Walmart Apologizes for Racist Listing on Their Website

Walmart has apologized for a racist third party listing featured on their website.

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The listing was for a weaving cap, and it featured a description that read "n*gger brown."

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The listing starting spreading on Twitter on Monday after writer and popular user Travon Free posted the photo:

Shortly after the photo gained traction — with famous names like author Roxane Gay tweeting about it and columnist Shaun King retweeting Free's tweet — Walmart put up a statement on their Twitter page:

The copy on the listing has been changed, and the cap is no longer on sale.

H/T: CNN