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Pop star Katy Perry is pulling shoes from her fashion collection after the designs were called out for resembling blackface.
Two pairs in Perry’s eponymous shoe line, Katy Perry Collections, sparked controversy for what people are calling a racist design. The styles, “Rue Face Slip On Loafers” and “Ora Face Block Heel Sandals,” have a “face” on them with blue eyes, a triangular nose and full red lips.
They retailed for US$129.
“The frustration isn’t just that the pieces evoke racist imagery but that they were created at all,” one Twitter user commented.
“If these companies hired more black people who would make them more aware of appropriation and racism, this stuff wouldn’t happen. It’s the lack of concern that is troubling.”
Some people highlighted that the shoes are offensive — period — but that the collection is especially tone-deaf during Black History Month
Some tweets:
Ok Katy Perry explain these shoes SMH #blackface #KatyPerry #gucci#gucciblackface #boycottpic.twitter.com/j0dswNOSoH
— ChantillyCoco (@ChantillyCoco) February 11, 2019
Regarding Katy Perry’s shoes; if you have to second guess whether a design is blackface/racist…it probably is. “Reaching” or not, information is too readily accessible for this to occur. #DoBetter
— Tia (@TiaHasTime) February 11, 2019
https://globalnews.ca/news/4951430/...icle&utm_medium=MostPopular&utm_campaign=2014Katy Perry 'Blackface' Shoe to Be Pulled from Shelves
Ok, can we just make this a rule that ANY product, service or person that is NOT Black will NOT create, promote or apply any combination of BLACK + FACE
Can we just make this a thing#causeascenehttps://t.co/5fo3wMKgJppic.twitter.com/LRFw2bW9BC
— Kim Crayton #causeascene (@KimCrayton1) February 11, 2019
How do you design shoes like that and not see the blackface?
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