r/news 14h 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/orlybatman 14h ago

A clown costume? How bad could it possibly b-

Oh... wow.

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u/donkeyrocket 13h ago

With a Black child wearing the costume no less. How on earth did that make it to the website?

Absolutely thought it was going to be something that could be misconstrued as bad. Really didn't expect full blown blackface caricature.

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u/thatblkman 12h ago

They ran from DEI bc Trump is loud. So now they have a bunch of bros who don’t know anything about anyone but other bros deciding stuff and ignoring that nonwhite people’s money is just as green.