Wednesday, December 29, 2010

I Support The "Corporate Premise Security Equality Project" Sponsored By "The Parallel Hood"

I support the "Corporate Premise Security Equality Project".
I stand with the activists in attempting to exert a measure of equality in how corporations treat customers of different class backgrounds.


Please be aware of what is happening around you.

Corporations are sending messages to people without your awareness.
Over at "The Parallel Hood" there is a movement called the "Corporate Premise Security Equality Project".

It details how two different corporate offices from the same cable company has a vastly different set of security devices per the stereotypical profile of the respective customer base at each location.   The locations are for equipment pickup & exchange and bill payment services.

  • The "Least Of These" had plexiglass and surveillance cameras meant to separate the customers from the customer service agents.  The author of the real world account overheard several people at this location paying off past due bills of several hundred dollars in attempts to get their service restored
  • The "Winners In This Capitalistic System" had an office without security devices at their location.  The location was brightly lit and the lobby was more open and inviting - giving the image that the corporation appreciated them as customers.
I personally plan to support the efforts of "The Parallel Hood" in calling out this corporate bias.   We need EQUALITY and not marginalization.

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