Racialamism

Wow, Wal-Mart employs some serious, hard-core racists. These aren't just the Paul Haggis-Crash style racists, who only hate minorities when they're having a bad day. These are some good ol' boy, dyed-in-the-wool, deep cover, Sean Hannity-loving white power-type people behind the scenes at the world's largest retailer.

Did you guys hear about this today? It might be the single most racist incident I've heard of since that Texas yearbook identified an African-American student in a photo as BLACK GIRL.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is shutting down the system that creates movie recommendations on its shopping Web site after it linked a "Planet of the Apes" DVD to films about famous black Americans, including Martin Luther King Jr.

Wal-Mart said Thursday it had removed what it called the "offensive combinations" from a walmart.com page advertising a boxed DVD set, "Planet of the Apes: The Complete TV Series."

Under a "similar items" section, the DVD set's page linked shoppers to four films about the lives of King, actress Dorothy Dandridge, boxer Jack Johnson and singer Tina Turner. Wal-Mart later altered the page to link with television show DVDs.

Oh my Lord, that is just wrong. Unfortunately, it's also kind of creative to game the system in that way, which of course only makes the intolerance that much more pernicious.

I also can't help but wonder what comes up when you type in "Mr. Bean." If it's Stand and Deliver or the "Mind of Mencia: Season 1" box set, I'm going to be very upset...