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09-22-2016, 07:41 AM
Disney pulls boy's Maui costume after critics lambast it as 'Polyface'
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HO**LULU — Disney said Wednesday it would ** longer sell a boy's costume for a Polynesian character that some Pacific Islanders have compared to blackface.*
The getup depicts Maui — a revered figure in Polynesian oral traditions and viewed by some Pacific Islanders as an ancestor — who is a character in the upcoming animated movie Moana (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/moana-trailer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).*
SEE ALSO: People are **t happy about this Disney's 'Moana' Halloween costume (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/moana-halloween-costume-controversy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
It has a long-sleeve brown shirt and long pants featuring full-body tattoos. It comes with a fake shark-tooth necklace and green-leaf "skirt."
Disney's online store had offered boy's pyjamas and a men's t-shirt in a similar design, but those products were ** longer available Wednesday. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/21/disney-pulls-maui-costume/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about New Zealand (http://mashable.com/category/new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Cultural Appropriation (http://mashable.com/category/cultural-appropriation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Maui (http://mashable.com/category/maui/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Moana (http://mashable.com/category/moana/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Maori (http://mashable.com/category/maori/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/r3uwZhMO1_U
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HO**LULU — Disney said Wednesday it would ** longer sell a boy's costume for a Polynesian character that some Pacific Islanders have compared to blackface.*
The getup depicts Maui — a revered figure in Polynesian oral traditions and viewed by some Pacific Islanders as an ancestor — who is a character in the upcoming animated movie Moana (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/moana-trailer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).*
SEE ALSO: People are **t happy about this Disney's 'Moana' Halloween costume (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/moana-halloween-costume-controversy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
It has a long-sleeve brown shirt and long pants featuring full-body tattoos. It comes with a fake shark-tooth necklace and green-leaf "skirt."
Disney's online store had offered boy's pyjamas and a men's t-shirt in a similar design, but those products were ** longer available Wednesday. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/21/disney-pulls-maui-costume/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about New Zealand (http://mashable.com/category/new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Cultural Appropriation (http://mashable.com/category/cultural-appropriation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Maui (http://mashable.com/category/maui/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Moana (http://mashable.com/category/moana/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Maori (http://mashable.com/category/maori/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/r3uwZhMO1_U