Home Depot apologizes for 'GameDay' monkey tweet

theGRIO REPORT - Home Depot has issued an apology for an offensive image that went out on its Twitter account, showing a person in a monkey suit sitting between two black drummers...

TheGrio Staff
Nov 7, 2013
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You think they could have seen it coming … Home Depot has issued an apology for an offensive image that went out on its Twitter account, showing a person in a monkey suit sitting between two black drummers, with the caption: “Which drummer is not like the others?”

The tweet, posted for College GameDay, sparked outrage on Twitter on Thursday. It was subsequently deleted.

H/T BlackSportsOnline.

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