Walmart, Walgreens and CVS have announced plans to stop locking up beauty and hair care products aimed at black customers in security cases — after renewed criticism that the practice is discriminatory.
Walgreens is one of three major drug store chains in the U.S. to announce plans to ensure that"multicultural hair care and beauty products" are not being locked away from customers. Walmart and CVS made similar announcements this week.Walgreens is one of three major drug store chains in the U.S. to announce plans to ensure that"multicultural hair care and beauty products" are not being locked away from customers. Walmart and CVS made similar announcements this week.
"We're sensitive to the issue and understand the concerns raised by our customers and members of the community," a Walmart spokesperson said,"and have made the decision to discontinue placing multicultural hair care and beauty products — a practice in place in about a dozen of our 4,700 stores nationwide — in locked cases."
The intention was echoed by Walgreens and CVS, the latter of which also added that it had expanded its stock of products that"appeal to communities of color" by 35% over the past year. The nationwide protests directed at racial injustice and policing in the U.S. have retrained attention on a practice that critics call discriminatory — locking up items that generally cater to black customers or placing them behind a cover. But the controversy simmered long before the most recent eruption of outrage.
Essie Grundy announces her race discrimination lawsuit against Walmart in January 2018. The suit was dismissed last November.Essie Grundy announces her race discrimination lawsuit against Walmart in January 2018. The suit was dismissed last November.In 2018, a woman named Essie Grundy filed a federal lawsuit against Walmart. She said that several times at her local store in Perris, Calif.
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