![]() ![]() “Do you like working at Wal-Mart?” I asked her. A black woman about my age was checking the receipts of the customers exiting. Most of the store’s cashiers and employees are black. ![]() ![]() If this Wal-Mart was a “ghetto” store, then every town should be so lucky to have one.Īfter checking out my loaded cart full of goodies, I waited near the exit for my daughter to finish her shopping. The store was huge, twice the size of the Kmart on Hylan Boulevard, and packed with shoppers. Just about everything I shopped for was less expensive than it is in New York. “Just wait and you’ll see for yourself,” she said. I pointed out that with tolls and gas, her $10 savings on diapers is what you might call watered down, but she countered that she also buys cheaper gas in Jersey and saves on many other items. My daughter drove me to the Wal-Mart in Linden, N.J., where she can buy a large box of diapers for $20. ![]() I’d never realized how bigoted those acquaintances of mine were until I heard them saying things like “It’s a ghetto store full of ghetto people” or “It’s for the project people because it’s cheap, but we don’t need any more stores like that on Staten Island.” Until last Saturday, I had never been to a Wal-Mart, and the comments I had heard from those who had been to the stores in New Jersey were quite disturbing. Wal-Mart is currently looking at two Staten Island sites for its first New York City store, and the bash-Wal-Mart battle is heating up here, although none of the Staten Island members of the City Council attended the protest rally. Sapp is spokeswoman for the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit by former workers, which accuses the company of passing over some women for promotions in favor of men with fewer qualifications. The 1992 Miss America, Carolyn Sapp, joined City Council members and union officials on the steps of City Hall last week to denounce Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer. ![]()
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