Musician Katy Perry has pulled a line of shoes after some people said they appeared to depict blackface.
The shoes, marketed in stores such as Walmart, are black and depict a face on the front.
“In order to be respectful and sensitive, the team is in the process of pulling the shoes,” Perry told TMZ after receiving backlash against the shoes.
Many people have taken to social media to express confusion at the outrage and Perry’s knee-jerk reaction.
Racist or not; those Katy Perry shoes are abysmal.
— Kyle Thompson (@The_Strangerer) February 12, 2019
Putting aside the obvious fact that one looks a lot like #blackface, why has @katyperry put her name to shoes that were made in a kids’ craft fair? pic.twitter.com/otoi17ypOh
— Rob Heffron (@Frobert08) February 12, 2019
Some have also pointed out that no matter what the shoes (pictured above left) resemble, they are just plain ugly.- READ MORE