennethbower6040 3 жыл бұрын

Did you see Walmart got sued fo racial discrimination for locking up certain hair care products because of the extremely high theft-rate ? California2018 and threatened with lawsuits in river head Long Island..

@magmaapex3218 2 жыл бұрын

My father opened up a little store in Detroit in a not so good neighborhood. He was robbed 5 times in the 2 months he had the store open. He had groups of kids rush in and grab snacks and then run back out. He had grown men walk into the store and start trashing the place because they wanted to upload it to social media. The real reason people don’t open up stores like that in bad neighborhoods is because the people there don’t know how to act and take advantage of kindness. I didn’t think this would blow up the way it did, First of all I want people to understand that a business can’t run off on losses. Second of all that business is what kept a roof over my head and kept my stomach full. So for all the people that would say things like reduce the price and give out freebies should seriously wake up to reality, my dad didn’t sell liquor since he didn’t have a liquor license. We did sell tobacco products but for everybody saying that my dad was a bad person because he sold tobacco products and liquor at the store you can literally get that stuff anywhere else. Another thing why would a small store need hired security, please explain because that makes no sense to me, Just be nice and don’t steal??? Yes we sold chips and sodas but just because we sold that stuff doesn’t mean we are tryna malnourish the population surrounding the store, seriously that doesn’t even make sense. We also had a small isle with fresh veggies which would almost always end up in the garbage and I know since I was the one that took out the trash so we were always at a loss. Opening the convenience store isn’t a act of kindness but the way my father treated the people that came was, even tho people would throw slurs at him, call him names and trash the place he never once got angry at people. He closed the store because he was always at a loss. But the way I have seen it ever since was that if those type of people knew how to behave in society and just not acts like fools there wouldn’t be these types of issues like food droughts and stereotypes.

@RookhKshatriya 2 жыл бұрын

Or pay money in exchange for goods.

@themauriciobunch2442 2 жыл бұрын

SO true!

@Zarozian 2 жыл бұрын

Only Asians are brave enough to open their stores in these neighborhoods. Props to your father for trying.

@jayjayp4012 2 жыл бұрын

@@Zarozian believe or not, the real problem is theft from inside, employees in the hood. The majority of robberies related to employees, too. I used to own a corner store in Mayland for 10 years and pumped money. Theft from customer is nothing compared to the theft from employees based on my experience. It's lots of headaches having a business in the hood. I'm a Korean. Lots of korean owners I know left in the hood. It's not profitable like used to. And Koreans are not desperate like old times, haha. I see people from east Asia and Africa taking over most business in the hood now.

@Zarozian 2 жыл бұрын

@@jayjayp4012 Most of these stores are family owned anyways so they don’t hire people in the neighborhood. Seems like the only group of people still willing to operate there are the Chinese.

@coreytrevor1311 10 ай бұрын

The “community “ is the problem. Not the stores

@nancyiaj 25 күн бұрын

Is this the same reason so many rural Americans have no grocery stores or hospitals?

@Theinsom Күн бұрын

@@nancyiajyes

@es429 6 ай бұрын

I’ll save you time, it’s theft. Why risk you employees, property, and profits for a community that will not accept responsibility for bad behavior?

@Flashyfinancier 4 ай бұрын

Taking responsibility is at an all time low in the Black community.

@natetaylor9002 2 ай бұрын

@@FlashyfinancierAll their poor decisions are the fault of whites....because they were enslaved....well, their ancestors 200 years ago were.....but it is the same thing....

@tbmb9531 Ай бұрын

@@Flashyfinancierwas it ever high?

@Flashyfinancier Ай бұрын

@@tbmb9531 no

@Flashyfinancier Жыл бұрын

Taking responsibility is at an all time low in the Black community.

@geph1333 Жыл бұрын

i like how nobody had nothing to say to this comment because theres no denying it

@Flashyfinancier Жыл бұрын

@@geph1333 i agree. Its pretty self explanatory 🤷‍♂️

@SaraWilliams-ph9yn Жыл бұрын

maybe BLM should sell a few mansions and build a few grocery stores in these neighborhoods.

@Flashyfinancier Жыл бұрын

@@SaraWilliams-ph9yn good idea

@belatoth1446 Жыл бұрын

@@SaraWilliams-ph9yn All the black celebrities, NAACP with Sharpton and Jackson could step in and contribute.

@lovinglife3847 3 жыл бұрын

It’s the high crime rate. Saved you 25 minutes of propaganda. You’re welcome.

@jamesburns2232 3 жыл бұрын

No penalty for theft = No reason to open a grocery store

@brigadiergeneral8893 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks I never watched the video.

@SoulDevoured 3 жыл бұрын

It's not though. It's also just that poor people don't have buying power and insurance/banking system will be happier taking on a "tech" company with a fake product operating at a loss for a decade before it goes under and the CEO takes his golden parachute than a store.

@TheMastodon88 3 жыл бұрын

@Marc Detail where's the black wealth?

@wildec2 3 жыл бұрын

@@SoulDevoured Noone innately has buying power, thats the whole point of buying power.

@midnightsnack1306 Жыл бұрын

The comments section is more enlightening than the video itself

@_JackNapier Жыл бұрын

You cannot call it a "Food Desert" when it is actually a "Crime Hotspot"🃏Call it what it is.

@stevejamieson8468 Жыл бұрын

Didn't you know? Telling the truth about their bad behavior is "racist".

@donniejr55 8 ай бұрын

yes, there should be no stores in these places, a very bad business decision.

@lestatangel 7 ай бұрын

It's a law desert.

@deenajones9019 6 ай бұрын

Crime hotspots exist because the police/DEA refuse to go after drug dealers. They make one big bust as if this will stop the flow of drugs into these communities. If they did a better job of shutting down drug and gun distribution spots, then crime would go down. It's unfortunate that drugs are distributed on the DL in some communities but in others illegal narcotics bring down an entire neighborhood, creating a food desert, but you can't call it a drug desert. Some of these dirty, lame grocery stores are used for money laundering. Not hard to figure out when most of the fresh produce is rotted.

@realflo5623 6 ай бұрын

criminal hotspot, lol. 100% 13/60

@ohenrico17acr92 3 жыл бұрын

They ask why grocery stores don't want to set up shop in these places while the camera shows a street where a building is vandalized. Major disconnect, I'm Black BTW! We live in a capitalist society, it cares about money, not race like what is being implied. CRIME is the reason! cost more for security, shop lifting, cost more for transportation (high crime, trucking companies are paid more), cost more for insurance. CRIME is the reason!

@allenjin01 3 жыл бұрын

Ohenrico [17ACR] you nailed it right!

@joelarvell9895 3 жыл бұрын

People can't handle the truth!!!

@acesmark3126 3 жыл бұрын

At least someone understands corporations are business not charities they don’t care about race is all about the money

@haicoai6269 3 жыл бұрын

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@Maxwell1989 3 жыл бұрын

And one mile is nothing major I live 50 miles away from the major grocery stores i have 2 grocery stores 20 minutes from home but they are really overpriced

@theprodigy632 Жыл бұрын

did i just watch a 30 minute documentary on "food deserts" and not hear a word mentioned on "theft"?... incredible...

@Mannifold Жыл бұрын

Food theft + time = Food deserts

@georgefisher8610 Жыл бұрын

You have to be able to spell theft before you can mention it. We dint do nuffin'.

@michaelcap9550 Жыл бұрын

Mainstream media for you....

@jakejake1990 Жыл бұрын

Seriously shocking. Like, do people really believe businesses wouldn’t want to make money from anyone with a pulse?

@sl296 Жыл бұрын

Political correctness

@victoriapendleton4099 9 ай бұрын

You can eliminate food deserts if you stop stealing from the stores that have located there

@brianwideman2342 Жыл бұрын

I work for a large grocery chain. They don't go to certain areas because the theft is so high, it doesn't make business sense.

@Reno_Slim 2 жыл бұрын

Rampant theft in the stores in those neighborhoods is why there are food deserts. No one is obligated to operate a business at a loss.

@pm69669 2 жыл бұрын

I have 5 grocery store within 5 minutes in undense cornfield filled suburbs idk what yall talkin bout

@pm69669 2 жыл бұрын

@yabghus hey don't call me names u rabble rouser

@zanderman8831 2 жыл бұрын

@@pm69669 they probably don't burn down and loot the cornfield

@pm69669 2 жыл бұрын

@@zanderman8831 but that's what I never understood each cornstock is worth about 12 cents so loot approximately 375 constocks u gotta dub a percy of henny

@joesmith8701 2 жыл бұрын

@yabghus dont u have poor surburs were u are over ere we have horrifc inner city areas we also have posh inner city areas same as the surburbs

@GodNTheory 3 жыл бұрын

If I was a business man, why would I take a HUGE risk and build a grocery store, or a store in general in a neighborhood that has higher crime and less money? That business model fails.

@zeryphex 3 жыл бұрын

If black neighborhoods are so profitable ... and there are so many black neighborhoods in the country ... then one black grocery store owner could open one grocery store per black neighborhood in the country and make lots of profit! He or she would be a very wealthy black grocery store owner!

@exoticfacts5543 3 жыл бұрын

@@zeryphex CNBC had deleted my give Below comments, because I am right

@exoticfacts5543 3 жыл бұрын

Everything is not associated with racism. Dear Black Brothers, Please Understand It. These Leftist are Playing with your Emotions. Please Understand Their Propaganda. I am an Hindu with Brown Skin

@exoticfacts5543 3 жыл бұрын

These Leftist Media Giant like CNN and CNBC are Trying to Make A Mental Division Between Black and White Folks. Please Try To Understand That These Leftist Media are Blaming Racism for everything. Is it reality, ask yourself. Don't trap in Propaganda of these Leftist Media like CNBC, CNN, etc. By the way I am an Indian American, with Brown Skin. And I Oppose Kamal Harris, because she supports terrorists groups in India, and she is a Hypocrite

@exoticfacts5543 3 жыл бұрын

Boycott these Leftist Media Giants. These Guys are Spreading their Propaganda and Trying to Divide us between Black, Brown and White. Christian, Muslim and Hindus. I can Guarantee that, Media Like Guardian and Fox News are not spreading hate on basis of Race and Religion, like These Leftist Media ( CNBC, Washington post ). Please use your mind to understand their Propaganda. God had given us same mind with no racism and religion

@princeofall3saiyans Жыл бұрын

I’m so happy to see the comment section make more common sense than the “news.” Really shows how people aren’t buying the bs anymore.

@Flashyfinancier Жыл бұрын

BLM has confirmed that George Floyd was just jogging though 🤷‍♂️

@freemason4979 10 ай бұрын

Vote for me, I'll help u blame others 4 ur mistakes

@misplacedsouthern1236 3 ай бұрын

Yes, indeed. People are tired of this.

@MrNeilTV 6 ай бұрын

Don’t beat around the bush. Crime. At some point tough conversations need to be had, it’s not always “racism”.

@marthell6159 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid there was a Korean-owned grocery store in a black area that activists forced to shut down by blocking the doorways. They wanted a black-owned store to replace it. Instead, the Korean owners, who’d been robbed many times, let it go and it was replaced by nothing except boarded up windows and doors.

@raphaeldelute9912 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, as an Asian American I didn't know that can happen to my fellow ones.

@adriennerobinson1180 2 жыл бұрын

Oh on,SMH

@penelopepitstop762 2 жыл бұрын

That’s really sad.

@ImJiom 2 жыл бұрын

I dont think in all my life I ever remember seeing a black owned business

@marthell6159 2 жыл бұрын

@@ImJiom Hopefully you get to visit North America, Africa or Europe so you can change that.

@Dom-xi8je 3 жыл бұрын

I’m black, grew up in a food desert, and understand fully why businesses aren’t attracted. Stop it people. 😂

@Carterthielftw_ 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr, it's insane.

@morriselee 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the store owners do not want to get robbed twice a day! Very simple!

@gnomechump-stiny7128 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm

@St3v3NWL 3 жыл бұрын

Why so?

@theculturewatch2414 3 жыл бұрын

The “I’m black but” fallacy is always the best way to spot the ignorant

@terryvlunsford1610 Жыл бұрын

A 25 minute video explaining why big grocery chains don't locate their stores in black communities, yet most folks including those who live there ,can tell us in less than 25 seconds why no store that has to sustain profitability in order to exist can't open there.

@VeChainStacks 6 ай бұрын

Like this was some big question. Everyone knows why.

@misplacedsouthern1236 3 ай бұрын

Very true. These are businesses who are owned by people.

@Matt-bp5vy 11 ай бұрын

When parents care more about teaching kids not to steal from walmart then walmart will have reason to stay in the area

@shinjokagama7521 Жыл бұрын

Do not rob the grocery stores and shops in your neighborhood, and you will have food security. Nobody can guaranty food security if you make your neighborhood unliveable. As simple as that.

@yuegonghuamei6685 Жыл бұрын

If we open business market in blakc they accuse us racist bully exploit black if we don't then blakc accuse other Asian immigrants are bigot bully hate not live play work do business with blac. Can't win these idiots.

@pjammin00 Жыл бұрын

Not just steal and trash but free food for poor people. Businesses need to make money, if they can't they leave.

@eadecamp Жыл бұрын

@@pjammin00 Exactly. They're not charities.

@bobbyclay4006 Жыл бұрын

et's make a long story short the truth is they look at your neighborhood is no good it will never be any good they even bring it in illegal immigrants move them past black people black people you always going to going to be a target in and the United States you are a target look at how the president is hip and those illegal immigrants bringing them into United States give it a free housing free housing free welfare fair but the president never said anything about those neighborhoods the stores are closing in sometimes I think it will be better if we get on China and Russia side secreted and the next strike is black people need people need to stop stealing and I don't think that's the answer you have most of this nation they just don't like black people no matter what you do and one more other thing I notice russia China most of the Eastern Country it is beginning not to lack United States

@jtbmetaldesigns Жыл бұрын

When the smartest person in the neighborhood has an IQ of 85, it’s going to be hard to stop violent idiot behavior

@richdavis7621 2 жыл бұрын

Until people start being honest about what the problems really are. Nothing is going to change.

@OdhinnAwake Жыл бұрын

"Why are there no grocery stores near me?" "Today, a flash mob of fifty people raided the local CVS, stole thousands in product, did hundreds of thousands in damages, and hospitalized three of the workers"

@Haarba1 Жыл бұрын

You didnt answer the question :) lol

@john2510 10 ай бұрын

They aren’t avoiding black neighborhoods. They’re avoiding high crime areas. The correlation isn’t the grocer’s fault. If such stores would be viable, members of the black community should open them. They should see it as an opportunity. I live in a rural food desert. It never occurred to me to blame anyone.

@Shakester71 2 жыл бұрын

Years ago, people from a Black neighborhood pleaded with the city to have a supermarket in their area. Safeway and Luckys said no thanks, but a company called Fresh & Easy decided to step in and take a chance. They were like a Trader Joe’s. After a few months, they had to close down because of the constant theft. As soon as they closed down, people in the neighborhood were complaining asking why they had to close. Any sane company knows exactly what’s going to happen in those neighborhoods. They’re not in it to lose thousands of dollars on a monthly basis.

@ibabechanel 2 жыл бұрын

I bet they blamed WS and racism, huh ?

@muffs55mercury61 2 жыл бұрын

And sadly those same people call others racist for telling the real truth of the matter.

@casual_observer212 2 жыл бұрын

Now that pick up is an option for some stores I'm wondering if there could be a grocery store that is pick up only. That would eliminate in-store theft. At least from the public.

@redd1911 2 жыл бұрын

@@muffs55mercury61 Ignorant

@casual_observer212 2 жыл бұрын

@Billy B No not delivery. Pick up only meaning people have to still go to the store and go to a pick up window to get what they ordered online.

@dcg590 Жыл бұрын

Targeted minority neighborhoods? No, the stores are the ones targeted. Why should they operate a loss?

@theatlantafisherman6913 Жыл бұрын

Because something something raysis

@armandomontillero8379 Жыл бұрын

I stop the video when i heard that. The stores went there to do business. And now that's things didn't worked out you're gonna frame it as the store fails the community. They lost money.

@floydsemlow8253 Жыл бұрын

@@armandomontillero8379Truth ❤

@scratch3406 Жыл бұрын

She’s trying so hard to sound intelligent and articulate in this video and you can hear how difficult it is for her.

@shellbell313 Жыл бұрын

@@scratch3406 She sounds intelligent to me 🤷‍♀️ You can disagree with what she's saying (which a writer likely wrote) without disparaging her. This is why we can't have productive conversations -- ppl like you throwing insults, which frankly, is a sign of low intelligence.

@christopher7824 10 ай бұрын

This video should be about as long as it takes to say "heinous amounts of violence and theft."

@Flashyfinancier Жыл бұрын

Theres basically a shortage of White grocery store owners willing to get stolen from 😢

@gloriahanes5338 3 жыл бұрын

When the riots broke out Walmart was looted, and within a month Walmart was up and running again. Another looting broke out and Walmart was trashed yet again. Walmart said, "we are closed for business in this area". How can a business remain profitable and remain in business if it is continually looted?

@christopherfranklin1881 3 жыл бұрын

Now, now, looting is no longer a correct term. It is just shopping with deferred payment.

@miltonchavez1262 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! It is not cost effective.

@patricktruchon9153 3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherfranklin1881 deferred payment? Doesn't that really mean NO payment at all?

@jimziemer474 3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherfranklin1881 You’re crazy. It’s called protesting.

@jimziemer474 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know why they reopened to begin with? The way I see it, it was Walmart’s fault for opening at that location.

@fl2660 2 жыл бұрын

I work in a grocery store that is in a predominantly black part of the city. The theft and destruction is 53% higher at this location than in stores in non-black areas. It's not about racism or even equality. Its about staying in business.

@adrianafamilymember6427 2 жыл бұрын

It's just business Not People Not Politics Not even police

@vickikendricks1605 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed😂

@temujinkhan6326 2 жыл бұрын

Come on now it is still the white man's fault. Don't you know black people are supposed to be lacking something on their noggins and don't know any better? Even Biden says black people don't know how to use computers or smartphones and can't remember who said it, but they also don't know how to find their way to their local DMV. In Asia some kids as young as 5-year old's go to school alone taking multiple public transportation to get to school, get home and some even go buy groceries. When I was 3-5 years old us kids were left behind to wander on our own while our parents went out and worked. Once we kids even wandered miles away overnight on our own. I also had chores as a kid to go out in the fields and open or close the water dams or move our water buffalos and I was no more than 5... When my family moved to the US I walked to the bus stop and home which was close to a mile apart. I guess we Asians are just a little smarter than black Americans.

@ApartmentKing66 2 жыл бұрын

@@adrianafamilymember6427 "Not people Not politics Not even Police." What exactly is your point? Your comment isn't easy to follow.

@richardbyfield1918 2 жыл бұрын

love how people are trying to rationalize racism .

@bigdude382 Жыл бұрын

When ppl act as animals, no matter what race, how can any business survive and still provide for the ppl?

@youtubesucks1499 6 ай бұрын

Grocery stores are avoiding high crime neighborhoods.

@nolanfos339 Жыл бұрын

Crime + shoplifting = no store

@swagyolo8602 Жыл бұрын

It's just simple as that

@ChenBeixuancultivatingnshieeet Жыл бұрын

black people + media= gas lighting

@sokingssddk Жыл бұрын

Lol black people.

@Mimicry161 Жыл бұрын

Summarized it pretty well.

@MrDodger3222 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Businesses aren't running a charity and aren't going to operate where they will lose money and deal with constant crime.

@jamesstewart4457 2 жыл бұрын

The corner stores in these neighborhoods have their employees conducting transactions from behind bulletproof glass and you're wondering why larger retailers avoid those areas.

@missf4681 2 жыл бұрын

Even then they aren't safe

@gregorysmith1134 2 жыл бұрын

The Asians and Arabs who work at these stores place their lives in danger daily. Black people have to do better.

@grazzly1 2 жыл бұрын

Blacks cannot "do better" And stop calling them "people "

@negativghostrdr 2 жыл бұрын

Until crime in these areas is brought under control, it will be impossible to accomplish anything else. A committed effort to eliminate dangerous crime in these areas is necessary. That means years of dramatically increased security efforts. That would make economic growth possible. Nothing else is going to work. The streets need to be cleaned up for the primarily law abiding residents. Crime cannot pay or it will continue and drive business out.

@negativghostrdr 2 жыл бұрын

@Eddie Davis The question in my mind is why this is not mentioned anywhere in this video? Why did they avoid addressing the obvious and most glaring problems that people who live in these neighborhoods face? Who does this help?

@allisonjones4879 11 ай бұрын

im a black woman in chicago. walmart left because of theft. its just not worth it.

@morganmckinley7946 11 ай бұрын

Blame everything on everyone else except for the people who live in these neighborhoods.

@Dominque-se5dx 8 ай бұрын

OH REALLY? Meanwhile, Mario, a Hispanic Business Owner in Las Vegas who has been serving BLACK AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES for 20+ years just had the opportunity to EXPAND his Market, in an HISTORICALLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD IN LAS VEGAS. So when I see RACIALLY CHARGED STATEMENTS from people who swear they're educated and not in the least bit racist, I've got to pull the receipts out. Because what you're not going to do is DISRESPECT or INSULT MY COMMUNITY. Maybe you should learn a little more before you make such bold statements. OH AND, A BLACK OWNED GROCERY STORE IN NORTH LAS VEGAS recently opened their doors and THE BLACK COMMUNITY is grateful! The BLACK COMMUNITY show up daily to support them. OOOOOOOHHHHHH AND, they double as a Food Pantry, further serving the SAME BLACK COMMUNITY WHO ISN'T STEALING FROM THEM 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁.

@nunyabidness117 3 жыл бұрын

I dated a lady whose brother managed a grocery store in the hood. Before they finally closed down they were losing $300,000 a year to shoplifting.

@bernardbeaudreau7330 3 жыл бұрын

Why not have virtual grocery stores on-line with local pick-up? Avoiding the theft issue altogether (except for inside jobs-employees),

@nunyabidness117 3 жыл бұрын

@@bernardbeaudreau7330 That particular grocery store now does but not everyone wants to online shop. At another store...same chain...I watched some white guy roll up to the self check-out with $200 worth of roasts, then ask the cashier assisting at the self check-out for a carton of cigarettes thinking he would leave his post and retrieve them from the far end of the store. When the cashier yelled for someone else to get them the guy just abandoned the cart and walked out. The plan was to lure the cashier to leave his post then bolt for the door. I asked the cashier about it later and he said it happens all the time. As a friend says happens all the time at the grocery store where his son works.

@tyronewatermelon4278 3 жыл бұрын

Dang, 300k no wonder the chips and soda never goes on sale.

@iche9373 3 жыл бұрын

Just get more cameras [Probelm Solved]

@sct4040 3 жыл бұрын

They should come out and declare to the neighborhood why they were leaving. Some Honesty Would be Appreciated! No more blaming racism.

@GregLopez75 2 жыл бұрын

Not once was anything mentioned about loss prevention. Shoplifting, robberies, lack of parking lot security and rioting have turned most urban areas into food deserts.

@derpmansderpyskin 2 жыл бұрын

So a Dollar Tree can afford theft but a grocery store can't?

@arleneaugustahair8393 2 жыл бұрын

@@derpmansderpyskin no business can afford theft. I would never ever open up any kind of business in areas who aren’t appreciative. People go where they are mostly appreciated. If they truly cared about their neighborhoods, they would push to make sure businesses stayed instead of running them away. I say let them suffer. Sometimes you have to wallow in your own mess in order to get the point. I believe in teaching people valuable lessons. The same way they said F those businesses is the same way those businesses said F them.

@boodaviking2736 2 жыл бұрын

@@derpmansderpyskin you should watch the documentary on dollartrees taking over towns like this on vice. Its very interesting. Honestly dollar trees are killing supermarkets more than theft.

@billdee814 2 жыл бұрын

@@derpmansderpyskin yes.. items in the dollar store cost pennies and have 500% markup. A quality cut of beef or fish costs $30 to $100 dollars to feed a family. The profit margin along with spoilage & refrigeration make supermarket profits very slim.

@sesquashtwo 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes...don't talk about the reasons....oh yes...

@MundoDeDinero21 9 ай бұрын

It’s everyone else’s fault. Not a single mention of high crime rate, shoplifting that makes these stores unprofitable 🤡🤡

@Steelers-rk3ig Жыл бұрын

One reason! Looting, stealing etc…their own communities caused this. In all the looting videos on KZfaq I have not seen one person stealing fruits and vegetables.

@kingsleyoppong-wereko7239 3 жыл бұрын

We aren't stupid. Any business owner with a brain won't operate in a area that isn't profitable or unfavorable. You're a business not a charity.

@chocolatefaerie 3 жыл бұрын

And risk being shot. Trust me we run a shop in Johannesburg.

@kingsleyoppong-wereko7239 3 жыл бұрын

@@chocolatefaerie that's why I generally dislike cities like JHB man. The crime is mad and the SAPS are useless.

@manictiger 3 жыл бұрын

Even Charities won't open up there. You know a region is f777ed when Salvation Army deems it too unsafe for their volunteers.

@rajeshroshan2877 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what a white supremacist Trump supporter would say.

@kingsleyoppong-wereko7239 3 жыл бұрын

@@rajeshroshan2877 it's a pity I'm a black South African then. Did you actually even read my name or your just commenting? You don't have to be white to know what crime is.

@mplsmaven9404 3 жыл бұрын

I lived in a food desert. I can’t blame the grocery store not opening in neighborhoods where customers on a regular basis are going to steal.

@hmidou386 3 жыл бұрын

Even if they steal it's a fraction of what's sold. And well cameras and guards are here for that. All supermarkets may have shoplifters, shoplifting is a small issue. And if you can't arrest any shoplifters then it's just your shop security that's wacky. There'll always be a few stealers in any supermarkets, and people if they don't have supermarlet nearby will just steal a bit further... And they will come to steal...and many people both shoplift and steal.

@michaelyun2407 3 жыл бұрын

@@hmidou386 yea when the security guard you hired try to stop the thief they get shoot in the head. So who will try to stop them?

@jdenino6022 3 жыл бұрын

@@hmidou386 you don't know what you're talking about so STFU.

@hmidou386 3 жыл бұрын

@@jdenino6022 Tell me.

@hmidou386 3 жыл бұрын

@im energy from god We have equal chances. Do we?

@freddysosa5922 Жыл бұрын

If they would stop vandalizing everyone store then the big super stores would not be leaving I’m sure y’all have seen the Walmarts getting vandalized

@dhj1182 2 ай бұрын

A grocery store isn't a charity. It is not started to "invest in the community". If they can't make a profit, they will close.

@warrenpeece1726 3 жыл бұрын

Businesses don't "avoid" areas, they open stores in areas where they expect to make max profit.

@tyronegooch5251 3 жыл бұрын

That's why manufacturing left America and continues to do so. American labor makes their products less profitable.

@jim2498 3 жыл бұрын

@@tyronegooch5251 don't forget taxes and the government regulations

@tyronegooch5251 3 жыл бұрын

They do avoid areas and there are many stores in retail that don't make a profit. Before Covid 19, most big city downtown stores did not make a profit. Locations like Fifth Ave New York. Michigan Ave, Chicago, LA stores in downtown areas. Those stores loss money for years but were justified as marketing expenses. More cache, more brand credibility, more shopper demand is how it was viewed. Grocery stores and general market stores like Target, Walmart and once Sears and JCPENNEY had stores that loss money to but management saw that as protecting their competition from getting the space and growing their market presence and syphoning off sales from their stores. Think of capitalism like a football team. There's offense, make money good locations. Then there is defense, stop competition from moving onto your side of the field. Basic blocking and tackling. So all these decisions arent just about make money per location decisions. Also, many time growing cities or areas will use incentives to attract businesses. Tax breaks, free land, training, free money. . Elon Musk has gotten around $5 billion in government subsidies. Is that true capitalism - no. And he gets to keep all these stock value gains from those subsides. Add in the government subsidies for electric cars to make them affordable for consumers to purchase, is that true capitalism? The government could do the same for groceries store retailers but poor people aren't well represented politically. Regarding avoiding areas, I once did hotel development, we avoided profitable areas because of personal discomfort with the area. The boss calls the shots not numbers on a spreadsheets.

@robroy7456 3 жыл бұрын

They do avoid areas. They often close profitable stores in old neighborhoods to open new stores in redeveloped or new neighborhoods. Albertsons did that a few years back in California.

@tyronegooch5251 3 жыл бұрын

@Zazoo Kluk Can you point to anywhere that I blamed China for our problem?

@cjdr.4145 2 жыл бұрын

When a neighborhood store owner find themselves FORCED into putting cashiers behind plexiglass and bars, FORCED to live with graffiti on the facade of their store, all while fearing for their lives due to the high volume of crime, pan-handlers, theft, drugged-out hoodlums and with NO police support; they will inevitably be FORCED to shutter the store and leave it abandoned because they are not going to find a buyer that will invest in that location. The store did NOT fail the community, the community failed the store and it's purpose. Not surprisingly, ALL these reasons are conveniently not mentioned in this piece.

@BigSnipp 2 жыл бұрын

You're probably racist.

@joeduece1 2 жыл бұрын

Like Detroit

@whitelesssda 2 жыл бұрын

I like your words, “The store did NOT fail the community, the community failed the store….” “All these reasons are” NOT ONLY “conveniently not mentioned in this piece”, but they are deliberately ignored to bring out the wrong cause.

@markkory8059 2 жыл бұрын

You might as well not post these reasons. The poor are in denial. They see discrimination.

@sallygomez8799 2 жыл бұрын

Of course they're not.

@AY-be4xd Жыл бұрын

don’t blame the grocery stores, blame the people who forces them to leave their community

@Brianuwu622 9 ай бұрын

steal them dry and cry when they leave 😂

@Dominque-se5dx 8 ай бұрын

@nomad4k Жыл бұрын

Why does no one talk about the real issue of accountability and general safety in black neighborhoods? Most black neighborhoods I’ve visited tend to be unsafe ! Not making it up, I’m speaking the truth with utmost respect for my black brothers and sisters. High crime rates cause this situation, it doesn’t matter if you’re back or white or Asian or something else, curb the crime and things will get back to normal.

@wingrider1004 2 жыл бұрын

So, tell me again why any SANE business would open a store in an area that almost guarantees that your store will be robbed, trashed and your employees put in harms way?

@ryangrey8643 2 жыл бұрын

Ignore the facts. Just blame it on racism and call it a day. That is what the people in power have done because they do not want to point out the emperor is not wearing any clothes! If they did they would loose their jobs and careers. This is America 2021 where you cannot state the obvious.

@the0ne809 2 жыл бұрын

@Roberto Vidal Garcia learning about history involves reading. That's hard for many of these people in comment section.

@Mark-vn7et 2 жыл бұрын

@@the0ne809 who cares about history when you got a Walmart around the corner

@mennoknol8693 2 жыл бұрын

@Roberto Vidal Garcia I'll give you the 'racism did it' argument. And then what? Pulling the 'racism' victim-card will not solve the issue of food-desserts. Only way to solve it, is from within the communities that keep robbing and trashing any new store that opens. Or are you suggesting that we need to force store-owners to keep their stores open, even when it is at a financial loss and at a risk of their lives and livelihood? The reason food-desserts exist in the first place, is because of the behavior *within* the communities. Sure, we can explain this behavior by looking at history. But the only ones able to change this behavior are the communities themselves. It's actually fairly simple: stop robbing and trashing the hands that try to feed you.

@mennoknol8693 2 жыл бұрын

@Roberto Vidal Garcia I understand what you are saying, and up to a certain point I agree with you as well. However, what I fail to see is how me (or anyone else) paying 'reparations' is going to fix anything in this particular situation. As for the "clean up your ancestors' mess"-argument: Just because I have a white skin-tone, does not mean any of my _actual_ ancestors were involved in slavery. The British, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch were the primary slave-traders when it comes to slavery in the Americas. Yet there are a lot more people with white skin-tone then just the descendants of these 4 countries. A lot more. Asking people to pay reparations simply because they have a pale skin seems like...well...racism to me. And solving racism with more racism seems counterproductive.

@jpandyaraja 2 жыл бұрын

I had a Korean friend who had a grocery store in such a neighborhood. He got robbed and abused so many times that he just gave up

@TheDonna1959 2 жыл бұрын

I don't blame your friend at all!

@Piggy991 2 жыл бұрын

When an Asian gives up things are bad

@cancel.lgbtq.6892 2 жыл бұрын

Just not worth your life and energy dealing with those PEOPLE.

@JesusBrownAsianMansOriginAsia 2 жыл бұрын

He didn't give up, he saved his own life by leaving that dangerous area.

@jpandyaraja 2 жыл бұрын

@@JesusBrownAsianMansOriginAsia yes

@Flashyfinancier 4 ай бұрын

This video is sponsored by the big ass elephant in the room.

@Li-oz1ux Ай бұрын

🤔

@Marais-cu3vo 8 ай бұрын

10:48 "Just because I don't have the money that they have, doesn't mean that I shouldn't have access." LOL The problem is that you take it whether you have the money or not.

@tundranone8366 4 ай бұрын

You're literally assuming that specific individual woman steals with no evidence whatsoever. How disgusting

@misplacedsouthern1236 3 ай бұрын

@@tundranone8366 No, I believe they’re responding to a common quote the prior individual made.

@obhittinthree 3 жыл бұрын

They're mad at supermarkets for closing in impoverished communities. That's like kicking a dog for years and blaming it for running away.

@ghostridersinthesky21 2 жыл бұрын

I like that analogy

@brianw612 2 жыл бұрын

That's a perfect analogy.

@munk3064 2 жыл бұрын

That is a great analogy

@KnightPoetic 2 жыл бұрын

Actually they need to burn and eat that dog, mega stores don't last or do anything positive for black communities.

@ghostridersinthesky21 2 жыл бұрын

@@KnightPoetic b8

@Andrew-ep4kw 3 жыл бұрын

I remember a story a few years ago about a man who was shot while robbing a convenience store. His sister was furious at the store owner and when asked about the fact her brother was robbing the store at gunpoint, she said "you're getting robbed, oh well". That attitude that theft is okay is the reason most stores will not open in these neighborhoods and most insurance companies will not cover the ones that do.

@AS-ri1mb 3 жыл бұрын

The fact is that they keep condoning criminal behaviour from their own people, and yet are surprised when people fight back

@SynthoidSounds 3 жыл бұрын

Oh Andrew, there you go with that logical and reasoned thought syndrome. We can't have any of that sort of thing going on around here, now can we? Not to worry, the political correctness thought police will come by shortly, followed by an extended stay at the re-education camp to cure you of this unfortunate, but treatable mental condition.

@tmmurphy 3 жыл бұрын

I remember that story too. If I recall he also raised a gun at officers before he was "neutralized." I remember thinking how does 2+2=187 that she could even have the nerve to get on camera and make that statement without an ounce of shame?

@evilchaperone 3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty much whay started the LA riots. Same stuff.

@LWRC 3 жыл бұрын

Not only theft of products but potential assault on store employees and customers and let's not even mention murder when someone gets killed!!! Can these people understand the risks for businesses to take just to make 1 cent profit on a dollar sale of product?!!!

@trevorjones4299 9 ай бұрын

Corporations only care about one color: green. If there's no green in it for them they'll up and go where there is.

@quartytypo 3 жыл бұрын

Grocery stores have a formula for leaving an area: theft > sales = leave

@bamallama 3 жыл бұрын

Shannon Hyde woah. I didn’t even do anything and I’m being told my life is worth less... damn.

@zacharycary8396 3 жыл бұрын

@@shannonhyde5571 First sentence I agreed, the second sentence made me think you have a brain tumor. As a fellow white I think you deserve to lay with the dogs in hell. Take a break from the internet little boy or girl.

@mrlover928 3 жыл бұрын

@Eric P that's true. Safeway refused to hire my brother because he's "not what they're used to and he seems "sketchy" we are both just 17, a lot of them are racist. That was here in Arizona.

@gs4349 3 жыл бұрын

stop the theft and go online and make that nation wide

@atNguyen-tz4wh 3 жыл бұрын

wonder how theft happens

@towtyler4598 Жыл бұрын

The lady said that no one chooses to eat unhealthy is where I realized these people don’t live in the real world

@josephcerrera8299 Жыл бұрын

Exactly if you offer me a plate that has garlic, green onions, broccoli and celery and another plate that has crappy pepperoni pizza you know damn well I'm going to choose a pepperoni pizza just like most Americans

@desmondjefferson2127 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. It's as if they put in a fruit and vegetable stand there it wouldn't go OUT OF BUSINESS

@my2cents49 Жыл бұрын

For real

@josephcerrera8299 Жыл бұрын

@@brijesh50 yup KFC

@investingprofessional7040 5 ай бұрын

These thugs destroy everything they touch. Stay away.

@paulh7589 11 ай бұрын

Stop shoplifting, robbing, and killing. Would you open a business in a black area knowing you were going to be stolen from? My goodness! Look at what is right in front of you. Open your own damn businesses. The rest of us don't give a damn anymore.

@KansaiSamurai 3 жыл бұрын

Not once did I hear "high crime neighborhood" or "shoplifting" or "looting" in this article. Boggles the mind!

@royrice8597 3 жыл бұрын

You are “required” to fill in the blanks.

@johnsarab4500 3 жыл бұрын

The far Left (I'm a moderate, voted for Obama twice (and Jerry Brown 4x)) has taken over the Left on racial; matters. I know Native Americans that bike to work to Amazon (where hiring standards are very low.)

@granadosable 3 жыл бұрын

@double burger with cheese Baloney.

@peterskove3476 3 жыл бұрын

Good comments, now connect the dots, find someone who makes these decisions ( where to invest) . Get them to talk, find some memos…anything otherwise you just get written off as racist.

@michaelshultz1590 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnsarab4500 The modern Democrats are represented by the left, the far left, and the extreme left. Virtually all of the moderates are Republican. No moderate would ever vote for Obama, much less twice. No moderate would ever vote for Jerry Brown either. Jerry Brown is downright horrible. The Democrats were hijacked by the New Left in the late 50’s. They actually started comparing Eisenhower to Hitler. The first member of this New Left to gain any traction was JFK, who turned out to be the 2nd worst POTUS ever after Carter. The Democrats are every bit as racist, bigoted, hateful, and sexist as they have ever been, but they have changed tactics. They’re still playing identity politics. In the past they scared the white Democrats into believing that racial minorities (specifically black) were coming for their jobs, homes, and even their women. When overt white racism became unpopular they switched tactics and started to scare black Americans into believing that white Republicans were out to get them and would put them back in chains. The Democrats were lying both times of course, but many people (especially on the Left) are ruled by their emotions. Lie to them often enough and they will believe it.

@rouser301 2 жыл бұрын

My cousin worked at a Kroger's in a black neighborhood and we got into a discussion recently about why it was forced to close. He spent most of his time painting over gang tags on the side of the building and razor scraping them off glass windows. When he wasn't doing that he was chasing down handicapped motorized carts that had been stolen and found nearby stripped clean of their motors, expensive batteries and accessories. The store had to hire one uniformed and 4 undercover cops a day just to keep ahead of shoplifting, stolen SNAP cards, wallet lifting and purse thefts, not to mention the worst counterfeit bills ever made on a cheap printer. It came down to it not being cost effective to do business in these neighborhoods without raising their prices out of the reach of their intended customers to absorb their losses. And before you accuse me of being racist, my grandfather is black as is my cousin that I spoke to.

@devintaylor8702 2 жыл бұрын

AMEN THATS SO TRUE I USED TO LIVE IN A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD ITS VERY DANGEROUS EVERY TIME YOU STEP OUT SIDE IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH SO ITS REALLY A HIGH RISK TO DO BUSINESS OF ANY KIND IN BLACK COMMUNITIES 🙏🙏🙏

@scottcharney1091 2 жыл бұрын

@@devintaylor8702 Stop shouting.

@francisnwadike9505 2 жыл бұрын

@@devintaylor8702 stop lying u don't live where u are saying about u are those people that says I am not racist I have black Friends but can't name one

@rdred8693 2 жыл бұрын

@@francisnwadike9505 I think it's a cultural problem, not racial, but it makes you wonder WHY such high crime occurs around black, urban areas? Why is unwed parenthood, gang banging, and drugs glorified?

@bassinbillRC5300 2 жыл бұрын

@@rdred8693 a lack of self-respect and pride in their neighborhood. No self control.

@paulcunningham2859 Жыл бұрын

Sadly crime is a big problem. There was a classic example during the riots in Los Angeles a very well established super market was burned to the ground and was never rebuilt. I remember walking there as a kid .

@john2510 10 ай бұрын

The people on this video don’t understand the basics of how a free market economy works. Grocers don’t have a duty to serve your community. Your community has a duty to attract businesses, if you want them. If people buy food instead of stealing in, the grocers will beat a path to your community. The only color they’ll care about is the color of your money.

@DarkKnight-ree 3 жыл бұрын

Every sane person know the right answer.

@inboxnews 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly true.

@brandonsimpson90 3 жыл бұрын

you can’t help people who just don’t want to be helped especially if they don’t have the same skin color as them. i

@haleyharding4732 3 жыл бұрын

Blackdogsmatter Imagine being a “Democrats r da real raycis” boomer conservative

@benjaminperez633 3 жыл бұрын

@Blackdogsmatter Republicans fill their pockets too. I mean look at the example of We Build The Wall all of those donations were being misused owners were pocketing from conservatives

@vegasrebel1889 3 жыл бұрын

Very deceiving comment

@user-ny1rs1fq4h 3 жыл бұрын

The gas station where I get gas was robbed. They robbed the store and shot the store attendant. It’s no difference than being driven out of the neighborhood at gun point. It’s their way of telling the owner that it’s their neighborhood, and they don’t want you there. So it’s not businesses are that choosy, it’s more like the neighborhoods that are chasing the businesses away.

@sierrachoco5271 3 жыл бұрын

I lived what you're saying and you unfortunately are correct!

@newarknjlife6500 3 жыл бұрын

Blame the parents

@24POWERS 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a poor excuse and certainly have been proven to be wrong wrong wrong. I don’t know anybody who has robbed a store yet food desserts have been around since my grandmother was a child. Sorry to break it to you but there isn’t much criminal activity going on except homicide from mass poverty.

@debraberg1763 3 жыл бұрын

@@24POWERS If you could pick anywhere to have a store why would you pick a location full of impoverished baby mommas and other welfare recipients? They don't have much money to spend, theft is high, panhandlers are everywhere and the neighborhood is violent. Yeah, sure. Every smart entrepreneur is interested in supporting your fantasy by putting his money and time on the line.

@itsover9008 3 жыл бұрын

@@SephirothXRA It's a positive feedback loop.

@City-Hiker 10 ай бұрын

When I take the bus, I saw a lot of Blacks just get in the bus straight without paying many times. Does it mean shut down the bus line to the Black communities ? Also, most Black communities with significantly higher crime rate and poverty rate too. That’s why many businesses are lesser willing to invest in those neighborhoods.

@RKELLY79 Жыл бұрын

What do people expectis going to happen when kids are raising kids which equate to theft,robbery and no respect for your own neighborhood!

@snakeplissken3063 2 жыл бұрын

There are no 'food deserts' in the Hispanic, Vietnamese, or Indian areas in my town. They are thriving. It's the African-American part of town that can't seem to get it together. You can't blame this on racism or poverty any more.

@Bryan-ed6ee 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It is a cultural issue. A culture of perpetual victimhood and entitlement. We live in the US. If you want a grocery store, open one yourself.

@mz6783 2 жыл бұрын

There’s a lot of theft

@mz6783 2 жыл бұрын

@@incelproud2670 no. eugenics is immoral and evil.

@nsightguru 2 жыл бұрын

This is part of the broken system that Black, brown, and poor people must navigate. I am not supporting thefts, snatch and grabs, etc. yet, poverty and food deserts didn't just happen overnight. This is by design and not an easy fit.. We have to continue asking why what happened and what can I do?

@igzuniga 2 жыл бұрын

@@nsightguru , it is a black issue because the hispanic comunity grow their own vegetables, it is not hard, buy some seeds that cost 1.95 mix the dirt with good soil make a hole and drop one seed on each hole and cover it and water it and voila you get your carrots, strawberries, zuccini, onions etc etc and also in the hispanic comunity they get together and open up a grocery store gear for them, go and enter to a el mesqute mexican grocery store, they even have a mariachi music and pinatas hanging...DON'T WAIT FOR THE GOVERMENT TO OPEN STORES, IT IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO WILL DECIDE WHERE TO DO BUSINESS AND IF THE ENVIRONMENT IS BAD FOR THEIR BOTTON LINE WHICH IS MAKE MONEY, THEY WON'T COME...

@strata8383 3 жыл бұрын

Even Blacks do not like opening shop in a black area

@dasmesser1 3 жыл бұрын

Successful blacks usually try to move out of the ghetto as soon as they can. Just like successful whites try to abandon the trailer park, Latinos try to abandon the barrio and so on. It is not a race issue, it is a class issue.

@spikefivefivefive 3 жыл бұрын

@@dasmesser1 - " It is not a race issue, it is a class issue." When was the last time someone left the trailer park for an affluent black neighborhood?

@brentfarnsley2028 3 жыл бұрын

@@spikefivefivefive most people don't leave the trailer park. I've also not seen an all black affluent neighborhood. I live in a 50% mix and it is geat!

@tiehkaphloukxsburdein2012 3 жыл бұрын

That depends on what type of black they areare they willing to give up or hire there own security

@getajob9698 3 жыл бұрын

@@dasmesser1 Go to upstate NY. There's lot's of blacks in trailers. Not just whites

@jp6869 4 ай бұрын

In the US, having a car break down is a catastrophe. It can leave you unable to buy food or reach a pharmacy. Losing a car can also mean no longer being able to get to work, which can lead to eviction and homelessness.

@cockoffgewgle4993 4 ай бұрын

Have you heard of walking or public transport?

@Volundur9567 3 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@misplacedsouthern1236 3 ай бұрын

This is why having the ability to shop & buy nearby can be extremely helpful to those without cars, those needing expensive car repairs, those who can’t afford to own a car, the elderly who no longer drive and the handicapped are just some of the individuals who need community affordable stores. As long as these neighborhoods are targeted by crime & violence these stores won’t open in these areas.

@xxpervysagexx Жыл бұрын

Thank you comments section for saving me 25 minutes. I expected the video to be a bunch of excuses and lack of accountability for the prolific theft that goes on in those stores that caused them to close. It seems I was I correct in my assumption.

@falcon.heavy. 3 жыл бұрын

my man said "extreme geographically concentrated social disadvantage" instead of just "poverty".

@touchmeoverlord2767 3 жыл бұрын

got to tiptoe around it, better yet avoid the whole discussion.

@KP-us1ld 3 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo

@jordif7310 3 жыл бұрын

@@touchmeoverlord2767 They always walk around it, wave their flag and mindlessly salute

@homerhat420 3 жыл бұрын

Must be tough being a red pilled anti flag fan

@falcon.heavy. 3 жыл бұрын

@@homerhat420 What are you talking about?

@outdoorfreedom9778 2 жыл бұрын

Once upon a time, there was a store called Alpha-Beta in a predominately black neighborhood. It was losing money due to theft and robbery. Then one hot summer the community decided to have a riot! Every store in the area was looted. Then the fires broke out and The Alpha-Beta store burnt to the ground. Fast forward a decade and the people in the area were demanding a new Super Market be built. It never happened! Any ideas why??

@GORILLA_PIMP 2 жыл бұрын

Because they don't like food no more?

@Beamshipcaptain 2 жыл бұрын

Redlining.

@durian111 2 жыл бұрын

@@Beamshipcaptain and you wonder why they never take you seriously.

@willman9567 2 жыл бұрын

@@Beamshipcaptain If it is going on it would be understandable.

@JohnDoe-fx9eb 2 жыл бұрын

Bcuz other lives matter?🤔 LMAO😂🤣😅.."demanding" Anyways, You're story is very familiar to what happened in the city I'm at. There was a town-hall like meeting where big business owners and local leaders of "them" type got together discussing what kind of things can be done to improve "their" part of the city. One of "them" local leaders was like "Why don't yall open up a shopping mall (at a certain area of town)? Without even a blink, one of the big business owners was like "Why? So yall could consistently steal from it?" There was practically smoke coming from that lady's weave😂🤣😅

@tm68669 6 ай бұрын

I didn't watch the video but I feel like you will get more accurate information in the comments than in the video itself.

@user-zv9rh7qe3h 6 ай бұрын

I used to live on the border of the third ward in Houston. If you know anything about that area, it is a largely black neighborhood with high poverty and crime rates. I used to shop extensively at the HEB and aldi on old spanish trail. HEBs are texas's home-grown grocery store. They are generally very nice and well-kept, no matter the location. I have visited them in poorer latino neighborhoods and all over Texas in various cities, and they are generally good to shop at. However, when I moved to near the third ward, the HEB there was the worst one I had ever seen. It was terribly run down and not up to the standards of what I felt a HEB was supposed to be. Eventually, they closed it down and built a state of the art store a few miles away on Macgregor rd. When i used to visit the new one, i would always see the aisles in disarray and cold items left in random aisles. Of course, it wasn't as bas as the old spanish location, but it goes to show that the local community did not respect the fact that HEB tried their best to open a new location near their old one and could not for the life of them how to keep their community resources in order. Furthermore, the Aldi on old spanish trail had so much theft and robbery and break ins that they started hiring security. The windows were constantly boarded up because they'd always be broken. I want everyone to have access to good, healthy food. But how can they do business in such neighborhoods if the residents don't have any manners and do not respect their local establishments? Again, this is not EVERYONE in the local third ward community, but there was enough wrongdoers that makes stores not want to stay in the area. I wonder how long these stores will stay. I hope they do stay because everyone needs access to their services.

@ReigningWomban 5 ай бұрын

As a black American native to Houston, I agree with you completely. Lack of accountability and consequences play a dominant role in quality stores and businesses leaving the area. Too much cry babying and society blaming for the poor behavior and menacing without solutions.

@rafaelcaceres9980 2 жыл бұрын

I worked in a all black store two months and it was the worst experience, customers were constantly rude everyday all the time, very hostile and they are super racist. The worst experience I've ever had.

@boogitybear2283 2 жыл бұрын

I am Waycist and I am a Bigg It and that mindset has kept me alive and safe.

@2tamz603 2 жыл бұрын

Blacks are racist?!? Can't be!! Hahaha

@kim_fd8938 2 жыл бұрын

White people put black people in ghettos kept all the money for themselves u would have attitude to

@janetdavidson8798 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry that happened to you.

@rdred8693 2 жыл бұрын

@@kim_fd8938 Always a victim aren't you? Getting an education, being married before having kids, not valuing violence, are all acting white aren't they? I could barely understand your gibberish too

@mw6346 2 жыл бұрын

I worked in in black neighborhood for many years. I saw the bs that's goes down. There's not a single big corporation that would refuse to enter a market that could be profitable. They won't go to these neighborhoods because shrink, danger to employees and cost of maintaining stores where they continually get vandalized. The store I worked at had its air-conditioner stolen more than once. Someone tried to cut a hole in our roof to break in. It was only discovered when the store started to flood during a hard rain. Our sings were stolen. It's gross how little self awareness is involved in these arguments.

@Jahn_Pah_Jonz 2 жыл бұрын

They know, but they are just trying to push a political agenda.

@MASTEROFEVIL 2 жыл бұрын

Everything except danger of employees was right

@rdred8693 2 жыл бұрын

The denial of the MSM has really opened my eyes to some sad facts.

@amzarnacht6710 2 жыл бұрын

@@rdred8693 MSM?

@rdred8693 2 жыл бұрын

@@amzarnacht6710 Main Stream Media. Sorry.

@shellyu1442 10 ай бұрын

Perma victims is a scary thing to be around. They take zero accountability

@eadecamp Жыл бұрын

My husband works for the legal department in a regional supermarket chain. Several of their stores are in north St Louis (think Ferguson). The most expensive part of running these stores is security, costing more than city, county, state and federal taxes put together. They barely break even. Btw they just lost another Walgreens a block away.

@victormelgoza5665 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the ghetto and I always saw stores getting robbed or ambulances and police parked outside. You felt like you were going to get mugged going to the store.. no wonder why stores couldn’t keep open..... oh wait, these people are wondering 😂😂😂

@officialalonzo263 3 жыл бұрын

That was your personal experience

@devilshaircut9 3 жыл бұрын

Come to Seattle. We have 15,000 drug addicts/homeless and teh last grocery store downtown just closed due to excessive thievery and lack of police response when called. "Defund the Seattle Police" has been hurting Seattle's poor again

@hailahong3021 3 жыл бұрын

@@officialalonzo263 seems like everyone in this comment section has that same experience.

@cxrunner1178 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! I was going to say something similar but I mean it's not wrong but what are you gana do if it so happens that your in a rough neighborhood and stuff like that happens.

@cxrunner1178 3 жыл бұрын

@dragonsder that's not true if that was true why dose my Ralph's and Stater brothers have black people working and shopping in the store? Sounds like your looking at it from only side of the spectrum.

@jaichind 3 жыл бұрын

There is a Chinese saying "殺頭生意有人做，虧本生意無人做" There are people that will engage in a business that involves killing, but there are no people that will engage in a business that involves losing money.

@rainbomg 3 жыл бұрын

Oof

@josesosa3337 3 жыл бұрын

Clever

@Beantastrophe 3 жыл бұрын

Must be referring to the Russian mercenaries clearing a path for China.

@surpotel8016 3 жыл бұрын

@@Beantastrophe Biden is slowly creeping into bed with China

@salingstuff8085 3 жыл бұрын

Coincidentally no other group in the world contributed to chinese businesses the black Americans with over 8 billion a yrs, we spend more then any group of people in the world.

@frankgrabasse4642 10 ай бұрын

The woman at 10:48 is great. Complete disconnect with reality. Tell your neighbors to stop acting like animals. Stop stealing, stop wrecking the stores, stop fighting in the stores, stop trying to scam the stores.

@adamben-shimon7513 Жыл бұрын

If they would stop raiding the grocery stores in their neighborhood, they would not have a food deserts. It's sad because it affects innocent people have to pay the price, especially the children and elderly. They need to do something to change their mind set and think ahead. A lot of the communities did have grocery stores, but due to theft, they closed down. Several Walmart stores have closed down because this problem.

@Grumpy19 3 жыл бұрын

I used to work at a grocery store. We got robbed almost everyday by every ethnicity. BUT African Americans used to be so bold about it, that they walked out with carts full of groceries. Literally walked out

@dancalmpeaceful3903 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm...why does that NOT shock me....

@darkdudironaji 3 жыл бұрын

@Dennis Yen Maybe a bag of chips or some fruit. A whole cart of food? Hell no

@skip3778 3 жыл бұрын

@Dennis Yen that's easy to say when they don't have to eat the expense

@tommaika9121 3 жыл бұрын

I saw a 35 year old white male stuff his back pack full of toiletries in a Dollar Tree in a mixed neighborhood on Lyell Ave in Rochester NY... I followed him to the front of the store and called to a black woman mgr and cashier to “ stop him .. he is stealing .. his backpack is full of items “. They gave me a BLANK STARE and did not follow the man - thief to enforce the theft. I guess shrugging your shoulders “ so what “ is the norm. The manager does not own the store and neither did the cashier. All 3 stole that day.

@jynxjay5621 3 жыл бұрын

@@tommaika9121 Stores usually have policies telling employees that if they try to prevent someone from stealing they will lose their jobs. Don't blame them. It comes down to risk of injury and lawsuits and insurance.

@nioxa5421 2 жыл бұрын

There is a family dollar in my area. when all the employees quit at once, the place was robbed. I’m black and I live in a “black” area and I don’t feel safe going for a walk for a workout. Can you blame people and businesses for wanting to be in a safe and profitable area?

@brucedick1506 2 жыл бұрын

that was easy.

@sharmainetheblackbarbie8126 2 жыл бұрын

Please move sis and be don’t ever look back. It’s not safe

@pookiemoon 2 жыл бұрын

preach... they need to act right....

@devintaylor8702 2 жыл бұрын

SO TRUE IN BLACK AREAS WALKING IS VERY DANGEROUS 🙏🙏🙏

@rdred8693 2 жыл бұрын

@@sharmainetheblackbarbie8126 She may not be able to afford it. Insane that a woman cannot walk in her own neighborhood, safely. It's wrong.

@tim6454 6 ай бұрын

Don't blame the companies. Blame the communities that ran them off.

@danwagner8432 10 ай бұрын

Notice how it is never mentioned what is really closing stores.

@augypark 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody is stopping Oprah or Lebron from investing in black neighborhood grocery stores. You should ask them why they don't. You'll get the real answer.

@eitkoml 3 жыл бұрын

No you won't. They will lie and lie some more.

@quikxfl 3 жыл бұрын

@@eitkoml exactly. Silence is deafening

@davidmccann4562 3 жыл бұрын

That's the same thing I'm saying where are the celebrities athletes black

@shonuff2382 3 жыл бұрын

Lebron already heavily invests in the black community. Do some research and you will find out how.

@jewleeb5138 3 жыл бұрын

Why is it when there is any plague upon the Black community this same small group of narrow minded individuals bring up Oprah, Lebron, Kobe, Tyler Perry, Jay Z and Beyoncé wanting to know why they are not helping? These celebrities literally assists with millions of dollars annually. When there is discomfort in the lower socioeconomic White community, city council begins to find ways to rectify the problem. No one asks where is Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Donald Trump, Elon Musk or Taylor Swift...stop thinking that this small group of well off Black celebrities need to be our saviors. Our city council need to advocate better for the Black community and to do the job they were elected to do.

@halalbach1855 3 жыл бұрын

Here in Florida I worked for a high tech company that provided retail stores with all the computer systems in their stores. I drew the short straw and had to install the equipment in a store opening deep inside a "black area". I had to be there for the store opening and within 5 minutes there were four neighborhood people at the service desk screaming every profinity ever uttered at the white girl because she was unable to cash a check for them because of insufficient funds in the account the check was drawn on. Similar abuse was heaped on various clerks, black and white, throughout the store for for numerous minor inconveniences throughout the day. That night I was sitting in my car updating my reports for the day when a security guard came up to my window and told me I must leave the parking lot because all security was leaving for the night and if I remained there after they left I would be in "grave danger". I left and finished my reports in a safer area. That store had been opened under a "Enterprise Zone Program" to help businesses open stores in "depressed areas." The day that the Enterprise Zone requirements were fulfilled the store was closed because it was never able to show a profit from day one, losing thousands every day because of "shrink" (theft). The location remains an empty, vandalized building.

@fisterhr 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mr. Albach, but we all know that liberal journalists don't care about common sense.

@starcatcher3691 3 жыл бұрын

Sad! These communities need to develop themselves!

@tommaika9121 3 жыл бұрын

Listening to BARBARA BOXER, JESSE JACKSON, FAT AL SHARPTON will keep black people in bondage.

@JesusChrist-rf9wn 3 жыл бұрын

@@starcatcher3691 never going to happen, no matter how much free stuff we give them they will always be the way they are.

@stephenc2481 3 жыл бұрын

I assumed that the organization did a study first, before approving the..."Enterprise Zone" program.

@matt7iron Жыл бұрын

Stop stealing and you might get a grocery store

@lucianwong420 4 ай бұрын

This woman tries everything to not say theft, which is what it is.

@subtlesedukshun8412 3 жыл бұрын

I work for a major beverage company. I helped in Michelle Obama's initiative in opening a Walmart. I saw extremely high theft daily. The store stayed open for about a year and a half then closed down; strictly due to loss control.

@oldsalt8011 3 жыл бұрын

not surprise.

@TheGeneticStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, my brother worked for Walmart for several years, he said that there so much theft. Many people threatened him because he was simply doing his job, thieves could be anyone from little kids to criminals. I feel bad for the people who actual follow the law and provide for their families

@markpayne6803 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you mentioned it cause no matter what it aint nothing but thieves who ruin things in that area of business

@robnelson6545 3 жыл бұрын

These mainstream reporters are worthless, shameful really.

@soggyramen7610 3 жыл бұрын

@@lastshallbefirst5516 do you do anything besides complain? Is that going to Improve your life? Are you expecting someone from the comments to feel bad and fix your problems for you?