Prada被喷种族歧视了!原因是这只黑猴子...
Prada is being slammed on social media by critics who are accusing the brand of promoting racism through a questionable product line. Prada's 'Pradamalia' line features several 'mysterious creatures,' as described by the brand, including an oddly-shaped blue dog and and a bizarre octopus-alien hybrid. While those are harmless enough, the collection also includes a pair of more human figures with brown skin and big lips. When one New York City activist spotted the figures featured in a Prada window display, she took to social media to share her disgust, accusing Prada of spreading racist blackface imagery — and her post prompted fury from thousands of others, eventually leading the store to remove the products from the window. Chinyere Ezie, an attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, came upon the imagery while walking past Prada's Soho, New York store on Thursday. She shared them on Facebook in a public post, writing that she was 'shaking with anger'. Chinyere went on: 'When I asked a Prada employee whether they knew they had plastered blackface imagery throughout their store, in a moment of surprising candor I was told that a black employee had previously complained about blackface at Prada, but he didn't work there anymore.' 'History cannot continue to repeat itself. Black America deserves better. And we demand better,' she added. Until then please repost and retweet @Prada using the hashtags #StopBlackface #BoycottPrada #EndRacismNow.' Prada also release a statement in response to the criticism. '#Prada Group abhors racist imagery,' it read. 'The Pradamalia are fantasy charms composed of elements of the Prada oeuvre. They are imaginary creatures not intended to have any reference to the real world and certainly not blackface. In this interest we will withdraw the characters in question from display and circulation. |