Last night, Andrew Young, chairman of Wal-Mart's front group "Working Families for Wal-Mart," resigned after what are being referred to as "racially offensive" remarks.

Below is our release on the situation:

Today, the chair of Wal-Mart's front group, Ambassador Andy Young, was forced to resign because of racist statements he made about Jews, Asians and Arabs in defense of Wal-Mart. In response, WakeUpWalMart.com issued the following statement by Paul Blank, campaign director:

Ambassador Andy Young's statements about Jewish-Americans, Arab-Americans, and Korean-Americans are outrageous and incredibly hurtful to countless Americans. As a former civil rights leader and public spokesperson for Wal-Mart, it is even more shocking that he would use this hateful demagoguery to defend Wal-Mart's business practices which put so many small "Mom-and-pop" businesses out of business.

While Ambassador Young has now resigned as chair of Working Families for Wal-Mart, a front group established and directly financed by Wal-Mart, these hateful statements only serve to raise more serious questions about the recent attacks this same group has volleyed against some of America's great leaders.

In just the last week, Wal-Mart has needlessly used an army of right wing operatives, under the name Working Families for Wal- Mart, to attack countless Democratic leaders who have stood up and called on Wal-Mart to become a responsible and moral company.

We hope in the aftermath of Ambassador Andy Young's resignation, Wal-Mart will immediately shut down this pointless attack group, end its association with the cadre of right-wing operatives it currently employs, cast aside its misguided political threats against so many Democratic leaders, and realize that only through real positive change will Wal-Mart become a better company.