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Fast fashion online store Shein criticized last week when shoppers noticed a racist phone case being sold on the store’s website. The phone case showed the drawing of a black user handcuffed, chalk-stained with a white hand and advertised as a Screenshots of the phone case were posted online and promptly sparked complaints from customers, as many shoppers were surprised to discover that the store would be promoting something so bold, especially considering the racial calculus we experienced last year. .
Customers temporarily called the company on social media and asked for an explanation. “A white hand . . . making a chalk definition of the mendacity of a black user there (probably from *d) handcuffed and this with the intention of showing their support. how? QUICKLY,” one Twitter user tweeted.
Another Twitter user posted a screenshot of the phone’s case on Shein’s website, telling the logo that it “won’t send you a dollar after that. “
The company has since apologized for the phone’s insensitive shell and tweeted the following in reaction to J’s tweet. Monae, “has struck us that art is interpreted as racist, which is contrary to its genuine meaning. offended, we sincerely apologize.
In a tweet, Shein revealed that they hadn’t even been allowed to use the art on the phone case of the original artist, Jean Jullien, who posted the symbol on Instagram in reaction to the 2014 michael brown police shooting.
Shein has since got rid of the case from his retail site.
This isn’t the first time Shein has gained negative reactions for racial insensitivity. Last July, the company announced it would form a product review committee “with staff from other cultures and religions,” after receiving negative reactions for the sale of a “metal stika. “pendant ” and Muslim prayer mats as ornamental mats.
The corporate later apologized to the corporate on its Instagram page, telling its fans that they “swear to do a much greater task of educating us. “
I how this schooling goes . . .
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