A black boy models a hoodie with the slogan 'coolest monkey in. Your channel will have the same content as before. A H&M hoodie reading 'Coolest Monkey in the Jungle' modelled by a black child has been branded as a 'racist' move on social media.Learn more about managing your YouTube channels. You may see your email address in some of your channel settings but it is not shown publicly. H&M was forced to offer an apology on Monday after posting an online advertisement featuring a black child modeling a sweatshirt reading Coolest Monkey in the Jungle.
I think that is potentially extremely corrosive. “I think it’s really sad when adult conceptions about racism and race get read into childhood interactions. “Twitter makes racial solidarity impossible by encouraging everyone believe the worst about everyone else.” Not only that, but scandals like this may in fact deepen the racial divide, Gittos added. “The idea that this was somehow racially malevolent I think is utterly ludicrous, and really I think this is a symptom of what Twitter does to people it encourages people to see the absolute worst in people’s motivations.” The word monkey’s been used because this boy is a child, and the word monkey is used to describe children of all races because they’re cheeky and mischievous,” he said. Read more ‘Coolest monkey in the jungle’: H&M torched online for ‘racist’ ad