Why, why, why does this still happen in 2017?
When one of our followers shared the following tweet about new Kate Spade products, we started looking:
Boy, Kate Spade is just really leaning in on the ethnic stereotyping lately. https://t.co/Z9O3SDB1ov
— Alicia K. (@wordnerdy) May 31, 2017
It wasn’t pretty what we wound. For example, this haute stuff taco truck bag (for just $358, too!):
Or this $498 “haute stuff penny the piñata bag.”
Apparently, the taco truck and piñata bags are part of Kate Spade’s new collection. Take a look:
We don’t have much to say, so we will leave it to this smart Twitter exchange:
Like imagine the rich white lady rocking that taco truck nexklace with matching taco truck wedges. omg.
— Alicia K. (@wordnerdy) May 31, 2017
Yup.
Wow. Those are, uh, certainly choices that someone made.
— misha fletcher (@mishafletch) June 1, 2017
And yup.
Hit it, Gollum.