Retail giant caved in after a single tweet
Paul Joseph Watson
PrisonPlanet.com
November 1, 2018
Retailer Target caved in and removed an ‘offensive’ Black Panther costume after a single tweet from someone expressing feigned outrage.
“Why is this WHITE boy pictured wearing a BLACK PANTHER costume on your website? This is BLACK ERASURE! POC finally have a super hero of their own, and you disrespect them by using a white person to promote the costume? SHAMEFUL! BOYCOTT!,” complained Mark Dice, tagging Target in the tweet.
@Target Why is this WHITE boy pictured wearing a BLACK PANTHER costume on your website? This is BLACK ERASURE! POC finally have a super hero of their own, and you disrespect them by using a white person to promote the costume? SHAMEFUL! BOYCOTT! ??https://t.co/a2XzMlBfid pic.twitter.com/MC0enyTKva
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) October 26, 2018
Earlier this month, People reported that white parents were being advised not to let their kids wear Black Panther costumes for Halloween because it could be seen as “cultural appropriation”.
Dice is a conservative commentator and the complaint was obviously a stunt, but Target complied anyway and removed the page for the costume within hours.
Some people pointed out that the kid modeling the costume could even be a light skinned black boy, but Target pulled the product anyway.
Now the only models seen wearing Black Panther costumes on Target’s websites are all African-American.
Just black kids now. The world is a better place tonight. ?? pic.twitter.com/35FNVvpiRD
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) November 1, 2018
Dice then turned his attention to Walmart in an attempt to pull the same stunt.
Excuse me @Walmart! Why is this WHITE boy pictured wearing a BLACK PANTHER costume on your website? This is a BLACKS ONLY costume! Finally they have a super hero of their own, & you disrespect them by using a white person to…