The Target Corporation of discount stores said it is recalling a Jewish-themed version of a card game that features offensive content.
Cards Against Humanity, a card game where players answer fill-in-the-blank prompts with pre-written responses meant to shock and offend their fellow players, has come under fire for an expansion pack of cards that targets Jewish people. Cards Against Humanity is a simple game where there are no winners or losers. Each round, a player asks a question from a black card and the rest of them answers with. What is Cards Against Humanity? Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people. Sense of humor essential. Shop Target for Cards Against Humanity. For a wide assortment of Cards Against Humanity visit Target.com today. Choose from contactless Same Day Delivery, Drive Up and more.
Cards in the “Chosen People Pack” version of the Cards Against Humanity game were flagged on social media in recent days for lines like “Can’t you see, the Jews are behind everything — the banks, the media, even _____!” and “Torturing Jews until they say they aren’t Jews anymore.”
Target is “aware of this extended card pack of the game Cards Against Humanity,” a spokesperson wrote on Twitter Thursday evening, “and are in the process of removing it from our stores.”
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“We apologize for any disappointment as it is never our intention to offend our guests with the products we carry,” added the spokesperson for Target, which is the second-largest discount store retailer in the United States.
The retailer did not say in how many stores the game was currently stocked.
The game is based on offensive content, according to the maker’s description.
“Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people,” reads the description of the game on its website. “Unlike most of the party games you’ve played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends.”
Target apologized for an offensive set of playing cards and is yanking the product from its stores, Business Insider reported. But what people may not realize is that the game is meant to be offensive — to everyone.
The cards are the “Jew Pack” extension set to the popular game Cards Against Humanity. The game is like a purposefully offensive Apples To Apples, with players matching nouns and phrases to elaborate prompts. On the game’s website, its description reads, “Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people.”
Cards Against Humanity Card List
The cards sparked outrage on social media with prompts like “Can’t you see, the Jews are behind everything — the banks, the media, even _______!” and “What’s so important right now that you can’t call your mother?”
Characteristically offensive answers to the prompts include: “Suddenly remembering the Holocaust happened”; “Chopping off a little bit of the penis”; “A lifetime of internalized guilt”; and “Bags of money.”
On Twitter Target said, “We apologize for any disappointment as it is never our intention to offend our guests with the products we carry.”
We are aware of this extended card pack of the game Cards Against Humanity and are in the process of removing it from our stores. We apologize for any disappointment as it is never our intention to offend our guests with the products we carry. Thank you!— AskTarget (@AskTarget) December 28, 2017
A picture of the cards posted on Twitter showed them being sold at clearance for $2.50.
The more offensive cards included in the regular set of Cards Against Humanity, including ones that make fun of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, are too vulgar to print here.
Cards Against Humanity Online
The creators of Cards Against Humanity include Max Temkin, Eli Halpern, David Munk, David Pinsof and Eliot Weinstein.
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