Walmart has issued an apology to a Bozeman professor who sued the company for libel after an employee at the store's Bozeman location listed the professor's occupation as "clean toilets" on a fishing license.
Gilbert Kalonde is a professor at Montana State University and is black. When we went to Walmart in February 2016 to renew his fishing license, an employee had typed his profession as “clean toilets.” He went back to the store to correct the license and ask for a written apology, but Walmart refused to apologize
In a letter dated Oct. 19, 2017 and released Monday by the ACLU of Montana, Walmart said the incident was unacceptable.
“The most sincere apologies are again extended to Professor Gilbert Kalonde and his family for the incident,” the letter says. “Walmart regrets the impact this may have had on Professor Kalonde and his family.”
The letter is signed by Jeremy Huckleberry, whose Linkedin account lists him as a Walmart general manager in Bozeman.
The letter says Walmart “promptly reviewed the situation and took appropriate steps to help ensure that this would not happen again.”
In August 2016 the ACLU of Montana, on behalf of Kalonde, filed a complaint with the Human Rights Bureau, alleging that Walmart discriminated against him on the basis of race.
Kalonde has also filed a libel lawsuit in Gallatin County District Court and is being represented by an ACLU attorney, according to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
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