{"id":124004,"date":"2019-02-08T16:57:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T21:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/spike-lee-boycotting-gucci-and-prada-over-blackface-hateful-imagery"},"modified":"2019-02-08T16:57:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T21:57:40","slug":"spike-lee-boycotting-gucci-and-prada-over-blackface-hateful-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/spike-lee-boycotting-gucci-and-prada-over-blackface-hateful-imagery","title":{"rendered":"Spike Lee Boycotting Gucci and Prada Over &#039;Blackface Hateful Imagery&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-71702\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2019_02_08_spike-lee-boycotting-gucci-prada-blackface-hateful-imagery-designers\">\n<h2>\n<\/h2>\n<p>      <span class=\"hf1\">Spike Lee<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"hf2\">I\u2019m Done with Prada &amp; Gucci!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"hf3-case\">Rips \u2019em for \u2018Coonery and Buffoonery\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"article-posted-date\">\n<\/h5>\n<p>     2\/8\/2019 1:13 PM PST<\/p>\n<div class=\"all-post-body group article-content\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"brands\" alt=\"brands\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Spike-Lee-Boycotting-Gucci-and-Prada-Over-039Blackface-Hateful-Imagery039.jpg\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/person\/spike-lee\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Spike Lee<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s had it with Prada and Gucci\u2019s racist blackface blunders \u2026 so he\u2019s boycotting the luxury brands until they hire some black designers to keep them in check.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBlacKkKlansman\u201d director announced he\u2019s no longer going to wear either Prada or Gucci Friday in wake of yet another blackface controversy from the Italian Fashion houses. If you missed it, Gucci got dragged this week over an $890 blackface sweater.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"culture\" alt=\"culture\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1549662311_717_Spike-Lee-Boycotting-Gucci-and-Prada-Over-039Blackface-Hateful-Imagery039.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spike says he\u2019s done with both brands \u201cUntil They Hire Some Black Designers \u2018To Be In Da Room When It Happens.\u201d\u2019 He added \u2026 \u201cIt\u2019s Obvious To Da Peoples That They Don\u2019t Have A Clue When It Comes To Racist, Blackface Hateful Imagery. WAKE UP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gucci apologized for its ridiculously offensive balaclava jumper and says it\u2019s been pulled from all stores. It also vowed to increase diversity across the company \u2026 but Spike\u2019s clearly taking a wait and see approach.<\/p>\n<p>As for Prada, you might recall its high-end Manhattan shop put a purse in its window in December with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/12\/15\/prada-purse-bag-sambo-figurine-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>this \u201cSambo\u201d figurine<\/strong><\/a> attached. It was also quickly pulled after cries of racism.<\/p>\n<p>Still, both incidents beg the question \u2026 who the hell\u2019s watching the shop???\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Director\" alt=\"Director\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1549662312_517_Spike-Lee-Boycotting-Gucci-and-Prada-Over-039Blackface-Hateful-Imagery039.jpg\" \/>Spike thinks he knows the answer, and says more black staffers have to be on board to help end the \u201ccoonery and buffoonery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We reached out to both brands \u2014 Prada has no comment and Gucci has yet to reply.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/02\/08\/spike-lee-boycotting-gucci-prada-blackface-hateful-imagery-designers\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/spike-lee-boycotting-gucci-and-prada-over-blackface-hateful-imagery\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spike Lee I\u2019m Done with Prada &amp; Gucci!!! Rips \u2019em for \u2018Coonery and Buffoonery\u2019 2\/8\/2019 1:13 PM PST Spike Lee\u2018s had it with Prada and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}