Dressing as homeless people and mocking the predicament of the nearly 20,000 homeowners they foreclosed on in 2010, New York law firm owned by Steven Baum apologized today for its poor taste.
After denying to the Times that employees had mocked those who had lost their homes, the firm has in recent days acknowledged the costumes were inappropriate and apologized for last year’s Halloween party.
The news comes as foreclosures continue to create a drag on the American economy and protests have erupted around the nation to protest what activists say is rampant corporate greed and influence on government that maintains a crippling disparity between rich and poor.
When a primary component of a business is to handle a large volume of foreclosures (especially when many homes have been lost due to the bad economy) and employees laughingly mock the misfortune of the people they play a role in evicting, then yes… an apology is in order. Given the thousands of people who stood in line today in middle Tennessee for a job fair… an apology is in order. If it was me – and this is only my personal opinion – I would be mortified to be seen in the law firm Halloween photos that are all over the Internet.
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