The Home Depot against people of color
In the picture you can see two people of African American race sitting on the sides of a man dressed as monkey amidst these seemingly playing drums with cuvettes from the same company in which the words “Let’s Do This” appears ( Let’s do this.)
The U.S. company housewares and DIY The Home Depot generated controversy by throwing a few hours ago with racist tweet that went around the world because in it, comparing African Americans to monkeys.
This message was sent from the official account of The Home Depot with the caption: “Which drummer is not like the others?” (What a drummer is not like the others?) While image gorilla plays drums and can see who is disguised as the animal is a white male.
Tweeted minutes after this, the official Home Depot account deleted the tweet, but it was enough for this message to reach all parts of the world since then viralizó immediately while the company received numerous reviews, discomfort and indignation from time the millions of people who read it.
Given this, The Home Depot, the company maintenance items for the world’s largest home apologized through numerous media.