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Grocery chains are driven by profit and shareholdings. When a store faces persistent theft, safety hazards, and declining sales, they respond by closing to protect their assets and business viability. They are not motivated by racial bias but by economic calculus.
The narrative that stores are closing due to racism ignores these realities. Instead, it is more accurate to see closures as a symptom of broader societal problems—crime, poverty, lack of leadership—none of which can be simply blamed on corporate greed or bias.