Woods (True Value) Hardware of Roselawn
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 11:49 am
Hello. Woods Hardware is a Cincinnati-based family of hardware stores under the same ownership umbrella, as I understand it. Seeing as my own neighborhood has no hardware store, I got in the habit of checking out other places. The Woods location in Roselawn isn't all that far away. But apparently the manager of that store feels the need to post a "No firearms on these premises" sign. Not sure when he had this bright idea, but I'm going to see if I can do some mind-changing.
This should be interesting. The neighborhood demographics go about 75% African American, which is higher than the other Woods locations. Interestingly (as memory serves), the manager of the Roselawn store is also African American. It will be interesting to see if he has a "race card" in his deck of arguments. All I've got are a bunch of "No Guns = No Money" cards...and hopefully my keenest wits about me when we have the conversation.
You don't see a lot of hardware stores posted, that's why I'm following up.
The reason I mention race here is because I've seen instances of this from companies and corporations before. For example, IHOP has four or five greater Cincinnati locations. (Or even more, way out in suburbia, I haven't looked it up lately.) Best I know, the only one posted is in a neighborhood that charts maybe 50-60% African American. I have engaged several managers of that restaurant in conversation about the matter through the years. Their answers run along the lines of "This neighborhood gets bad at night, we have a lot of shady characters coming in at 2am." My reply has consistently been a series of questions: "Well, why don't you throw them out, trespass them if need be, or just close up from midnight to 6am or so? Or, is it better to cater to some hood rats late at night, rather than to several thousand local concealed carry licensees at any time? And, why does this restaurant go through so many managers anyway? I never get to have this conversation with the same person twice in a three month period. Is it because they get tired of dealing with the shady characters and transfer out or quit?"
I'm picking on IHOP pretty hard here, they aren't the only company I've seen show what I consider to be a covert racism in their business dealings, just a very cogent example. It likely happens like this in all other big cities too.
This should be interesting. The neighborhood demographics go about 75% African American, which is higher than the other Woods locations. Interestingly (as memory serves), the manager of the Roselawn store is also African American. It will be interesting to see if he has a "race card" in his deck of arguments. All I've got are a bunch of "No Guns = No Money" cards...and hopefully my keenest wits about me when we have the conversation.
You don't see a lot of hardware stores posted, that's why I'm following up.
The reason I mention race here is because I've seen instances of this from companies and corporations before. For example, IHOP has four or five greater Cincinnati locations. (Or even more, way out in suburbia, I haven't looked it up lately.) Best I know, the only one posted is in a neighborhood that charts maybe 50-60% African American. I have engaged several managers of that restaurant in conversation about the matter through the years. Their answers run along the lines of "This neighborhood gets bad at night, we have a lot of shady characters coming in at 2am." My reply has consistently been a series of questions: "Well, why don't you throw them out, trespass them if need be, or just close up from midnight to 6am or so? Or, is it better to cater to some hood rats late at night, rather than to several thousand local concealed carry licensees at any time? And, why does this restaurant go through so many managers anyway? I never get to have this conversation with the same person twice in a three month period. Is it because they get tired of dealing with the shady characters and transfer out or quit?"
I'm picking on IHOP pretty hard here, they aren't the only company I've seen show what I consider to be a covert racism in their business dealings, just a very cogent example. It likely happens like this in all other big cities too.