Target apologizes for children’s clown Halloween costume after backlash

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• Investing.com Stocks

  Target apologizes for children’s clown Halloween costume after backlash
• Reuters

  Target apologizes for children's clown Halloween costume after backlash reut.rs/4xkuMY0
• The Guardian left

  Retailer removes kid’s clown costume after people said it resembled a racist caricature used in minstrel shows Target, the US retail corporation, said it pulled a controversial Halloween costume off its shelves after criticism across social media that it resembled a racist caricature. The ad image for the costume, sold as the “Kids’ Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume,” depicted a Black child in a bright orange and black top with solid black gloves and a mask with a wide, tooth
• Fox Business Economy right

  Target pulled a kids' circus clown Halloween costume accused of evoking Blackface and minstrel shows, with critics tying the misstep to DEI rollbacks.
• CNN left

  Target apologized and said it had pulled a Halloween costume from sale depicting a circus clown that critics said evoked Blackface and minstrel shows. https://cnn.it/4isc9N0
• NYT Business left

  Critics said the children’s costume evoked blackface imagery. Target said, “We know we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry.”