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Target grooms children to be Jim Crow era caricatures? - C C - Aug 26, 2026
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/top-stocks/target-stock-falls-after-offensive-halloween-costume-pulled-amid-backlash/ar-AA2aUEHZ
EXCERPTS: [...] Target had sold a costume designed for children, titled “Kids' Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume,” which featured a Black child modeling the costume in a promotional image on the retailer’s website. But the costume garnered backlash from critics who said it evoked racist stereotypes of Black people, particularly mirroring Jim Crow-era minstrel caricatures and blackface.
[...] Target stock fell on Tuesday after the company issued an apology for selling a Halloween costume it admitted was “offensive” and “hurtful for our Black guests,” which prompted criticism from shoppers who alleged the costume evoked imagery of blackface. ... “We removed an offensive Halloween costume that never should have been part of our assortment,” Target’s apology says, acknowledging the costume was “especially hurtful for our Black guests, team members and partners.”
[...] Target has faced high-profile controversies in recent years that have angered some customers and placed the retailer in the center of culture war debates.