NYC’s Commission on Human Rights trumps the First Amendment

February 6th, 2020 by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento

Image of Prada doll pulled by Prada by order of the City of New York.

The New York City Commission on Human Rights, an oversight agency that monitors compliance with the city’s incredibly broad anti-discrimination law, has ordered the fashion company Prada to stop selling certain toy dolls—described by many as racist caricatures akin to blackface—and send its employees to sensitivity training.

Prada all-too-willingly complied. So much for Omertà!

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