Mammy Candlestick, Brought to You by Anthropologie

By: Jenée Desmond-Harris | Posted: January 14, 2013 at 1:50 PM

Candlesticks at Anthropologie (clutchmagonline.com)

Mammy candlestick, brought to you by Anthropologie: The retailer has issued an apology and pulled its handmade, no-two-are-alike, $289 "Trinket and Treasure Candlesticks" after stereotypical African-American and Asian figures included in some versions by the "independent artisan" who designed them caused an outrage. The "mammy" doll is marked with the text "souvenir of Washington, D.C."

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