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The ‘sexy burka’ and 9 other banned Halloween costumes

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    The ‘sexy burka’ Halloween costume, which was recently pulled

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    Disney pulled this ‘Moana’ Halloween costume after it was accused of racism

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    Amazon’s range of ‘sexy’ Halloween costumes for children as young as four caused uproar this month

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    Especially this one

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    A petition soon emerged to get this ‘call me Caitlyn’ costume pulled

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    Walmart quickly axed this children’s ‘Israeli Soldier’ costume

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    This ‘Jimmy Savile’ costume was also taken off Amazon after complaints

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    In New Haven Connecticut in the US, all clown costumes have been banned for Halloween 2016 following reports of scary clowns lurking in the woods

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    This ‘Arab’ costume also sparked plenty of controversy

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Alice Sholl

Yep, despite it being 2016 and all, someone thought it would be a good idea to mass produce a Halloween costume best described as a ‘sexy burka’ outfit.

The black cropped dress and veil modelled by a white woman is one of the latest fancy dress pieces to be taken off the shelves, but far from the only one to have been.

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