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Online fashion retailer Shein slammed for selling ‘metal swastika pendant’
LOS ANGELES - The online fashion retailer Shein is under fire for selling a piece of jewelry that depicted a metal swastika.On Thursday, screenshots from the online store surfaced on Twitter, showing the metal pendant that appears to resemble the Nazi hate symbol.After the viral tweet was met with outrage, the necklace appeared to have been pulled from the website.Originally sold for $2.50, the jewelry was labeled as a “metal swastika pendant.”In a statement to Buzzfeed News, a spokesperson for the company said that the necklace did not feature a Nazi swastika pendant, but rather “a Buddhist swastika which has symbolized spirituality and good fortune for more than a thousand years.”This is not the first time Shein had to apologize for