Another year, another controversial Halloween costume.
A Halloween costume company recently pulled an Anne Frank girls outfit on Sunday after receiving large-scale social media criticism, according to USA Today.
HalloweenCostumes.com offered a costume that was called the Anne Frank costume for girls. It included a blue, long-sleeve shirt with a shoulder bag and green beret, USA Today reported.
The costumes description called for people to learn more about history.
Social media did not take kindly to the costume.
There r better ways 2 commemorate Anne Frank, Carlos Galindo-Elvira, a spokesman for the Anti-Defamation League in Arizona, tweeted. This is not one. We should not trivialize her memory as a costume.
Ross Walker Smith, the public relations specialist for Fun.com, apologized for the costume in a statement on Twitter.
"We sell costumes not only for Halloween, but for many uses outside of the Halloween season, such as school projects and plays," Walker Smith said. "We have passed along the feedback regarding this costume, and it has been removed from the website at this time."
A Halloween costume company recently pulled an Anne Frank girls outfit on Sunday after receiving large-scale social media criticism, according to USA Today.
HalloweenCostumes.com offered a costume that was called the Anne Frank costume for girls. It included a blue, long-sleeve shirt with a shoulder bag and green beret, USA Today reported.
The costumes description called for people to learn more about history.
Social media did not take kindly to the costume.
There r better ways 2 commemorate Anne Frank, Carlos Galindo-Elvira, a spokesman for the Anti-Defamation League in Arizona, tweeted. This is not one. We should not trivialize her memory as a costume.
Ross Walker Smith, the public relations specialist for Fun.com, apologized for the costume in a statement on Twitter.
"We sell costumes not only for Halloween, but for many uses outside of the Halloween season, such as school projects and plays," Walker Smith said. "We have passed along the feedback regarding this costume, and it has been removed from the website at this time."
