A Target Halloween costume for children was pulled from stores on Aug. 24 after people online pointed out that the design of the orange-and-black clown costume with a mesh black face covering evoked ...

Viola Davis is criticizing Target for an offensive Halloween costume that it pulled from stores. The retailer received backlash for a “Kids’ Glows under Blacklight Circus Clown” costume that many ...

This May 3, 2017, file photo shows a Target store in Omaha, Neb. Retailer Target pulled a children’s Halloween costume from its shelves Monday after widespread social media backlash, apologizing for ...

Retailer Target pulled a children's Halloween costume from its shelves Monday after widespread social media backlash, apologizing for selling a garment critics said evoked racist minstrel caricatures.

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Target has been forced to apologize after customers criticized the chain for selling a racist children's Halloween costume. The 'Circus Clown Halloween Costume', retailing for $25, was advertised ...

Target pulled a Halloween costume from its online marketplace Monday after critics said it looked like a minstrel show character. The image of “Kids’ Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween ...

The costume was called out on social media for being racially insensitive Target has removed a Halloween costume after it was criticized for resembling blackface and racist minstrel show imagery. The ...

Target apologized Monday and said it had pulled a Halloween costume from sale depicting a circus clown that critics said evoked blackface and minstrel shows. The product, sold as the “Kids’ Glows ...

Target has pulled a Halloween costume from shelves after critics said it evoked blackface and minstrel shows. The costume, which was marketed as the “Kids’ Glows under Blacklight Circus Clown ...

The children’s costume evoked blackface imagery, critics said. “We know we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry,” the retailer said in response. By John Yoon Target apologized on Monday and said it ...

Target has apologized for a circus clown Halloween costume that critics accused of evoking blackface and 19th-century minstrel shows following online backlash. The costume was sold as the "Kids' Glows ...