People are upset with Gucci after selling an open-air golf mask to the mouth. The golfer reaches the nose above is black in color while the mouth is red. It took very little time for people in Twitter to react by accusing Gucci of racism. According to them, this blouse resembles a "black mask" - a theater make-up, mainly used by white performers to represent a cartoon of a colored person. This mask was used during the 20th century, and is now considered offensive and racist.
Reactions have been harsh, so Gucci is forced to remove the blouse from the official site and from any physical store. Also, the well-known firm has sought public forgiveness. "Gucci apologizes for the insult caused by the 'balaclava' blouse. We confirm that the shirt is removed from our online store and from any physical store. We consider diversity to be an essential value to be supported and respected in every decision we make. We are committed to increasing diversity through our organization and let's turn this incident into a great lesson for the Gucci team and for everyone, "wrote the firm's representatives.
"If you hire more colored people and if you create an environment where people at all levels in the company feel free to talk, such incidents will be avoided," is one of the answers to this public apology that is running of the network.
