'You Are Not on OUR Side' | Actress Viola Davis Criticizes Target's Apology After Pulling Halloween Costume Following Backlash
Viola Davis rejected Target’s apology after the retailer pulled a costume critics said evoked racist caricatures and sent shares down as much as 5%.
- On Tuesday, Oscar-winning actor Viola Davis rejected Target's apology for a children's Halloween costume, writing on Instagram: "Target, I do not accept your apology, and I do not believe that you understand the impact... The pain... The dehumanization of the above."
- Earlier this week, social media users criticized the $25 "Kids' Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume" for resembling 19th-century minstrelsy; Target pulled the product Monday and stated, "As a company, we know we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry."
- Six years after a controversy involving an Anne Frank costume, Rev Jamal Bryant, who led a 40-day boycott last year, told the Washington Post that the costume showed Target "still lacks corporate diversity among decision-makers."
- Following the backlash, Target shares slid as much as 5%; Morningstar analyst Brett Husslein said the drop reflected "the fragility of competitive positioning" amid consumer trust loss.
- While Target stated it is examining how to prevent future incidents, nearly 70% of its Halloween assortment is new this year, making brand standard maintenance amid rapid seasonal innovation a significant challenge.
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Viola Davis rejects Target’s apology over Halloween costume backlash
Actress VIOLA DAVIS rejects Target's apology for "blackface" Halloween costume: "These images laid the foundation and the ideology for every atrocity that has been committed against my people ... You have shown us that you are not on OUR side."
Nolte: Viola Davis Refuses Target’s Apology over Racial Nothingburger Halloween Costume
Don’t get me wrong, I love me some blue-on-blue violence. Although she’s a legitimately great actress, Viola Davis is also an insufferable leftist, and her teeing off on the unapologetic groomers and Satanists that run Target Stores is rather glorious. The post Nolte: Viola Davis Refuses Target’s Apology over Racial Nothingburger Halloween Costume appeared first on Breitbart.
Target Apologizes For ‘Offensive’ Children's Halloween Costume Amid Scrutiny Of DEI Rollback
Target has found itself at the center of controversy over a children’s Halloween costume. It has since removed it from its website, issuing a public apology after critics called the product’s imagery racially insensitive. The image on Target’s website showed a Black child modeling the costume in a pose that critics said evoked racist imagery associated with the Jim Crow and minstrel eras, according to Forbes. Such depictions historically relied …
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