Just to play the devil's advocate:
The report is actually a lot more complex than this article gives it credit for. In fact, the report by the organization compares not only CVS across neighborhoods, but also compares CVS to rite aid and walgreens in the same neighborhoods.
And the report goes far beyond these issues, also pointing out that CVS sells customer information, is careless about expiration dates, that corporate pressure for quicker service has led to a significant increase in the number of mistaken drugs dispensed, etc.
Now, I think we all agree that stores should feel free to adopt security measures to prevent shoplifting.
Now, would anyone's opinion change if there were no discernible differences in shoplifting rates across these neighborhoods, and the security aspect was based on an unsubstantiated stereotype? Because one of the findings of the report is that while CVS locks up condoms in predominantly African American communities, Rite Aid and Walgreens do not, and do not experience any higher level of shoplifting.
Unfortunately, our news media does a very poor job of communicating these things.
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