Anti-theft tags on black hair care products
CVS Pharmacy stores have placed anti-theft tags on hair care products made for women of color. However, hair products designed for Caucasian women do not have security tags. This story first circulated on the internet as a rumor in May 2006.
Snopes.com reported the rumor as TRUE. News reports on television stations across the country confirmed CVS stores located in South Carolina and Kansas were among the few guilty of racial profiling hair-care products designed for African-American women.
Hair relaxers created for black women were tagged with the most theft-security labels. Hair straighteners for white women did not have any security labels. The racial profiling practices of these stores are not widespread throughout the CVS pharmacy chain. CVS responded to the reports by saying that anti-theft tags were only placed on products that were shoplifted the most, according to Snopes.com.
Read more on Snopes.com for another episode of hair-raising news.
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My hair has always been complemented on for it’s length, it’s thickness, and it’s beauty. Most people attribute my hair to a mixture of my genes—actually, the question that I am asked the most by people is : What are you “mixed” with?
I am Cuban and African-American. You can throw some German into the mix, too. That’s what I am told by my other family members. LOL The real reason why I started this blog is to help other people maintain their mane and get the healthy hair that they really want—whether using a relaxer or embracing the locs that GOD gave you. I’ve been split between both ends of the ‘black hair’ saga and have experienced 19 months of living as a “natural head” with no perm to now semi-natural(I’ll tell you all about that later)
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That ain’t right!
I agree with teddy. And find it odd that CVS has cracked down on these stores. It makes their company look bad. I mean, do ONLY black hair products get stolen? I don’t think so.
Well you know what time it is….its the same old story.
Wow, I just came across this post…This is crazy! I’ve noticed tags on my hair care products in the past (Pantene ProV for Women of Color) but I don’t buy from CVS. Do you know if this is still happening?
Could it be that they are tagging products that, according to their inventory, are unaccounted for more than others?
They are trying to reduce the amount of money they lose.
Say for instance, Item “A” is being stolen at a higher rate than Item B at a store. If only black people are buying Item A, is it racist to try to protect your merchandise? Just relying on numbers, this would not be a racist practice.
And Charlene, why would “only” black hair products need to be stolen in order to place security tag on them? What if 80% or more were black hair care products?
Should the business just sit down and continue to take losses?