This case is of a woman who regularly from the last 6 six years has been shopping in that store. Shopping is a thing people do on daily basis but getting accussed as such is just wrong. The woman in this case was accussed of stealing because she was a Middle Eastern, some people just assume that Middle Easterns are to be blamed for every illegal thing which is wrong. The case mentioned above truly becomes a case of consumer rights and Fair Trading. According to the law of Fair Trading, it is the shops duty to provide their consumers with fair and ethical practices. The woman when wasnt given a written apology threatened the manager to complain to Fair Trading after which she was given a written apology by the store.
This is a thing that can happen with anyone even when they are innocent. Thanks to laws such as Fair Trading and others that are made for culturally diverse communities consumer/ human rights. We dont know what good such laws and organisations can do to us but its always worth a try!
Posted by Shreshta Belani
2 comments:
It doesn't surprise me that this woman was discriminated against. People's perceptions about Iraq have shifted significantly since Americas' issues with them. What's funny is that many of these people are not Bush supporters - yet they believe all the propaganda bull that seems to follow him.
It disappoints me that we have all these anti-discrimination laws and yet people still think its okay to accuse someone of something based on their appearance. It's more than unfair, it's unnecessary and offensive.
perhaps people shouldnt jump into conclusions soo fast. perhaps the security guard was just trying to do his job and did not have the intention of being "racist" as the media portrays. news is most of the time bias and only interested in making a story. perhaps it was because she was middle eastern and then treated unfairly based on her looks. im just saying maybe it wasnt abt race but merely abt doing his normal routine job.
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