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CurtEastPoint

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1. I love that. Atlanta, warts and all, is so diverse. I love going to the DeKalb Farmer's Market and hearing

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 06:53 PM

Jul 2025

different languages, seeing different dress. The employees all have name tags with their first name and what languages they speak. THere are flags from all over the world hanging from the ceiling. It makes me feel... included?

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I was at one of my local Walmarts today [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jul 2025 OP

I love that. Atlanta, warts and all, is so diverse. I love going to the DeKalb Farmer's Market and hearing CurtEastPoint Jul 2025 #1

A lovely blue island... paleotn Jul 2025 #7

We try! CurtEastPoint Jul 2025 #11

i love it. AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #8

I can't afford to travel so I enjoy every contact with 'foreigners' I can get. If we can't get out to see the world, it eppur_se_muova Jul 2025 #17

The only people I don't want to see when I go shopping are surly magats. erronis Jul 2025 #2

this is what MAGAts fear above all else: people getting along cadoman Jul 2025 #3

I disagree, what MAGA fears most is someone less white than themselves being more successful than them. dem4decades Jul 2025 #10

I had a similar experience at Target earlier this year. LisaM Jul 2025 #4

Reminds me of when I went into a Chinese take-out restaurant and the English-speaking owner/manager was away. eppur_se_muova Jul 2025 #18

Sounds like... Escape Jul 2025 #5

Apparently, any Republican.... CurtEastPoint Jul 2025 #12

"" AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #6

The way life should be. paleotn Jul 2025 #9

I genuinely don't intend this as criticism. But, markodochartaigh Jul 2025 #13

Our local, Maj. Dude Jul 2025 #14

Through foreign born friends, we have come into contact with quite a large group of Walmart workers, all...... FadedMullet Jul 2025 #15

Diversity enriches all our lives. Aussie105 Jul 2025 #16

Everywhere I go in my little rural part of NC is pretty diverse. mucholderthandirt Jul 2025 #19

A couple of weeks ago Jilly_in_VA Jul 2025 #20