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.
Cards Against Humanity at Target. Cards Against Humanity at Target. Skip to main content. Email Or Call (888) 847-9869. Search Search Turn on browser notifications. Cards Against Humanity's “Chosen People Pack” for the original game has some cards that seem to make light of the Holocaust. The almost always off-color cards recently went a bit too far for. Cards Against Humanity never wanted to sell at Target but Target threatened to create and sell a similar game if they didn't. So, Cards Against Humanity allowed them to sell it while also selling a special edition expansion that you could only get at Target. It was called the Retail expansion and contained cards making fun of Target and $1 bills.
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.”
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.
The creators of Cards Against Humanity include Max Temkin, Eli Halpern, David Munk, David Pinsof and Eliot Weinstein.
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Target has pulled a Cards Against Humanity expansion pack because of offensive, anti-Semitic statements on the cards.
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Despicable beyond. pic.twitter.com/sPbthRTtQa
— Mike Lieber (@mlonpolitics) December 28, 2017Mike Lieber posted photos of the 'Chosen People Pack,' which he spotted on clearance at Target on Thursday.
He took pictures of the most offensive cards, which read 'Torturing Jews until they say they're not Jews anymore,' 'The part of Anne Frank's diary where she talks about her vagina' and 'Can't you see? The Jews are behind everything - the banks, the media, even ___!'
'Despicable beyond,' Lieber wrote.
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'To those saying 'but that's the point of the game,' 2 things, 1. I don't find anti-Semitic jokes humorous 2. for some reason, this is their only set targeting a religion/ethical group,' Lieber added.
Target responded to the tweet, telling Lieber they plan to pull the expansion pack from their stores.
'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,' the retailer said. 'We apologize for any disappointment as it is never our intention to offend our guests with the products we carry. Thank you!'
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, 20170Cards Against Humanity Target
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Lieber also included a link to the cards on Walmart.com, but it has since been pulled from the site.
Cards Against Humanity is a popular party game known for its risque and politically incorrect playing cards. The game has been criticized in the past, notably in a 2016 New York Times op-ed in October 2016.