Posted on 07/17/2017 2:38:45 PM PDT by grundle
Walmart was apologizing on Monday after an appalling description of a product by a third-party vendor made its way onto the retail giants website.
The retailer was slammed early Monday after the color of a netting weave cap used as a protective layer between a persons hair and sewn-in hair extensions on its site was described as the color N Brown.
Hey @Walmart what are you doing, Twitter user Kwani Lunis tweeted with a screenshot of the problematic product listing.
New York Times best-selling author Roxane Gay condemned the retail chain, tweeting that dropping the N-bomb on their site was so far past unacceptable.
Shortly after the controversy erupted, Walmart removed the racial slur and replaced the Add To Cart button with a message stating that the item was no longer available.
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she is soooooo hot in that movie
Chewie is missing.
Colors A shade of dark brown used to be known as "nigger brown" or simply "nigger";[59] other colors were also prefixed with the word. Usage as a color word continued for some time after it was no longer acceptable about people.[60]Clothing, shoe polish, dye, thread, paint, and 0f course "Nigger Brown Ale" beer.
Double standards. Walmart is a acceptable target because deplorables shop there.
But ride a horse while hitting a ball and you can buy top label and NYTimes best selling author won't say "boo".
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