i really don't want to complain like this abt something so trivial but if the person that made that shoplifting comic was white then that explains a lot

retail workers are majority white but Black and Latinx workers face major wealth disparities. i'm white but take the time to read or learn about racial disparities please https://www.demos.org/research/retail-race-divide-how-retail-industry-perpetuating-racial-inequality-21st-century

Black people that are convicted of shoplifting face harsher sentencing the US because of the racist criminal justice system that punishes misdemeanors so harshly (a la reconstruction era practices)

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some companies enforce strict policies that can get employees fired if they try to directly stop shoplifting, but if they don't carry out proper procedures (filing an exact report and giving it to a manager, like at Victoria's Secret) they will also be fired

(this article also mentions how this affects employees' morality as well as how they fear for their safety. even details retail abuse of Target allegedly having workers walked around in handcuffs to set an example) https://www.businessinsider.com/victorias-secret-shoplifting-policy-according-to-workers-2018-10

so maybe consider that the vast amount of retail workers are poor, of those workers Black & Latinx people are disproportionately living below the poverty line, and they can absolutely be fired because of your actions. they matter first

when you shoplift unnecessary items, ones that you might easily afford, you are putting people's jobs at risk and hurting them. not to mention that if you're white you're using your privilege to avoid harsher sentencing as well as racial profiling

this thread is not “corporate bootlicking.” i don’t give a shit about company losses. what i care about is that shoplifting for the thrill of it is an embarrassing display of white privilege. you’re less likely to be charged, and as a worker less likely to be hurt by being fired

robin hood is awesome because he represents redistribution of wealth. as a white person, stealing because you want to and you know you won’t face repercussions is a racist act, plain and simple. and you don’t need to be a poc to understand this