Walmart has issued an apology for a racial slur in the description of a product for sale on its Marketplace. Twitter user @Travon shared the news of a Jagazi Natural's Full Cap Weaving Net for sale on the website, with a description of the net as "n-word brown." Except the site, shockingly, spelled out the full word.
Umm, @Walmart we need to have a chat... pic.twitter.com/lldW0iDO55
— Travon Free (@Travon) July 17, 2017
Not only is the descriptor unacceptable, it turns out that the net was actually posted by a fake vendor. Jagazi Naturals owner Chizo Onuh told the New York Daily News that her products have been copied and resold by Amazon and Walmart third-party sellers before. As Travon pointed out, the same cap was available on Amazon "listed minus a certain word."
For context, amazon has the same cap listed minus a certain word. pic.twitter.com/mWpoA5E8ld
— Travon Free (@Travon) July 17, 2017