The news comes days after the YouTuber shared a lengthy video in which he apologized for a range of blunders that includes blackface, using racial slurs, playing racist stereotypes and joking about pedophilia on his channel.
The retailer said in a statement to WWD that it is “in the process of removing” Dawson’s books, “I Hate Myselfie” and “It Gets Worse: A Collection of Essays,” from its assortment.
Dawson’s main YouTube channel, which counts more than 20 million subscribers, and his two other channels, Shane Dawson TV and Shane Glossin’, have been indefinitely suspended from monetization, according to YouTube.
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