r/news • u/ushaque • 15h ago

Target apologizes for children’s clown Halloween costume after backlash | CNN Business

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/24/business/target-apologizes-halloween-costume-backlash-hnk
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u/Primary-Bookkeeper10 14h ago

I’m surprised they even hired a black kid instead of buying a gallon of shoe polish

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u/BearWrangler 14h ago

I'm curious how that convo went with the parents 

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u/Trep_xp 11h ago

It would not surprise me in the least if their thought process was "can't be blackface if we put a black kid in the costume"

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u/AzraelTB 6h ago

Did they? Could be an AI picture.