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Gucci Pulls "Blackface Sweater" From Stores After Complaints
Associated Press ^ | Feb. 7, 2019

Posted on 02/07/2019 6:34:30 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

Gucci has apologized after complaints that a wool sweater with an oversized collar designed to cover the face resembled blackface makeup, and said the item had been pulled from its online and physical stores.

It was the latest case of a fashion house having to apologize for cultural or racial insensitivity — and further evidence that Italy in particular has a wretched record with racial insensitivity staining everything from fashion to soccer to politics.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blackface; gucci; mask
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To: nwrep

Before after they announced it was being pulled?....................


61 posted on 02/07/2019 7:28:06 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Democrats are totalitarian scum.


62 posted on 02/07/2019 7:29:56 AM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Looks like it was designed to be part of an Antifa uniform.


63 posted on 02/07/2019 7:55:27 AM PST by PAR35
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To: Red Badger

Before, once the controversy went viral...


64 posted on 02/07/2019 7:56:25 AM PST by nwrep
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To: ConservativeStatement

Political correctness needs to die. Like now.


65 posted on 02/07/2019 7:59:29 AM PST by SWAMP-C1PHER (HOMO, OECONOMIA, ET CIVITAS.)
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To: csvset

Holy crap that looks like the designer had a bad acid trip after shopping at the local thrift store.


66 posted on 02/07/2019 7:59:32 AM PST by freedomlover
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To: Pravious

You forgot the part about using an overlay filter on your facebook page -


67 posted on 02/07/2019 8:02:01 AM PST by freedomlover
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To: ConservativeStatement

A monkey. I look at that stupid outfit and I see a monkey.

Others might see blackface. But that’s just their racial hangup.


68 posted on 02/07/2019 8:02:37 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Red Badger

It’s hideous. For $890? Good grief.


69 posted on 02/07/2019 8:05:59 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Beyond stupid.


70 posted on 02/07/2019 8:11:36 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.r)
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To: trisham

It’s hideous for $8.90.........................


71 posted on 02/07/2019 8:12:10 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Agreed. :)


72 posted on 02/07/2019 8:14:02 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Every Day of The Dead the local Mexican people paint their faces white. No one complains.


73 posted on 02/07/2019 8:38:18 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: ConservativeStatement


Yank this product. Yank it like you're startin a lawnmower.
74 posted on 02/07/2019 9:40:05 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

The inmates really do run the asylum.


75 posted on 02/07/2019 11:27:31 AM PST by samtheman (How can there be so many brain damaged Americans?)
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