New Urban Outfitters Tapestry Resembles Concentration Camp Uniform [View all]

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Source: TPM

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Urban Outfitters came under fire on Monday for selling a tapestry that resembles the uniform gay male prisoners were forced to wear in Nazi concentration camps.

The Anti-Defamation League slammed the store for selling the tapestry and urged Urban Outfitters to remove the item from stores.

"Whether intentional or not, this gray and white stripped pattern and pink triangle combination is deeply offensive and should not be mainstreamed into popular culture," ADL National Director Abraham Foxman said in a Monday statement. "We urge Urban Outfitters to immediately remove the product eerily reminiscent of clothing forced upon the victims of the Holocaust from their stores and online."

The tapestry was available in stores on Tuesday morning, according to Bloomberg News, but it is not available online.

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I hesitate to give them more publicity, but I would hope that this kind of negative attention affects their bottom line.