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Target is recalling a product that misidentifies black historical figures
Target has recalled an academic product for Black History Month after misidentifying several Black historical figures.
According to USA todayretail company will not sell “Civil Rights Magnetic Science Activity” after misidentifying Booker T. Washington, Carter G. Woodson and W. E. B. Du Bois.
The discrepancies got here to light after @issatete, a TikTok user who identified himself as a US history teacher, uploaded a video showing errors and comparing misidentified people in a kid’s item with historical images downloaded from a search engine.
She published the video on Tuesday. As of Thursday evening, it had received about 800,000 views.
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As of Thursday, the product’s creator, Bendon Publishing, had not responded to USA Today.
“We will no longer sell this product in stores or online,” Target said in a statement to USA Today on Thursday. “We also made sure the product publisher was aware of the errors.”