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Retailer Bath & Body Works is apologizing and rushing to pull a holiday-themed candle from its shelves after online users highlighted its label being reminiscent of the white hoods synonymous with the Ku Klux Klan.
The Columbus, Ohio-based company, known for its personal care and home fragrance products, is apologizing to those it offended after the product label on its “Snowed In” candle mistakenly drew comparisons to the White supremacist group, which formed after the Civil War.
The label features a close-up shot of a snowflake, highlighting the winter theme of the product, and is set with a maroon-like background. However, some social media users said that the snowflake looks like like several of the white conical shaped hoods the group wears with two holes in each, akin to holes for eyes.
“At Bath & Body Works, we are committed to listening to our teams and customers, and committed to fixing any mistakes …