Katy Perry gets shoes off the shelves because they the black community is insulting

Celebrities Katy Perry gets some products from her clothing line off the shelves because they're fierce criticism received from the black community. It's about a pair of black shoes with a face. The large eyes and red lips would make you think of blackface performers, and that can, according to many, not by the bracket.

‘Blackface’ is the phenomenon in which white people their face with black paint to black people to look like. The use dates back to the theatre, but is today also. For a large section of the population, it is extremely offensive. It is also the reason why our tradition of Zwarte Piet as much as criticism.

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The shoes of Katy Perry will disappear from the range. It comes to the models ‘Ora Face Block Heel Sandal (with heel) and Rue Face Slip On Loafers’ (without heels). The black shoes had a beige counterpart, but that, too, is off the shelves met. In total, the shoes in nine colors released.

In a statement late Perry know that “it was never the intention to hurt people”: “The shoes were in many colors and were intended as a nod to modern art and surrealism. When I made it clear that they were associated with blackface, I found that very unfortunate, because that was obviously not our intention. We have them right out of production achieved.”

Gucci

The controversy comes after a similar incident with fashion brand Gucci, earlier this month. They brought a black sweater with a roll, which on the face could be pulled as a kind of mask. “Terribly inappropriate!” sounded it immediately on social media. “This is just blackface. As iconic fashion company would Gucci a lot of valuable and more sensitive than this.” The conscious jersey is in the meantime also from the stores removed.