Target Apologizes for ‘Offensive’ Kids Halloween Costume After Backlash
📍 Aftermath
{ "epilogue": "Target issued an apology after facing backlash for selling a children's Halloween costume that critics accused of resembling a racist Black minstrel caricature. Following complaints, the company pulled the item from sale and removed it." }
Epilogue added 23d ago, after coverage quieted.
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Target Apologizes for ‘Offensive’ Kids Halloween Costume After Backlash Newsweek · 76d ago broke it first
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