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My final topic is, "Shopping while black"

Schreer G, Smith S, Thomas K. “Shopping While Black”: Examining Racial Discrimination in a Retail Setting. Journal Of Applied Social Psychology [serial online]. June 2009;39(6):1432-1444. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 9, 2013.

GABBIDON, S. H. A. U. N. L. (August 01, 2003). Racial Profiling by Store Clerks and Security Personnel in Retail Establishments: An Exploration of &ldquo;Shopping While Black&rdquo. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 19, 3, 345-364. This article discussed a lot about the history of racial profiling and discussed conflict theory, how it has changed, and how we still see it today mostly within retail. The methods and experiments done within the essay prove how most often black who are blamed are often lower working class.

SMAWLEY, MICHELLE, and MARY HEALY Via. "'What Would You Do?': Shopping While Black." ABC News. ABC News Network, 5 May 2010. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. .This article was about an experiment setting up situations where black (mostly teen) shoppers were targeted in higher end stores, the experiment proved that sixty percent of blacks agreed that these situations have happened to them. The experiment proved that many of these teens were in fact followed and questioned based up their "racial identity". The essay shows what it's like to go to a store being considered the "wrong ethnicity".

Adam Peck. "19-Year-Old Detained For ‘Shopping While Black’ At Barneys." ThinkProgress RSS. N.p., 23 Oct. 2013. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. .This essay was about a nineteen year old black male who had been saving up parts of his paycheck for months to save up for a very expensive belt he had been wanting. When the time finally came for him to be able to purchase the belt he was accused of fraud. Even after checking the receipt and the debate card used he was still blamed for fraud. Barneys was then given a lawsuit for raciest profiling against black males.

S,. G. E., S,. S., & T,. K. (June 01, 2009). &ldquo;Shopping While Black&rdquo;: Examining Racial Discrimination in a Retail Setting. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 6, 1432-1444. This article focused of examples and experiments of blacks causing suspicion within high-end stores. This article had the experiment of a black person asking for the sensor to be removed from some sunglasses, which caused great suspicion; the question is would there have been the same kind of suspicion if this were a wealthy white person?

Graves, Earl G., Sr. "The Fight Against ‘Racial Profiling’ and ‘Shopping While Black’ Continues." Black Enterprise. N.p., 6 Nov. 2013. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. . This article discussed the ways that black shoppers are only tolerated and often held with suspicion. It discuses Oprah Winfrey being a colored women but also having the money to purchase anything she wanted at any of these high end stores who are often causing lawsuits because of black suspicion. Also relating back to past history of Martin Luther King to todays devastation of Trayvon Martin.

Harris, David A. "Articles." Race, Racism and the Law. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2013. . This article discuses experiences of three of the African Americans interviewed touching on their personal experiences and the harshness and embarrassment within their experiences. It also touches on how often these situations occur, the statistics of “shopping while black or “driving while black”, and also connecting the problem to the larger issue.

Fifield, Adam, and Elise O'Shaughnessy. "Shopping While Black." Good Housekeeping. N.p., Nov. 2001. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/5332618/shopping-while-black This article discussed women and retail racism and focuses on the increasing rate of retail racism. The article also discuses the emotional impact of racial profiling on its victims.

Shopping While Black. (December 28, 2000). New York Times.