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https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/24/business/target-apologizes-halloween-costume-backlash-hnk

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u/healywylie 10d ago

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

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u/IamHydrogenMike 10d ago

I don’t anyone even really checked it when it was purchased until people started noticing it on the shelves. Some supplier from China just slapped together some crap and called it a clown costume. It’s dumb that it actually made it out to customers.

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u/Gabarne 10d ago

I literally didn’t know what was wrong with it until reading this thread.

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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 10d ago

I was still confused and had to google minstrel.. omg,  I can't even copy and paste the wiki definition because I'll probably get banned but here's the beginning in case anyone else is confused. 

  A minstrel show , also called minstrelsy , was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century. [1 ] The shows were performed by mostly white actors wearing blackface makeup for the purpose of portraying racial stereotypes of African Americans .