OAK PARK MALL RACIST RECEIPT!!!



Whenever TKC notes the racism of the Kansas City area there are generally two responses:

1. Some white person gets indignant, kind of angry and then in turn calls TKC a racist as if white people had any authority to speak, write or comment on the subject other than to simply admit guilt.

B. Condescendingly and patiently a white person will explain all of Kansas City's racial progress to me as if I was a small child. These folks, usually liberal d-bags, will note all of the token progress that this mostly segregated city has made and then recommend that I change my opinion so that I too can become a corporate sellout like Mary Sanchez who clearly has been inspired by this blog to write about Latino issues for a change instead of just being a liberal shill.

Anyhoo . . . Despite either one of these tactics, I remain convinced of nothing and sadly must point out . . .

AT THE END OF THE DAY A PERSON OF COLOR CAN'T EVEN BUY A PAIR OF SHOES IN JOHNSON COUNTY WITHOUT BEING SUBJECTED TO RACIAL SLURS!!!

KMBC's Marcus Moore files what could be the greatest story ever told regarding Oak Park Mall. Check it:
A Kansas City man found a racial slur printed on his receipt after returning a pair of shoes he bought over the weekend.

KMBC's Marcus Moore reported that Keith Slater, 22, bought a pair of shoes from a store called Journeys. Slater later returned them after finding a cheaper pair at another store. Slater did get his money back, but it was what was printed on the receipt that he and his family found disturbing.
It's a classic tale but sadly it's typical . . . And it only brings about more questions:

  • Did the clerk type out this option or simply select it from the register?

  • If his was an option in the register in an attempt to obtain customer data than that could make Journeys the most racist shoe store in the nation.

  • Damn, despite the circumstances or whatever lame excuse that's offered, there is no dispute that somebody printed out a racial slur and handed to a young man for simply exchanging some shoes. That's a surprising level of racism and bigotry even for JoCo, even for the mall and especially for a trendy shoe store.

  • Again, I'm not surprised and it simply confirms my suspicion that a great many people in JoCo are horribly racist. I would advocate a total boycott of the mall until the situation is properly addressed but discouraging the presence of any people of color is probably the motivation of this type of behavior in the first place. Also, there are way too many hot white women shopping at Oak Park Mall for me to even consider the option.

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    1. Yea Right, This Tyrone probably bought the shoes to wear out Friday night, only to return them a few days later before the store found out his check bounced.

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    2. Save the receipt. Get a good attorney and sit back. You are going to have a court case in your name, a judgement in your favor, a check to pay for the indignity. That may not be much progress, but it is a payback. And paybacks are hell.

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    3. I don't need a reciept with the words "dumb nig..." on it to tell me that OP is racist. The mere existance of the great white-land is enough for me.

      What I want to know is why a black person would want to spend one dime of their money out there to help support their all white world...

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    4. I'm surprised the pigs even let him drive all the way over to Oak Park Mall...

      And 10:54 is right: why the hell would any black person spend a dime in the "free state"? Especially now that we have zappos.com.

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    5. Why can't a white person comment on racism?

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    6. I am a black woman and actually I get better treatment at Oak Park than at Independence Center. Oh well.

      to the poster at 10:25, the store apparently has admitted that the customer "a tyrone" as you called him was in the right and have fired the little racist employee.

      From the story:
      On Tuesday, Genesco, which owns Journeys, released this statement:

      "While we are continuing to investigate this incident, it now appears that an employee in one of our stores entered highly inappropriate statements in a form used to process a merchandise return. Needless to say, such an act was not authorized by Journeys, and will not be tolerated. This employee has been terminated.

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    7. Funny as hell. Stay on Troost.

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    8. This shit is racial.

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    9. what an ahole. why would you do that? even from like a self-preservation standpoint. don't you have to walk out to your car alone after the store closes? what kind of dumbass does that? You are so asking for the asskicking of your life if you enter some shit like that on a receipt and give it to someone. And rightfully so. Clearly the victim of this handled it correctly but I can't imagine not wanting to lay a beat down.

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    10. Who buys shoes at Journeys?

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    11. Independence Center, the new Bannister Mall. The next one to close because of black overrun. They have to keep 8-10 Independence cops on patrol there 24/7. Thanks Black woman.

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    12. So what does Alonzo's cock taste like, Tony?

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    13. WHY was this even an option from which to choose???!!!

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    14. With Bannister Mall closed, Tyrone has got no place to shop. And Tyrone's buddies caused the Bannister Mall to close. So maybe it is pay-back in some fashion. The employee got fired from his/her low paying job. Whoa!

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    15. has anyone actually stopped to ask if this guy was a dumb nig? i mean the receipt might have been telling the truth here people. where does he work and where did he go to school? if the answer is nowhere and UMKC we know that he is an idiot.

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    16. Malls are infested with minority gang types that steal more than they buy. The receipt is an example of what to expect under Obama. Race wars with business closings.

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    17. I will make this simple.

      No one deserves to be treated that way.

      Regardless of color you should be able to shop anywhere with out having a clerk being insulting.

      There is no place in this world for racism or any excuse for the ignorant who still have these ideas of an inferior race.

      If you are a racist check your self and your reality.

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    18. hummmmm....reality. ni99ers f*ck up everything!!!!! THAT"S REALITY.

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    19. Thats ignorant....

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    20. Hey Black woman. We don't want you here in Independence Stay your Black Ass downtown on Troost where you belong.

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    21. To the idiot that posted "Stay off Troost"... Why don't you stay off of Troost. I see more JO License plates in the parking lot of Go Chicken Go than any other county.

      Oh btw to whoever posted that they didn't want black people in Independence....you do realize that Independence is not exactly the Royal Hall right!? Don't worry I will gladly stay away from Meth Town. You people are sick its no wonder people across the country think KC is nothing but a racist hick town. Good job guys way to represent!!!

      Signed-
      To smart to listen to a bunch of hicks who have no teeth.

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    22. ...It's a classic tale but sadly it's typical ...

      That was from your story. That is where you are wrong, it is not typical, this was one case and the judgment of one person. Is the only case of course not, but to call it typical is just flat WRONG!!!

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    23. Folks need to boycott Oak Park Mall until this Journeys store is closed.

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    24. I agree with the above comment. This is wrong. Racism has no part in this country or in this world.

      That having been said, I suggest, Tony, That you "be the change you seek in the world (Mohandas Ghandi)."
      If you want this to change you need to take the log out of your eye/be the bigger man/ choose your metaphor here.
      It will not happen overnight, but your blatant racism toward whites only makes them hate you more. After having lived down south for many years I can tell you I am surprised by how many white people I meet who say "I hated black people... until I met one."

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    25. "Johnson Countians are racist" Blah blah blah.. I'm so sick of Kansas Citians who continually trash people from JO Co. I've got news for you people--- People from the entire KANSAS CITY REGION are racist rednecks who look down their noses at people from New York, Chicago, California, St. Louis, Maryland, Nebraska,(you name any place, Kansas Citians think they're better than people from it) GET OVER YOURSELVES! Stop hating everyone on the planet who isn't wearing a Chiefs emblem!!

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    26. you guys are fuckin mean why are you defending any of this? u guys must be from overland park too. or your parents are fuckin bango pickin' white trailer trash buck tooth mother effers like u guys. now how did that feel? made you mad huh? like it or not "tyrone" here is gonna win. if he's clever enough he will not take a settlement and go to court. close down journeys

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    27. "Get Over Yourselves" poster above is on the right track. I live in Johnson County's Overland Park, yet I'm originally from Reston, VA. From the moment I moved my family here I've heard criticisms about "You people from Johnson County who are such snobs" When I say that I'm not FROM Johnson County, I'm told "Exactly! No one in J.C. IS from Kansas City... that's why they're such a**holes!" Excuse me? I was hired for my job because of my education and experience in communications software-- not because I fit some particular "snob factor" that was in such short supply in the Kansas City region that my employer was forced to hire an outsider. The majority of my neighbors aren't from Kansas City either. I'll lay you odds that racist mall employee is, though. People who work at mall shoe stores may be working in Johnson County, but trust me, they live somewhere like Lee's ScumPit or some other inbred Missouri or Kansas town. Every time some Kansas City resident does something wrong like murdering a mother-to-be by cutting the fetus from her womb, or chopping the head off of their child and tossing the body in a park, or some other heinous crime, Kansas City natives are quick to say "Way-alll they musta been frum Jossun' Conny!-- Cuz Lard knowz they cain't be one of us KIND folk frum Kan-Sitty!" Then, feeling sanctimonious, they go brush their tooth and hop into bed with their sister.

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    28. this country does NOT belong to white folk.i just think that they are pissed off cause the white house is NOT going to be white ANYMORE! and that s**t is just f***kn hilarious!

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    29. Another brilliant racist statement

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    30. I am still LMAO from the poster that mentioned the number of JO CO license plates they see at Go Chicken Go. Sooooo true, and not only there but Gates, Peachtree, Nieces and those are just to name a few. It's funny how black people are soooo stupid, lazy, trashy and what not but who are the ones licking their plates from food prepared by none other than black people. No one will comment on those statements they will just continue to give that young man whose name happends to be Keith the false "Tyrone" name and find more ways to blame Obama....let me guess Barrack was in on the "Tyrone" returning his shoes scandal right!? Get a life people!!

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    31. I must tell you, I never even consider race in my daily life. I live in KC and don't look at what color people are. There are bad people out there and they are of all colors. Regarding Obama and McCain, I see two honorable men wanting to lead their country, I don't even account for color, because to me it means nothing. Maybe people of all colors should do the same. I think we'd be a lot happier. As for the store clerk, she's and ignorant and immature person, but there will always be those. We always have a choice on how we react to these people.

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    32. Great comment. If only more people thought like you did then this whole entire world would be a better place.

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    33. I agree that there needs to be more people like the comment from the poster above that don't judge people by their race, or culture, however how many people can honestly say they practice the same? I am a multi-ethnic literature instructor and one thing I strive to teach my students are the very same thing. I have some students that comment on how hard it is to be accepting of others when they are not accepting of them. This ridiculous receipt issue makes it hard for me to answer their question but your statment just made it a little easier. Basically as stated before every race has it's good and bad. I think this is such a huge issue for the people in or around Kansas City because of the middle of the country closed minded mentality. It's kind of like when people say they don't want to live in a neighborhood because they saw a black person walking down the street kind of sick mentality.

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    34. I am the adoptive white father of 3 amazing black children. I try to teach them the difference between right and wrong. Not to hurt other peoples feelings, when there feelings are hurt to forgive but not forget. That the color of your skin has no bearing on the quality of a person you are. That we all have ancestors from other parts of the world. They are young but when they can understand the indecencies that the black race has experienced in the past and currently I will. That racism of any kind is wrong and that every life has a value.I will be in there corner 100% when they are in the right by what I have tried to teach them. I realize that racism still exist on many levels and many colors and I will let them know that discrimination effects everyone at some point in life. It how you deal with it that counts.

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    35. Well said!!!

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    36. Stacey Brewer2/22/10, 5:17 PM

      I think this incident reminds me of a lot of racism that has occurred in Johnson County and other parts of Kansas City. I also think that many times that certain socioeconomic classes of black people also do things to themselves or others that hurt black people as a whole (like gang violence, drugs, and other illegal activities) and then blame it all on other people as being racist. The employee who made a racist remark on the store receipt was not right in doing so but her behavior is not just one isolated event either. There are a lot of racists that are policemen and policewomen in Johnson County but there can be racists in any city, town, or country. Racism hurts everyone and not just black people. I was always raised to not judge a person on the color of their skin but by the content of their character and other traits as well. There are probably white people who have been victims of racism as well, but we all know that in today's world they still have many advantages over any minority when it comes to the Corporate world and almost everything else. A black president doesn't mean that racism will vanish overnight in most cases it means that racism will probably be even more precedented than before because many people who didn't vote for Obama soon began to show a side of themselves that other people would have considered to be racist or other hostile actions. I also think that racism can be built up upon a few negative experiences with a few people of one race and then they start to generalize it into thinking that everybody in their racial class is doing it as well. It's like when pretty white women see many young black men in thugged out attire or looking gangster then suddenly it becomes an alert to send the mall security to watch these young black men. Im not saying that every white woman is prejudiced but whenever they leave the stores at night if they see any black person come near them or walk by then they clutch their purses or get into their cars quickly. If a white man approached them then they would act differently depending on how he looked. However not every black man or black person that shops in the Oak Park Mall store is out to steal, rob, or cause trouble for the white women who are shoppers there either. You have just a few bad apples in the bunch that make it bad for the decent black people that want to shop in Oak Park Mall and pretty soon they are just as concerned as well as the white people are. I think the reasoning behind this is that many young black men who are into the thug lifestyle or other activities really have no respect for others or themselves because if they did then they wouldn't be doing the illegal things that they did in the first place. White people committ crimes in malls as well as blacks but our history dictates that security officers are trained to racial profile the blacks more than they do the whites. I think there is good and bad in every race of people. So I feel that if a person is treated bad in any mall or shop in the mall the best thing to do is just to not shop there period and go somewhere else to where you are welcome as a customer and feel wanted to spend your money there.

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    37. Yea, just like myself, working in JOCO or LEAWOOD as a tmobile sales rep. This dumbass white lady remarked "OMG LIKE SERIOUSLY I WAS SO SCARED, I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA DO A DRIVE BY ON ME". Talking about a black man who was actually from the country, and wouldn't know what to do if he ever found him self in the hood. The entire time he was in the store, she was frozen like a statue, soon as he left, she was throwin out words right and left. Dumbass lmao really?! my boyfriend and many family members are black. I bet you had no idea. Dumbass

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