▁August ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Young ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁public ▁sp okes man ▁for ▁Working ▁Famil ies ▁for ▁Wal - Mart , ▁an ▁advoc acy ▁group ▁for ▁the ▁ret ail ▁chain ▁Wal - Mart . ▁Young ▁res igned ▁from ▁the ▁position ▁soon ▁after ▁a ▁controvers ial ▁interview ▁with ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁S entin el , ▁in ▁which , ▁when ▁asked ▁about ▁Wal - Mart ▁hur ting ▁independent ▁business es , ▁he ▁replied , ▁" You ▁see ▁those ▁are ▁the ▁people ▁who ▁have ▁been ▁over charg ing ▁us , ▁and ▁they ▁sold ▁out ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁Florida . ▁I ▁think ▁they ' ve ▁ri pped ▁off ▁our ▁communities ▁enough . ▁First ▁it ▁was ▁Jews , ▁then ▁it ▁was ▁Kore ans ▁and ▁now ▁it ' s ▁Arab s ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Good Work s ▁Produ ctions ▁released ▁the ▁document ary ▁film ▁R w anda ▁R ising , ▁about ▁R w anda ' s ▁progress ▁since ▁the ▁R wand an ▁gen o cide ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁Young ▁also ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁film ' s ▁narr ator . ▁R w anda ▁R ising ▁premier ed ▁as ▁the ▁opening ▁night ▁selection ▁at ▁the ▁Pan ▁African ▁Film ▁Festival ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁An ▁edited ▁version ▁of ▁R w anda ▁R ising ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁pilot ▁episode ▁of ▁Andrew ▁Young ▁Pres ents , ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁quarter ly , ▁hour - long ▁spe ci als ▁air ing ▁on ▁nation ally ▁synd