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Is Wal-Mart stocking salsa under "Latino Foods" racist?: A productive ILX race thread.

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yes 3


― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:08 (eighteen years ago)

srsly tho

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:08 (eighteen years ago)

mort d'wal

― gff, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:16 (eighteen years ago)

lonely wal-mart just thinking baout salsa

also racist

― El Tomboto, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:20 (eighteen years ago)

better than "Hispanic Foods"

― akm, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:42 (eighteen years ago)

Isn't it sexist?

― badg, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:45 (eighteen years ago)

"Latino" is not a race.

― Kerm, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:56 (eighteen years ago)

enlighten me kerm

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:56 (eighteen years ago)

Latino y Latina food

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:57 (eighteen years ago)

DOMINGO DOMINGO DOMINGO

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:57 (eighteen years ago)

assuming they even do this its way beneath them based on its sheer stupidity, unless theirs some kind of clever angle im missing like forcing white 20-30somethigns into the 'latino' section

which is prob the case actually

― deeznuts, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:58 (eighteen years ago)

They put the coconut milk there, which in most stores is in the 'Asian' foods section.

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:59 (eighteen years ago)

assuming they even do this

lol what do you think i made this up?

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:59 (eighteen years ago)

The produce here is kind of segregated at the Wal-Mart: they'll have all the tomatillos, chilis, cilantro, those sugar cones, all in their own section.

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:00 (eighteen years ago)

its more like awoal-mart for me cuz i dont shop there anymore :)

xp im never trusting you again bud

― deeznuts, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:00 (eighteen years ago)

The produce here is kind of segregated at the Wal-Mart: they'll have all the tomatillos, chilis, cilantro, those sugar cones, all in their own section.

-- Abbott, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 11:00 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

yea stuff in "Latino Foods" is all non-perishables. shit like tortillas and black beans and salsa etc. no produce tho

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:02 (eighteen years ago)

by non-perishables i mean stuff you'd keep in your pantry-- i know salsa perishes

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:02 (eighteen years ago)

Dude, I knows, it's up front they split it up too. I mean, I think they'd stick the tripe et. al in that aisle if they could.

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:03 (eighteen years ago)

(In spite of its perishability.)

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:03 (eighteen years ago)

wtf is this stupid thread about? Does going to 8 aisles just to make some chilaquiles or whatever prove some point about racial tolerance?

― Kerm, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:04 (eighteen years ago)

Tortillas are an aisle endcap, tho.

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:05 (eighteen years ago)

They should alphebetize all the foods in a store by name to avoid this problem.

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:05 (eighteen years ago)

J0rdan Salsa.

― libcrypt, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:06 (eighteen years ago)

Next to the jordan almonds, yes.

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:06 (eighteen years ago)

wtf is this stupid thread about? Does going to 8 aisles just to make some chilaquiles or whatever prove some point about racial tolerance?

-- Kerm, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 11:04 PM (39 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

damn homie-- it's clearly a thread for being bored on a wednesday night i.e. "A productive ILX race thread". im not trying to our wal-mart co. as awful racists, i think they've done that for themselves already

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:06 (eighteen years ago)

not trying to out**

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:07 (eighteen years ago)

¿Then does yard bird go under 'C'hicken or 'P'ollo?

― Kerm, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:07 (eighteen years ago)

Alphabetized by American name usage.

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:08 (eighteen years ago)

If the 'Pollo Loco' chain of restaurants started making frozen appetizers, those would go in the 'p' section.

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:09 (eighteen years ago)

isn't that xenophobic?

― Kerm, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:09 (eighteen years ago)

should be alphabetized by Esperanto name usage...

― Kerm, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:10 (eighteen years ago)

WAL-MATJALO

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:11 (eighteen years ago)

i think i just solved the obesity crisis

― Kerm, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:11 (eighteen years ago)

kerm did you vote yes or no

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:13 (eighteen years ago)

They always put the pinatas above the candy aisle.

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:13 (eighteen years ago)

Everyone can get behind that!

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:13 (eighteen years ago)

I voted the obvious correct answer.

Also:
http://i29.tinypic.com/v3mypz.jpg
ARGHGAGHRGHGH

― Kerm, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:15 (eighteen years ago)

Are you trying to blame that on Mexico?

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:15 (eighteen years ago)

I'm gonna live off of iced coffee the rest of the week. Is that under I or C?

― Kerm, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:16 (eighteen years ago)

Mexico isn't this hot.

― Kerm, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:17 (eighteen years ago)

Mi fari ne scii. Kulpigi la alfabeto.

― Abbott, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:18 (eighteen years ago)

lost my appetite already

― Kerm, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:21 (eighteen years ago)

Can't we just stock salsa under Chicano grub and yuppie condiments at the same time and have peace?

― libcrypt, Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:33 (eighteen years ago)

always thought it was ka-razy that they would sell guns n ammo but not cds with swear words

i guess its not that crazy

― deej, Thursday, 5 June 2008 05:00 (eighteen years ago)

http://i29.tinypic.com/2ymzy1z.jpg
xp

― Kerm, Thursday, 5 June 2008 05:04 (eighteen years ago)

The sooner that burritos became the national American food of choice, the better.

― kingfish, Thursday, 5 June 2008 05:42 (eighteen years ago)

I'm gonna live off of iced coffee the rest of the week. Is that under I or C?

-- Kerm, Thursday, June 5, 2008 12:16 AM (Thursday, June 5, 2008 12:16 AM) Bookmark

excellent point. as a kid, our spice rack was alphabetized and once instead of shaking a bunch of cinnamon into my egg nog i ended up with chili powder because i saw the bottle was turned and i saw the 'c' and the color was right so i grabbed it.

― tehresa, Thursday, 5 June 2008 05:50 (eighteen years ago)

Is the whole East Coast that hot right now? Because that's... AAAAgh. AAAAAAAAAAAAAgh. I moved 1400 miles from where I grew up to avoid that kind of thing.

― kenan, Thursday, 5 June 2008 08:34 (eighteen years ago)

Wait, wikipedia says "Salsa refers to a fusion of informal dance styles having roots in the Caribbean (especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico), Latin and North America."

So what's the problem?

― S-, Thursday, 5 June 2008 08:39 (eighteen years ago)

"foods"?

― kenan, Thursday, 5 June 2008 08:46 (eighteen years ago)

"Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Spanish Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad.

― S-, Thursday, 5 June 2008 08:50 (eighteen years ago)

The word "Latino" is not... oh nevermind.

― kenan, Thursday, 5 June 2008 09:00 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Thursday, 12 June 2008 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Friday, 13 June 2008 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

tru story: walmart in athens ga sells HISPANIC SPICE which on the receipt is truncated to HISPANIC SPIC

― and what, Friday, 13 June 2008 23:24 (eighteen years ago)

ban receipt blanchard

― deej, Friday, 13 June 2008 23:27 (eighteen years ago)

i enjoyed some wal-mart copped latino salsa last night

― J0rdan S., Friday, 13 June 2008 23:30 (eighteen years ago)

wait my memory made it more racist it was actually MEXICAN SPICE but still

― and what, Friday, 13 June 2008 23:31 (eighteen years ago)


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