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Amazon forced to remove a racist Chinese fancy dress advert after criticism on social media

on Jan 27, 2018 | 0 comments

By Taruka Srivastav

Amazon removed a Chinese fancy dress costume after it faced criticism for being racist as the white boy wearing the dress made a slanting eye gesture (see the pic).

Amazon might have pulled sales the costume but the picture still remains on the website (at the time of writing this article).

The outfit described as atosa 23639 – Chinese Boy Costume, Size 128, Black/Red sparked a controversy online as reported by Mirror.

This isn’t the first time this year that a retailer has come under criticism for racist ads. Earlier, H&M was <a target=_blank Read full story ›

Source: The Drum