Source: Scott Barbour / Getty Prada Accused Of Using Blackface Imagery In New Campaign According to USA Today , Prada will reportedly pull an animal charm and related products from its line after criticism that the trinket used blackface. A woman by the name of Chinyere Ezie, a staff attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, called attention to the design in a Facebook post. Ezie included images of Otto from the Pradamalia collection. The character is on charms that are placed on bags, cardholders, phone cases, key chains, necklaces, T-shirts and other items reportedly shown on Prada’s website. On Friday, Prada announced the Otto merchandise would be pulled. [1/2] #Prada Group abhors racist imagery. The Pradamalia are fantasy charms composed of elements of the Prada oeuvre. They are imaginary creatures not intended to have any reference to the real world and certainly not blackface. — PRADA (@Prada) December 14, 2018 [2/] #Prada Group never had the intention of offending anyone and we abhor all forms of racism and racist imagery. In this interest we will withdraw the characters in question from display and circulation. — PRADA (@Prada) December 14, 2018 Ezie encouraged people to use “#StopBlackface #BoycottPrada #EndRacismNow” and share her post. People on Twitter called the brand out.
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SMH: Prada Scrambling To Remove “Sambo” Like Monkey Trinkets From Website & Store Fronts After Social Media Backlash
