PureGym apologized after one of its branches announced’ 12 years of slave ‘workout to mark Black History Month
The company’s Luton and Dunstable Gym posted a Facebook post: “Entitled ’12YearsOfSlave’ (after the epic movie) this is our workout of the month designed by @MattSimpt to celebrate the month of the black history
Following negative reactions online, the post was deleted, with PureGym saying it was « totally unacceptable » and « neither endorsed nor approved by the company »
The company said: « PureGym apologizes wholeheartedly for a message regarding Black History Month released today by our gym in Luton & Dunstable
« This post was completely unacceptable, was not approved or approved by the company, and was deleted when it came to our attention
Official statement from PureGym regarding inappropriate social media post for Luton & Dunstable gym picTwittercom / c91xwHIogk
« We take this issue very seriously and are urgently investigating how and why this post was published
« Thanks to everyone who commented on this post and for raising it with us »
The company also said that the social media channels for its 271 gyms are all managed locally
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