Racism

Unless you're a visibly (or audibly) obvious minority in this country you don't get obvious examples of racism on a daily basis. For the most part racist actions are very subtle and slip under the radar.

This evening, I witnessed about as blatant an act of racism as I've seen in a long time.

We were leaving Sam's Club. At the exit they always check your receipt. They're supposed to compare what it says to what's in the cart. They rarely, if ever, even look in the cart.

This time, we were right behind a white, possibly hispanic, woman and her african american consort. They had two, stacked to the rafters flatbed carts. The checker at the exit proceeded to physically hand count every single item in the carts.

Der Deutscher says that's what they're actually supposed to do. But I can't say that I've ever before seen them do it.

Then, we, a white (appearing) couple, exit next. The exit checker gave JBP a smiley face on his hand then checked off our receipt. She never even looked at our cart.

Again, Der Deutscher said it was obvious we only had two items in our cart. I say she couldn't know that, she never looked at our cart. If she even peeked, she had no way to know we had nothing hidden underneath the giant bag of dog food because, again, she never looked.

Racism. Alive and Well right in here in the middle of the United States of America.

Nimitz' Lady