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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nadine White

Tesco apologises as Black magazine publisher ‘racially profiled’ and offered bananas

Serlina Boyd

Tesco has apologised after a Black publisher says she was “racially profiled” while shopping and then offered a bunch of bananas after she complained.

Serlina Boyd, 42, was with her two children at a branch in Hampshire when she says was followed by two security guards for no apparent reason. When she challenged them and asked to see the manager, she says he then offered her the fruit.

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