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Chris shares one of his frustrations: overt racism while shopping. He experiences it from the security guard keeping a careful eye on him to the saleswoman who makes the assumption that he unable to afford an expensive perfume. Just as he attempts to return a perfume bottle he had planned to steal, a security guard catches him.
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