Virginia Couple Outraged, Walmart Security Accused White Dad of Kidnapping Biracial Daughters
Joseph and Keana, an interracial couple from Virginia, are already used to getting stares from other people. However, they were shocked and outraged when a police officer suddenly appeared at their doorstep to investigate if the three biracial children were theirs as a response to Walmart security's concern that they may have been kidnapped.
The couple has been married for 10 years now and they were blessed with a 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old twin girls. Joseph, who did not want to reveal his last name, took his girls to the Walmart store close to their Prince County home.
Joseph and his wife Keana are an interracial couple.
He was there to cash a check and then spent some time in the parking lot. A concerned security staff reported to the Prince William County Sheriff's Department that a white male appears to have kidnapped the three biracial girls.
"He asks us very sincerely, 'Hey, I was sent here by Walmart security. I just need to make sure that the children that you have are your own,'" Joseph shared. His wife Keana interjected and said she was dumbfounded.
"He took my ID and asked my 4-year-old to point out who her mother and father were. I sat there for a minute and I thought, 'Did he just ask us if these were our kids knowing what we went through to have our children?'" Keana revealed.
After clarifying the issue with the police officer, the outraged couple called the Walmart store asking for a good explanation. However, Walmart denied that it was their security staff who contacted the police but it was a customer.
According to Keana, the customer was alarmed after seeing Joseph with the three girls. "Well, the customer was concerned because they saw the children with your husband and he didn't think that they fit," Keana told the news station Fox5DC.
"And I said, 'What do you mean by they don't fit?' And I was trying to get her to say it. And she says, 'Well, they just don't match up,'" Keana further added. Walmart has issued a statement to the TV news station assuring that they are looking into the situation. Regardless, the couple decided that they will begin to boycott the Walmart store.
Even though the US state Virginia leads the percentage of black and white marriages, Joseph and Keana are still one of the many interracial couples who become a topic under discussion on racial prejudice. The couple disclosed their story to increase awareness on the issue.
