This article was brought to my attention earlier today by a library colleague, who commented that it would be an interesting concept to carry over to a library:

A German supermarket has emptied its shelves in an effort to make a point about racism and diversity.

The Edeka store in Hamburg removed foreign-made products from its stock, replacing them with sign bearing anti-xenophobia slogans.

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Surprised shoppers entered the store to find that much of the normal selection was gone, demonstrating how reliant they are on other countries for everyday products.

Instead, they were greeted with signs saying: “This shelf is pretty boring without diversity.”

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Others said it was not the place of a supermarket to become involved in political discussions.

(I think this final sentence has become my favorite news-related quote of the year)

In the Facebook discussion that ensued, it was pointed out that while an analogous activity would make a strong statement in a library, somebody’s got to think of the re-shelving involved. Ugh!