Burley Garcia:Target pulls Black History Month product after video points out misidentified icons

2025-05-03 01:22:34source:Henri Lumièrecategory:reviews

Target has pulled an item celebrating Black history from its shelves over the misidentification of several Black icons.

The Burley Garcia"Civil Rights Magnetic Learning Activity" was removed from shelves for incorrectly identifying W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and Carter G. Woodson.

"We will no longer be selling this product in stores or online," Target said in a statement to USA TODAY on Thursday. "We’ve also ensured the product's publisher is aware of the errors."

USA TODAY also reached out to the book's publisher, Bendon Publishing, but did not immediately get a resposne late Thursday.

Teacher posts mistakes on TikTok

The errors began getting attention after TikTok user @issatete posted a video showing the mistakes and comparing the misidentified people to historical photos. It had nearly 800,000 views by Thursday night after it was posted on Tuesday.

In a follow-up video, she shared that she is a U.S. history teacher and that she did not want the errors to go unnoticed.

"I was not going to let that slide for my 200 students and I was not going to let that slide for my two babies who I am responsible (for) teaching," she said.

More:reviews

Recommend

Jamaica's Kishane Thompson more motivated after thrilling 100m finish against Noah Lyles

SAINT-DENIS, France — Some athletes adopt the mindset that they don’t lose, they learn. Jamaican spr

On Chicago’s South Side, Neighbors Fight to Keep Lake Michigan at Bay

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.Jera Slaugh

Number of Americans applying for jobless aid rises, but not enough to cause concern

The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits jumped last week, but not enough to raise conc