This Walmart Product Description Used A Racial Slur And People Online Are Pissed
Trigger warning: some tweets below have the use of a racial epithet.
I’m not sure how we still live in a world where people think the N-word is a cool and fun thing to say, but here we are in 2017, having to explain the same thing over and over again. This time, Walmart is the offender — except this time, it may not have completely been their fault.
A third-party vendor on Walmart’s website was selling their darker wig caps under the description “n*****-brown”. Trust me, users noticed.
At first, people weren’t sure if it was real.
Umm, @Walmart we need to have a chat… pic.twitter.com/lldW0iDO55
— Travon (@Travon) July 17, 2017
Come on that isn't real is it?!?!
— Shane Bacon (@shanebacon) July 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/YEGlifer/status/886819271300591616
What in the ever living fuck
— LISA CURRY (@lisa_curry) July 17, 2017
But trust me, they found out real fast.
https://twitter.com/ZacharySire/status/886825851026759681
https://twitter.com/YEGlifer/status/886819966384717825
Other stories carried the same product, but there was one key difference:
For context, amazon has the same cap listed minus a certain word. pic.twitter.com/mWpoA5E8ld
— Travon (@Travon) July 17, 2017
Walmart has since edited the product description and issued an apology via Twitter.
We agree this is appalling. pic.twitter.com/ZpB4t9ceas
— Walmart (@Walmart) July 17, 2017
While it’s true that it was a third-party vendor that wrote the description, whoever was in charge of uploading the products probably should have noticed and edited the slur out.
Soooo y'all let anybody post shit without checking what they post and what they're selling… pic.twitter.com/1NwTpbLIcv
— MrRenaissance🏁 (@Mr7Renaissance) July 18, 2017
I guess Walmart’s not getting off the hook that easily.
https://twitter.com/eric_rmrz/status/887142128526217221
Are you taking it down, I hope? Immediately! Do not sell from this source or show their merch until you have answers & have ACTED.
— (((hannah))) (@msdefarge) July 18, 2017
How does the biggest retailer in the world let something like this happen?
— C. (@Dani_queenb) July 18, 2017
That's it? I'm not convinced.
— brianna (@brifieldsj) July 18, 2017
Hopefully Walmart will get their shit together fast to make sure this doesn’t happen again.