We request that Wal-Mart immediately take the necessary steps to remove all t-shirts with the Nazi image from its stores. And, since this is the second incident involving a Nazi image in less than 2 years, we demand that Wal-Mart guarantee and put procedures in place to ensure that neither its advertising nor its merchandising ever use a Nazi image again.
Signed,
<Your Name>
On Nov. 9, 2006, a blog named Bent Corner revlealed that Wal-Mart was selling a t-shirt with the insignia of Nazi Germany’s 3rd SS Division Totenkopf.
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On Nov. 13, 2006, Wal-Mart said it would stop selling and immediately remove the t-shirts with the Nazi insignia.
But, last week, bloggers from Consumerist were still able to buy the offensive t-shirt at a Wal-Mart store in Georgia.
This outrage prompted 21 members of the U.S. Congress, led by Rep. Jan Schakowsky, to write Wal-Mart and say, “We are gravely dismayed about Wal-Mart’s inaction on its pledge to remove this product from its stores, and we ask that you take immediate steps to comply with last November’s commitment to remove this offensive merchandise from your shelves.”
There is no explanation why Wal-Mart is still selling the offensive t-shirt which it agreed to pull from its shelves over 3 months ago.
In addition, this is the second incident in less than 2 years that Wal-Mart has used a Nazi image.
