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2021
Topps apologizes and removes BTS sticker after criticism
Company response
After social media users criticized a caricature of BTS with bruised faces, Topps apologized for including the sticker and said it had removed it and would not make it available.
Company response
Apology — Topps
“We hear and understand our consumers who are upset about the portrayal of BTS in our GPK Shammy Awards product and we apologize for including it,” Topps tweeted Wednesday.
Remediation — Topps
“We have removed the BTS sticker card from the set, we have not printed any of the sticker card and it will not be available.”
Source excerpt
Trading card brand Topps apologized for and removed a satirical illustration of Korean boy band BTS following social media backlash.
Some deemed the cards as racist amid the rise in anti-Asian violence across the country.