Walmart will stop selling this controversial article
The retail giant responds to criticism in the light of the movement of black life.
Walmart announced Tuesday that it would stop selling goods on its website that includes the phrase "all the lives of things", which is generally used to counter the protesters of the life of black lives. In a declaration first reported byUnited States today,Walmart said they say "indefinitely" delete controversial objects, who are sold by third party sellers.
"We fundamentally believe that all lives make the matter and each individual deserves respect," Walmart said in a statement toUnited States today. "However, as we listened, we came to understand that the way some, but not all, people use the phrase" all the victims "in the current environment intentionally minimized the emphasis on the painful reality ofracial inequality. "
At the beginning of last week, customersasked the lifting of a "all life of matter" shirt It was for sale on Walmart Canada's website. In response at the time,Walmart Canada Told Reuters: "This article is sold and shipped by a third-party vendor and is being examined."
TheBlack live movement started in the summer 0F 2013 afterGeorge Zimmerman was acquitted for the murder ofMartin Trayvon. Shortly after, the movement of life of all lives is suspended as a replica.
But in thecivilian disorders who followed the murder ofGeorge Floyd In the hands of police officers This weekend of the previous commemorative day, the movement of dark lives has acquired greater ordinary acceptance, with a number of brands showing support and even the CommissionerRoger Goodell announcingNFL support. It is in this context that Walmart has pivoted on what seems to be more sensitive to the current protest movement.
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Walmart also announced last weekstop selling the flag of the state of Mississippi, which includes a confederate emblem, in its stores. The legislator of the state of Mississippi voted last weekend atRemove this symbol from its flag, that the Governor of the State has since promised to sign. And for more ways, Walmart responded to racial inequality, checkWalmart finally stops locking this product after years.
