What the hell was H&M thinking for putting a young black boy in a "coolest monkey in the jungle" sweater and whoever thought of coming up with this stupid sweater?! When I saw this controversial post while scrolling through my Facebook news-feed, I was livid! First of all, who allowed this shenanigan to go on? Who's in control of these type of things and why didn't anyone stop them? H&M, we don't need an apology, we need compassionate adults with reason to stop these type of things from ever happening in the first place!
On January 12, 2018 in a FirstPost Article posted,
"Due to the mass outrage over the advertisement, H&M has stated that they would pull the jumper from all of their outlets. The advertisement was branded "racist" and "unacceptable" by many, including several celebrities like The Weeknd, LeBron James and Diddy."
In response to the outcry of millions who have found this picture severely disturbing, I am right with them! First of all, why the hell did H&M wait until there was a mass outrage to make a public apology? This is an example of the underlining racism that is still alive and well in the fashion industry. Do we want to support companies like these that allows such blatant racist imagery.
Why is this wrong?
For those who are still confused:
For years, black people or people of African decent have been dehumanized and have been seen as equivalent or direct descendants of monkeys and apes and that is far from the truth!We as African Americans will always have to break barriers, prove people wrong and work even harder to prove we belong but guess what, that’s what we love because the benefits at the end of the road are so beautiful!
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