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Mom sues Walmart to end policy of locking up, ‘segregating’ beauty products

By CBS Los Angeles

A Perris mother is taking legal action over what she claims is discrimination against African-Americans by Walmart over their policy of locking up certain products.

Essie Grundy told reporters at a news conference Friday she has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the retail giant after asking for assistance to buy a 49-cent comb, which was among several products secured in a glass casing at the Perris store.

“I originally got the product from the Walmart in Riverside…and it was such a good product, I wanted to introduce it to my older children,” said Grundy. “They didn’t have anymore at the original Walmart that I got it from, so I went to my neighborhood one, and that’s when I noticed all of the African-American products was locked up under lock and key.”

Read more at http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/01/26/mom-sues-walmart-to-end-policy-of-locking-up-segregating-beauty-products/

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