Walmart Faces Backlash After Their Website Describes A Product As “Ni**er-Brown”
Walmart is often in the news, but it’s typically about odd visitors and costumers they receive. This time it’s all on them! The super-center is receiving tons of backlash after…
SECAUCUS, NJ – NOVEMBER 20: Shoppers enter the Wal-Mart store November 20, 2007 in Secaucus, New Jersey. The holiday shopping season “officially” starts Friday after Thanksgiving, typically called “Black Friday.” Wal-Mart in an effort to closely align their website with it’s stores, and extend the holiday shopping weekend, are posting special online-only sale prices and special “secret” deals will be posted on their website on Thanksgiving that must be purchased that day.
Jeff Zelevansky/Getty ImagesWalmart is often in the news, but it's typically about odd visitors and costumers they receive. This time it's all on them!
The super-center is receiving tons of backlash after making quite a large error. A wig cap was for sale on their site and the color was described as "Ni**ger-Brown."
According to Hollywood Unlocked after Walmart received complaints they immediately fixed the add, but did forget about changing the URL.
Walmart explained that this is not their product or even their doing, and the wig caps were being sold from a third party, Pixnor, who wrote their own product description.
Walmart released a statement on the situation, Via Hollywood Unlocked:
“We are very sorry and appalled that this third party seller listed their item with this description on our online marketplace. It is a clear violation of our policy, and has been removed, and we are investigating the seller to determine how this could have happened.”
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