Originally published February 24, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.
British clothing retailer Primark have found themselves in hot water and had to pull the following The Walking Dead themed T-shirt due to a complaint about racism. Check out the controversial shirt below:
This The Walking Dead shirt was pulled from shelves due to complaints of racism. What do you think? https://t.co/XNtHyPdFZB pic.twitter.com/wZXGl53c1I
— KGUN 9 (@kgun9) February 23, 2017
The reason for the controversy is that there is a version of the nursery rhyme that are indeed racist, exchanging a key word for the N-word. However, that’s not what this particular shirt is about -it’s in reference to some very brutal deaths handed out by Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) who decided on his victims by pointing at them with his barbed-wire baseball that while singing the tune.
I would give my opinion on the situation, but luckily Jeffrey Dean Morgan has tweeted his thoughts, summing it up perfectly:
Holy crap people are stupid. 'Walking Dead’ Shirt Pulled From Stores After Complaint of Racism https://t.co/cpeIqcxTwJ
— Jeffrey Dean Morgan (@JDMorgan) February 22, 2017
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What do you make of the controversy? Is Primark right to pull the T-shirt? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…
The Walking Dead Season 7 airs on AMC on Sundays in the US and on Mondays on Fox in the UK.
