The design featured a Chinese take-out box decorated with bat wings and the words"no thank you" on the back. The shirt, titled "Bat Fried Rice," was listed for purchase at $60 before it was taken down.
“At lululemon, our culture and values are core to who we are, and we take matters like this extremely seriously," Lululemon spokesperson Erin Hankinson said in a statement to USA TODAY."We apologize that an employee was affiliated with promoting an offensive t-shirt… The image and the post were inappropriate and inexcusable and we do not tolerate this behaviour."retailer said it has since cut ties with Fleming, adding that the controversial t-shirt"is not a lululemon product.
"We acted immediately, and the person involved is no longer an employee of lululemon," the statement added.Lululemon issued the apology following mounting pressure from many customers, who threatened to boycott the brand entirely if any disciplinary action wasn't taken. "I can’t believe that you support Racism. CANCELLED," Instagram user yuuki.9h commented on the company's latest post. User rangell added,"Will not be purchasing or wearing anything from this brand unless proper action is taken and racism is addressed. This is unacceptable. Make change. Do better.","There have been 100+ daily attacks on Asian Americans since the start of #COVID19. To see people adding to the hurt & racism hurts my heart.
That is funny.
Gimme a break! This ain’t offensive so shut the hell up, babies
Too bad, that tshirt would’ve been funny as hell. ChinaVirus batsoup
lululemon oh Lululemon is racist. Ok, Asians, BoycottLululemon
lol.. People need to stop being so sensitive.
Lol Lululemon gonna apologize for the truth must be a bunch of liberals and sorry people it’s not rascist it’s the truth
What’s wrong with that? The 🦠 started in 🇨🇳, supposedly due to bat 🦇 ingestion (?)... A little humor, albeit it a little off-the-Wall (granted)... I’m sure the complaints came from the demoPhobics.....
WTF is wrong with people ? (I know the answer)
Customers like to torture people some find victims they owe them money lots of doe they leak stars names when I am present so stars can get more doe from them
‘Bat Fried Rice’ is funny shit. Humor is a natural way to deal with things. It’s unfortunate we have taken away our own freedom of expression in the name of political correctness. Retract the apology and stand up to the BS.
This is outrageous. I mean, selling a t-shirt for $60...
Why companys always do offensive shit and want to apologize afterwards. Y’all motherfawkers already know it’s offensive and try to get away with it. Then apologize when you get caught. Slap the person in charge
The CCP's Chief of Propaganda does NOT approve.
I’m not sure what’s more “offensive” the words on the shirt or the fact that a T-shirt is $ 60 (Sixty) dollars. We’re talking about a T-SHIRT. Fuck America. This is what is wrong with us! If you don’t see it, then you are part of it.
Dear White People,
Another win for the CCP.
🙄
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