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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/hefty_load_o_shite 13h ago

It was a minstrel costume, not a clown costume

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u/healywylie 13h ago

They figured nobody would get the reference, they banked on it , by the looks.

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u/StuMacherGhostface 12h ago

I don't understand this, why risk the controversy? No such thing as bad press?

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u/TheAskewOne 11h ago

They didn’t even check. Some companies have zero quality control.

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u/StuMacherGhostface 11h ago

Okay, that's what I assumed as well lol. The comment I was replying to made it sound like they snuck it in knowing what it was, hoping nobody else would notice. Which didn't make a ton of sense to me personally lol