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The crazy things I find out about while doing thesis research

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So I was on afropunk.com doing research for my thesis (I have now written 4 pages of the thing! Yes!!) when I came across this crazy story. Apparently, there’s been a lot of speculation about racial profiling taking place in CVS drugstore chains. The rumor is that in some CVS stores Black hair products are fitted with anti-theft devices while all other hair care products (regardless of price) are not. So, I did a little internet search to try and find out if this rumor is true. According to snopes.com, a website devoted to determining the validity of urban legends and the ABC Channel 5 Eyewitness News Team (lol, such a long name), it is.

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