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Bath & Body Works Stops Selling A Candle That Sparked Comparisons To Ku Klux Klan Hoods

The candle's imagery depicts a white-paper cutout of snowflakes with arms with pointed tips, each with two circular holes.

(CBS News, CBS Los Angeles)

October 15, 2024

Bath & Body Works said it has stopped selling a candle adorned with a snowflake cutout image that some people claimed resembled Ku Klux Klan hoods.

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The bath and home product chain also apologized for the candle's imagery, which depicts a white-paper cutout of snowflakes with arms with pointed tips, each with two circular holes. Some online commenters noted that the design resembled KKK hoods.

Bath & Body Works said the imagery was "unintentional."

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