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markodochartaigh

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13. I genuinely don't intend this as criticism. But,
Sat Jul 26, 2025, 08:26 PM
Jul 26

Walmart isn't very high on the economic ladder. I hope that each rung on the economic ladder in your area is similarly diverse. And I hope that the immigrants towards the top were able to work their way up in the US rather than arriving with bags of cash looted from their own countries.

To end on a positive note, a Haitian worker at Walmart was guarding a small child wandering around while the (presumably US parents) were not paying the least bit of attention. I was pushing my cart down the aisle and had I not been paying attention the child would have run directly into my cart. The worker made sure that she caught my eye well before I needed to stop. The parents had no idea what was going on. This is in SW Florida so very likely they were Trump voters who have no idea that foreign born workers are looking out for their child when they can't be bothered to.

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I love that. Atlanta, warts and all, is so diverse. I love going to the DeKalb Farmer's Market and hearing CurtEastPoint Jul 26 #1
A lovely blue island... paleotn Jul 26 #7
We try! CurtEastPoint Jul 26 #11
i love it. AllaN01Bear Jul 26 #8
I can't afford to travel so I enjoy every contact with 'foreigners' I can get. If we can't get out to see the world, it eppur_se_muova Jul 27 #17
The only people I don't want to see when I go shopping are surly magats. erronis Jul 26 #2
this is what MAGAts fear above all else: people getting along cadoman Jul 26 #3
I disagree, what MAGA fears most is someone less white than themselves being more successful than them. dem4decades Jul 26 #10
I had a similar experience at Target earlier this year. LisaM Jul 26 #4
Reminds me of when I went into a Chinese take-out restaurant and the English-speaking owner/manager was away. eppur_se_muova Jul 27 #18
Sounds like... Escape Jul 26 #5
Apparently, any Republican.... CurtEastPoint Jul 26 #12
"" AllaN01Bear Jul 26 #6
The way life should be. paleotn Jul 26 #9
I genuinely don't intend this as criticism. But, markodochartaigh Jul 26 #13
Our local, Maj. Dude Jul 26 #14
Through foreign born friends, we have come into contact with quite a large group of Walmart workers, all...... FadedMullet Jul 26 #15
Diversity enriches all our lives. Aussie105 Jul 26 #16
Everywhere I go in my little rural part of NC is pretty diverse. mucholderthandirt Jul 27 #19
A couple of weeks ago Jilly_in_VA Jul 27 #20
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