Providence Walmart put a Black employee in a cage for a fundraiser. BLM demands an investigation.
A fundraiser at a Providence Walmart featuring a Black employee in a cage asking for "bail" money to contribute to the Hasbro Children's Miracle Network drew criticism after it was posted to social media, with some calling the move offensive.
Angela Boateng spotted the display on Wednesday night at the Silver Spring Street location, where she was making a return. She snapped a photo that was later posted to Twitter by Angela Ankoma, who leads the Rhode Island Foundation's Equity Leadership Initiative.
"As I was exiting that Walmart on Silver Spring, I noticed this cage, and I felt like I saw somebody and I went closer ... and I'm like, is there a young male in the cage? I just did not understand what was happening, but I was mortified," Boateng recalled in an interview with The Journal.