George Floyd's killing and Black Lives Matter protests have sparked a national conversation not only about police reform, but about the everyday places where Black Americans face discrimination.
kept multicultural hair care and beauty products, primarily sold to Black women, in locked displays at some stores, as products commonly used by White customers were in unlocked displays nearby. Those retailers have said in recent weeks they'll end that practice.
"As a retailer serving millions of customers every day from diverse backgrounds, Walmart does not tolerate discrimination of any kind," the company said in a statement. Walgreens said in a statement that it's making sure multicultural hair care and beauty products aren't stored in locked cases and said that "has been the case at a limited number of our stores."
In beauty, for example, she said the discrepancy can be obvious when a brand or a store has numerous shades of light beige and just a few shades of brown. But it can carry over into other ways companies operate, too. That growth is outpacing White buying power. Between 2000 and 2018, Black buying power rose 114%, compared to an 89% increase in White buying power, according to Nielsen.
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