PC? C'mon... how far is too far for the PC crowd?A Southern California immigrant rights group on Friday asked the Target store chain and a costume company to stop selling an "illegal alien" Halloween costume it said is offensive to immigrants.
The costume features the mask of an alien with a green card and an orange jumpsuit with "illegal alien" written across the front.
Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, wrote e-mails to Minneapolis-based Target and Wisconsin-based BuySeasons, Inc. calling the costume "distasteful, mean-spirited, and ignorant of social stigmas and current debate on immigration reform."
The group said it also planned to send letters to other companies that are selling the costume.
Target is removing the costume from the site after receiving several complaints, company spokesman Joshua Thomas said Friday. The store never intended to sell the outfit but included it in its online offerings by mistake, he said.
An e-mail to BuySeasons, Inc. wasn't immediately returned Friday
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If you take a good look at any of the Halloween costumes you can probably find a reason for most to be offensive.
ReplyDeleteI certainly wouldn't turn away a trick-or treater because of it.
There is nothing to be PC about when it comes to Halloween costumes! That is the one time of year when people can dress any way that they want. Before you know it, Halloween will be banned because any costume will be offensive to someone!
ReplyDeleteI mean really, just think of how many Frankenstien costumes we've seen over the years. Don't you think that maybe he was offended? LOL