It seems that the hicks on the board at Wally World finally realized that the whole black-face thing is considered non-pc. The retail giant is pulling from its shelves a popular Mexican comic book seen by some as racist.
In a statement released Wednesday, Wal-Mart talked about its decision to remove the comic.
“Wal-Mart received a customer complaint regarding the availability of the Memin book, based on a cartoon character popular in Mexico, and recently made available in Wal-Mart stores as part of a series of Spanish-language titles. Because we take customer concerns seriously, we have decided to no longer distribute this product in our stores and are in the process of removing existing copies from store shelves."
“Wal-Mart carries a wide array of products that reflect the wants and needs of Hispanic customers. And we understand that Memin is a popular figure in Mexico. However, given the sensitivity to the negative image Memin can portray to some, we felt that it was best to no longer carry the item in our stores. We apologize to those customers who may have been offended by the book’s images,”
Are you pulling this Sambo's cd off the shelves too?!?!
Didn't think so.
Big Up - Tar-zsay
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