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Default Virginia, Wal-Mart & Racism: the Perfect Storm

A Virginia couple was shocked to find a police officer in front of their
home when they returned from running errands, but they were even more
surprised by the reason for the cop's visit-- to question whether or not
they were in fact their children's parents.

Joseph, a white man who didn't want his last name revealed, and his
black wife Keana told Fox5DC that they were outraged after the policeman
told them a security guard at their local Walmart had suspected Joseph
of kidnapping his three young daughters.

"He asks us very sincerely, ‘Hey, I was sent here by Walmart security. I
just need to make sure that the children that you have are your own,’”
Joseph said.

"I was dumbfounded," Keana said. "I sat there for a minute and I
thought, ‘Did he just ask us if these were our kids knowing what we went
through to have our children?’

The couple, who have been married for 10 years, have a four-year-old
daughter and two-year-old twin girls. Joseph had taken the girls to a
Walmart near their Prince County home to cash a check and left after
spending a short time in the parking lot. After speaking with the
officer, they called the store demanding an explanation.

According to Keana, she was told a customer was alarmed after seeing her
husband and children.

"Well, the customer was concerned because they saw the children with
your husband and he didn't think that they fit," Keana told the news
station. "And I said, ‘What do you mean by they don't fit?’ And I was
trying to get her to say it. And she says, ‘Well, they just don't match
up.’”

As interracial marriage rates increase, the birth of interracial
children has soared in the past decade, with more than seven percent
born in the year before the 2010 census. According to The Washington
Post, Virginia leads the nation in the percentage of marriages between
blacks and whites, making Joseph and Keana just one of many couples who
may be subjected to similar treatment.

Although they were upset, the couple said they were not surprised by the
incident. Walmart issued a statement to the TV station saying they were
looking into the situation.

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How bright do you have to be to be a security guard at Wal-Mart?
Is there a job opening for PsychoSnotty?
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They don't carry guns..do they?
I'd be very uncomfortable with Snottie carrying a weapon in public.
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