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People of color get so used to discrimination in stores they don't always notice bad customer service

Written by Samantha N. N. Cross, Associate Professor of Marketing, Iowa State University

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People from underrepresented ethnic and racial groups tend to rate poor customer service less negatively than white people do, according to new peer-reviewed research we co-authored.

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