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> As of April 2022, over 134,000 loss prevention officers — many of them white men — were employed in the U.S. What is the purpose of mentioning the "white men

> As of April 2022, over 134,000 loss prevention officers — many of them white men — were employed in the U.S. What is the purpose of mentioning the "white men" part?

unreal37 4y ago
The article clearly has a slant. I also think it links to how most loss prevention officers have a decide to go into law enforcement.
ilaksh 4y ago
Because now apparently just admitting that you are against having and enforcing shoplifting laws means that you can be accused of being racist if you are white.
throw_m239339 4y ago
I think you know why given Input's political leaning... It's intersectional dog whistle. A more bizarre matter is why the heck would reddit host subs dedicated to shoplifting tactics... although I'm just half surprised, given the kind of depraved porn communities reddit welcomes...
lancesells 4y ago
I was a little confused by it as well and thought maybe they would go to imply there are racial injustices later in the article but I didn't really see that. Loss Prevention Demographics - https://www.zippia.com/loss-prevention-officer-jobs/demographics/ https://www.zippia.com/loss-prevention-officer-jobs/demograp... 70% White, 13.7% Hispanic, 8.4% Black US Demographics - 57.8% White, 18.7% Hispanic, 12.1% Black It's a poor choice of words.
- colpabar 4y ago
  Yeah I clicked the link as well, and I disagree with your conclusion. I poked around the rest of the site, and I am pretty sure they included that because their audience likes to read about why white people are bad. Would it just be a poor choice of words if they included stats on the people who shoplift, and it included "many of them black teens"?
  - lancesells 4y ago
    Is the "white men" phrase relevant or needed in the article? No. I'm not really familiar with the site nor the author's agenda but doing a search for "white" and "black" mostly brought up articles on consumer products.
- slg 4y ago
  >thought maybe they would go to imply there are racial injustices later in the article They did imply it by mentioning that white people are overrepresented in the field. Retail security following Black people around a store is one of the more common forms of everyday profiling and racism. Is this not common knowledge anymore?
  - colpabar 4y ago
    Why not include that in the article then?
    - slg 4y ago
      They probably thought this type of profiling was common knowledge. I would also have assumed most people knew about it. And once you know about it, the connection is easy to make yourself without the article needing to be explicit about it.

> As of April 2022, over 134,000 loss prevention officers — many of them white men — were employed in the U.S. What is the purpose of mentioning the "white men" part?

unreal37 4y ago

The article clearly has a slant. I also think it links to how most loss prevention officers have a decide to go into law enforcement.

ilaksh 4y ago

Because now apparently just admitting that you are against having and enforcing shoplifting laws means that you can be accused of being racist if you are white.

throw_m239339 4y ago

I think you know why given Input's political leaning... It's intersectional dog whistle. A more bizarre matter is why the heck would reddit host subs dedicated to shoplifting tactics... although I'm just half surprised, given the kind of depraved porn communities reddit welcomes...

lancesells 4y ago

I was a little confused by it as well and thought maybe they would go to imply there are racial injustices later in the article but I didn't really see that. Loss Prevention Demographics - https://www.zippia.com/loss-prevention-officer-jobs/demographics/ https://www.zippia.com/loss-prevention-officer-jobs/demograp... 70% White, 13.7% Hispanic, 8.4% Black US Demographics - 57.8% White, 18.7% Hispanic, 12.1% Black It's a poor choice of words.

colpabar 4y ago
Yeah I clicked the link as well, and I disagree with your conclusion. I poked around the rest of the site, and I am pretty sure they included that because their audience likes to read about why white people are bad. Would it just be a poor choice of words if they included stats on the people who shoplift, and it included "many of them black teens"?
- lancesells 4y ago
  Is the "white men" phrase relevant or needed in the article? No. I'm not really familiar with the site nor the author's agenda but doing a search for "white" and "black" mostly brought up articles on consumer products.
slg 4y ago
>thought maybe they would go to imply there are racial injustices later in the article They did imply it by mentioning that white people are overrepresented in the field. Retail security following Black people around a store is one of the more common forms of everyday profiling and racism. Is this not common knowledge anymore?
- colpabar 4y ago
  Why not include that in the article then?
  - slg 4y ago
    They probably thought this type of profiling was common knowledge. I would also have assumed most people knew about it. And once you know about it, the connection is easy to make yourself without the article needing to be explicit about it.