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*A credit union employee in Raleigh, NC is being called racist over a desk arrangement that depicts characters from AMC’s “The Walking Dead.”
A black customer took issue with the white employee of the State Employees Credit Union upon noticing the figurine on his desk.
In a post to Facebook, Stacey Smith described noticing “a black doll with a noose around its neck and hands tied behind its back” and that she asked him what the doll meant, WNCN reported.
She said the financial services representative told her he collected them.
When she replied that she found the doll offensive, she said the employee asked, “In what way?” That’s when she said she left the room “and went straight to the receptionist and asked for his boss.”
The black doll in question is a Funko Mystery Mini figurine from “The Walking Dead.”
In the comic book and TV series, two armless black men who have turned into zombies are led around by black female character Michonne (Danai Gurira) to keep other zombies from attacking her. There is an emotional backstory as to who the two black men were in her life before they turned.
The doll represented one of Michonne’s zombies.
The SECU employee responded to the customer’s criticism on Facebook, posting a picture of the toy. “Apparently a story about a strong female character of color and overcoming adversity is offensive,” he wrote in the post.
The man also had another figurine from the same Mystery Mini line depicting Carl, a white teenage boy from the TV show.
SECU Executive Vice President Leigh Brady responded to the controversy, saying “immediate steps” were taken to address the issue.
“State Employees’ Credit Union prides itself on the fair and equitable treatment it provides its members, and takes its members’ privacy seriously,” Brady said. “… the actions of one of our employees fell far short of our expectations …”
Brady said she could not comment on what actions were taken.
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