Bed Bath & Beyond Pull Black Jack-O-Lanterns Off Shelves Over ‘Blackface’ Complaints: Report

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Bed Bath & Beyond is apparently no longer selling jack-o-lanterns painted black after a law office in Nyack, New York, received complaints from locals, who claimed the pumpkins appeared to be in “blackface.”

Local news outlet News12 posted a photo of the jack-o-lanterns and reported that the Feerick, Nugent, MacCartney Law Offices removed them about two days after they were placed on the porch.