Hodgetwins - Walgreens Is Abandoning Chicago's Black Neighborhoods.
Aired: 2024-01-26
Duration: 09:14


=== Black Communities Delusional (02:52) ===

[00:00:00]  Yeah, got a new show for y'all.
[00:00:02]  Got a damn good show.
[00:00:04]  Damn good show.
[00:00:05]  I hate to say it, man, but black people are delusional.
[00:00:08]  There's a community of people.
[00:00:09]  I hate to generalize, but man, y'all, y'all crazy.
[00:00:13]  Y'all delusional.
[00:00:14]  Y'all live in this.
[00:00:16]  Y'all live in fairy tale land.
[00:00:17]  See, I'm starting to rub off on you.
[00:00:20]  That's good, man.
[00:00:21]  Took you a while, but you catch it on.
[00:00:23]  No, see, up in Boston, Walgreens is closing a lot of stores.
[00:00:26]  Why?
[00:00:27]  Because of the Negroes?
[00:00:28]  Well, they're closing a lot of stores all over the world.
[00:00:30]  They're systemically racist.
[00:00:32]  Is that why?
[00:00:33]  They're closing.
[00:00:34]  They're closing.
[00:00:35]  They're closing down.
[00:00:36]  Take a breath.
[00:00:37]  They're closing a lot of stores all over the country, but they're hitting the brown in black communities more.
[00:00:44]  It's racist.
[00:00:47]  These Negroes need their meds.
[00:00:49]  They need to go fill the prescriptions.
[00:00:51]  Where the nigga gonna go?
[00:00:54]  That's what the black people are saying.
[00:00:55]  Yeah.
[00:00:56]  Yeah, look, they're protesting.
[00:00:57]  Watch this video.
[00:00:58]  Come on, man.
[00:01:01]  Holding signs in protest.
[00:01:02]  The communities of color for health equity is demanding this Roxbury Walgreens remain open.
[00:01:09]  The stores telling customers it will close next Monday, January 15th.
[00:01:13]  Many seniors and those without transportation now concerned how they'll get their prescriptions.
[00:01:19]  For Tim Winworth and Walgreens, this is all about business.
[00:01:23]  But for us, it's a matter of life or death.
[00:01:26]  A few months ago, Reverend Minyard Culpeper learned he has a blood plant in his brain.
[00:01:31]  Like many, he uses this Walgreens for his prescriptions.
[00:01:34]  It's just the latest Walgreens to shut its doors in recent years.
[00:01:38]  Several in black and brown communities.
[00:01:40]  And some say it's an insult to close on Martin Luther King Day.
[00:01:45]  How insensitive.
[00:01:46]  The history of this building is that my godfather, Donald Sneed, used to have a bank here.
[00:01:52]  It was the first blank bank in New England.
[00:01:55]  So this group of organizers hand-delivered this letter to the Walgreens area corporate office in Marlborough today, demanding Walgreens delay the closure.
[00:02:04]  And let's work out a plan.
[00:02:06]  Let's work out a realignment that's a win-win for everyone.
[00:02:09]  In the past, Walgreens has said it's closing 200 stores nationwide this year, citing changing buying habits.
[00:02:16]  It's offering customers use another store a mile away or mail order prescriptions.
[00:02:22]  But for some, it's an uphill battle to keep this store open.
[00:02:26]  We tend to get this kind of information when it's almost too late.
[00:02:30]  We reached out to Walgreens for an updated statement, but have not yet heard back.
[00:02:34]  There's another protest planned here for Friday at 4 p.m.
[00:02:40]  Why didn't y'all protest all the shoplifters going there stealing everything?
[00:02:44]  Sounds like they're just not profitable.
[00:02:47]  You know how Starbucks has got a store on each corner?
[00:02:50]  And they're stealing business from each other?

=== White Men Stealing Business (05:12) ===

[00:02:53]  And some business have to close down because they can't compete with the other Starbucks.
[00:02:57]  That's what's happening.
[00:02:58]  Walmart is just too many stores.
[00:03:00]  I mean, Walgreens, too many stores.
[00:03:02]  That has nothing to do with it.
[00:03:03]  That's what it sounds like to me.
[00:03:04]  What it says, my boy.
[00:03:05]  They said changing.
[00:03:07]  What do you say?
[00:03:08]  They said changing how people order their prescriptions.
[00:03:11]  That's what they said.
[00:03:14]  I ain't heard nothing about them niggas stealing.
[00:03:18]  Kevin, Keith.
[00:03:22]  That's a black community.
[00:03:23]  I didn't see not one white person coming out of this store.
[00:03:25]  You know why?
[00:03:27]  Black neighborhood.
[00:03:28]  Black neighborhood, crime.
[00:03:31]  Shoplifting.
[00:03:33]  I mean, it happens in the white communities too, but black people are ambitious when it comes to crime.
[00:03:38]  Yeah, it happened in white neighborhoods, but it's also the black people doing it.
[00:03:44]  These white people shoplifted.
[00:03:45]  Let's get the facts through.
[00:03:47]  White people be shoplifted too.
[00:03:48]  Yeah, white people shoplift.
[00:03:50]  I'm not denying that.
[00:03:51]  But it's the majority.
[00:03:52]  It's the Negro.
[00:03:54]  He ain't the majority.
[00:03:55]  No, let's just listen to this.
[00:03:57]  Stick to the facts here.
[00:03:59]  Hey, Kevin.
[00:04:00]  That's a fact, Keith.
[00:04:02]  Yeah, I'm gonna show you this other thing.
[00:04:03]  Facts can't be racist.
[00:04:05]  You know why?
[00:04:06]  Why?
[00:04:07]  Because it's a fact.
[00:04:08]  Hey, opinions can be racist.
[00:04:11]  Right?
[00:04:12]  Yeah.
[00:04:12]  Do you follow me on this?
[00:04:13]  Opinions can be racist, but a fact by its very nature can be racist.
[00:04:19]  A fact can be racist.
[00:04:20]  Like black people.
[00:04:21]  Like black people got thick lips.
[00:04:24]  Is that racist?
[00:04:25]  No, it's a fact.
[00:04:26]  Black people have dark skin.
[00:04:28]  Is that racist?
[00:04:28]  Nope.
[00:04:29]  It's a fact.
[00:04:30]  Black people got broad noses.
[00:04:32]  Is that racist?
[00:04:33]  Not all black people have big noses.
[00:04:34]  Black people got kinky hair.
[00:04:36]  Is that race?
[00:04:37]  No.
[00:04:38]  I kept them stuck.
[00:04:39]  White people got thin lips.
[00:04:41]  Is that racist?
[00:04:41]  No.
[00:04:43]  All right, man.
[00:04:44]  I mean, how long are you going to keep kicking this dead horse?
[00:04:47]  I'm just making my point.
[00:04:48]  Hey, look at this next video.
[00:04:50]  This is why they really closing these stores down.
[00:04:52]  Why?
[00:04:52]  Look.
[00:04:54]  So apparently, this female was shoplifting.
[00:04:59]  She's apparently known to be a shoplifter.
[00:05:04]  I guess when they stopped her, she put up a fight with the security.
[00:05:11]  Sir, stop.
[00:05:12]  Stop.
[00:05:15]  It is.
[00:05:16]  It is.
[00:05:17]  Shoplifting is a big thing over here, too, just so you guys know.
[00:05:21]  It's a big problem.
[00:05:22]  I know.
[00:05:23]  I hear it.
[00:05:23]  It's a big problem.
[00:05:24]  I see.
[00:05:24]  Especially when it's the same person.
[00:05:26]  I know.
[00:05:26]  Trust me.
[00:05:26]  I see it.
[00:05:27]  And then they want three times today.
[00:05:30]  I got two boys in that room last week.
[00:05:33]  Same person three times?
[00:05:34]  Wow.
[00:05:34]  This ain't even the other people.
[00:05:36]  Right.
[00:05:40]  Well.
[00:05:43]  Three times in one day, they're saying this.
[00:05:48]  So that's that's the problem.
[00:05:49]  A lot of these businesses are losing a lot of revenue because of the shoplifting thing.
[00:05:54]  And a lot of people don't realize that.
[00:05:56]  If you go to some of these shelves, especially in the Roxbury area, some parts of Dorchester as well, a lot of shelves are becoming empty because of shoplifting.
[00:06:04]  See, they're in Roxbury.
[00:06:06]  Where were they protesting?
[00:06:07]  Roxbury.
[00:06:07]  It's the same Walgreen store.
[00:06:09]  Oh, that's why they're closing down.
[00:06:11]  They don't tell people the truth.
[00:06:12]  I stand corrected, Keith.
[00:06:13]  I was wrong.
[00:06:14]  I was wrong.
[00:06:16]  The reason why they're closing is because these niggas don't appreciate anything.
[00:06:23]  That's why they closed.
[00:06:24]  Yeah, it turns out they're closing on Martin Luther King Day.
[00:06:26]  They're rubbing in.
[00:06:28]  No.
[00:06:28]  No, man.
[00:06:29]  Come on.
[00:06:30]  This just happened to fall on Martin Luther King Day.
[00:06:32]  You crazy as hell.
[00:06:35]  The best day to close down a store in a black neighborhood is on Martin Luther King Day.
[00:06:41]  Gotta keep these Negroes on their toes.
[00:06:45]  Gotta keep them honest.
[00:06:47]  I mean, you can just see how lucky the protesters are.
[00:06:50]  They're still wearing masks.
[00:06:52]  Y'all outside.
[00:06:53]  Do you actually think that virus?
[00:06:55]  Hey, Keith.
[00:06:56]  Hey, listen to this.
[00:06:57]  Hey, Keith.
[00:06:58]  If I'm a white man and I go into a black neighborhood and open Walgreens, try to help these niggas, right?
[00:07:03]  They don't pitch at me, stealing, robbing, I ain't making no profit.
[00:07:06]  I'm closing that bitch on Martin Luther King Day.
[00:07:10]  I'm having a meeting with all the executives and I'm gonna close that bitch on Martin Luther King Day.
[00:07:15]  I'm gonna get the last laugh.
[00:07:20]  Yeah, man.
[00:07:21]  Come on.
[00:07:22]  That's not a coincidence.
[00:07:23]  Them people playing that shit.
[00:07:25]  He said, you know what?
[00:07:25]  We're gonna close.
[00:07:27]  I got a good idea.
[00:07:28]  Let's do it on Martin Luther King Day.
[00:07:32]  That's what they did, man.
[00:07:34]  That wasn't a coincidence.
[00:07:35]  No, but see, the black people, they think white people is just racist.
[00:07:38]  And that's why they're closing down the store.
[00:07:40]  Y'all not looking at the bigger picture.
[00:07:42]  Yeah, they have a sense of entitlement because they black and they pull.
[00:07:47]  Yeah, it's like the entire.
[00:07:48]  It's like y'all, y'all think y'all entitled to something.
[00:07:51]  Yeah.
[00:07:51]  Y'all ain't entitled to nothing.
[00:07:53]  Yeah.
[00:07:54]  That's a private business.
[00:07:55]  If they want to move and close shop, that's their right to do so.
[00:07:59]  It doesn't matter what color the skin of the residents, the main people that is, you know, engaging in activity in that store, it has nothing to do with it.

=== Good Clean Black People (01:08) ===

[00:08:05]  It all depends on profits.
[00:08:07]  And you see the people that was protesting, those are good, clean black people.
[00:08:11]  They look respectable.
[00:08:12]  They ain't too clean.
[00:08:12]  They're some Biden supporters.
[00:08:15]  That's an oxymoron.
[00:08:16]  Good, clean, black Biden supporter.
[00:08:22]  Hey, man.
[00:08:23]  Hey, why don't you cut up?
[00:08:24]  Let me see.
[00:08:25]  Keith, that is about as an oxymoron as a damn transgender child.
[00:08:30]  A good, clean, black Biden supporter.
[00:08:33]  That shit don't make no sense.
[00:08:35]  Hey, Biden supporters up in Boston.
[00:08:37]  Why don't y'all ask the Biden administration to give money to Walgreens to keep them in y'all city instead of giving them to Ukraine?
[00:08:44]  See what they tell you.
[00:08:46]  No, that way.
[00:08:48]  No, I can't do it.
[00:08:49]  Sorry.
[00:08:50]  But they are racist.
[00:08:51]  Don't you forget that.
[00:08:52]  You gotta vote for me.
[00:08:53]  Maybe I can do something about it in the future, though.
[00:08:56]  Yeah.
[00:09:01]  When are you Negroes going to learn?
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