Target pulls Civil Rights activity kit containing errors about Black leaders

(NEXSTAR) – Target has removed civil rights-themed products from its shelves after TikTok users pointed out several inaccuracies regarding black leaders depicted within the products.

The product was a children’s activity kit published by Bendon and marketed as “Civil Rights Magnetic Learning Activities” that included magnets featuring illustrations of prominent leaders of the civil rights movement. However, TikTok user @IssaTete pointed out that three of the leaders depicted on the magnet were misidentified. Popular video now.

“I don’t know who’s in charge at Target, but these need to be taken off the shelves immediately,” she said., She explained that she purchased the products for her children in advance of Black History Month.

The woman, who identified herself as an American history teacher, said she “noticed some discrepancies” immediately after opening the kit.

She then pointed to three magnets with illustrations of WEB Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and Carter G. Woodson, each of which had been misidentified by the kit’s publisher. She also juxtaposed the kit illustrations with photos of Du Bois, Washington, and Woodson that she pulled up on her computer.

“Okay, mistakes happen. But this needs to be fixed as soon as possible,” she said.

The video, shared by @IssaTete earlier this week, has since been viewed over 800,000 times.

“Are you telling me no one double checked this??” one viewer wrote, echoing similar complaints from dozens of others.

Target confirmed in a statement obtained by Nexstar that sales of the book have been discontinued.

“This item is no longer available for sale in-store or online. We have also confirmed that the product’s publisher is aware of the error,” a store spokesperson said in an emailed statement. mentioned in.

Representatives for Bendon, an Ohio-based publisher of children’s books and activities, declined to comment on the error when contacted by Nexstar. As of Friday morning, the activity kit was not available in the brand’s stores. Website Or the Amazon page.

TikTok user @IssaTete’s follow up video, He thanked viewers for helping spread the message that mistakes like this are unacceptable.

“Like I said, I’m an American history teacher. I wasn’t going to miss that,” she said. “I wasn’t going to leave it this way for the sake of my 200 students, and I wasn’t going to leave it this way for the sake of my two babies who I’m responsible for teaching.”