The Advocate, Gabriel, who withheld his last name due to privacy concerns, flagged the "Slave Net C-Ring Harness" product as "offensive" in a recent email to the retailer.
Gabriel took particular issue with a model of color being used to advertise the harness on AnderwChristian.com."It's actually tasteless," he wrote in a customer complaint. "I can't understand why you would put a person of color in an outfit that says the word slave." Gabriel asked the company to remove or change the product to avoid a racist association.Andrew Christian replied to Gabriel Monday. "Thank you for your suggestion!
We have passed this along to our production team for review," read the response, which also included a coupon code.As of the time of this.