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To the black people who may be reading this: When you get outraged by things like this, it makes you look like you have an inferiority complex. If you're that triggered by the word "monkey" on a jungle-themed
originally posted by: SkeptiSchism
a reply to: Edumakated
Yah but why do you suppose his parents allowed him to model the shirt?
Lost in translation, its a Swedish company they probably had no clue that was a racial slur.
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: trollz
To the black people who may be reading this: When you get outraged by things like this, it makes you look like you have an inferiority complex. If you're that triggered by the word "monkey" on a jungle-themed
No!! because "we" don't share the same social history, H&M may have made an advertising error, referring to Black people as Apes and Monkees has a long tradition of demeaning black folks as less than, if you don't get it , perhaps it's because you aren't blk and it's all good fun to you, why should you care..but don't tell black folks how to react.
originally posted by: Kalixi
The people who are calling this out are the real racists for associating "black" with "monkey". Everyone else sees an adorable kid
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: trollz
To the black people who may be reading this: When you get outraged by things like this, it makes you look like you have an inferiority complex. If you're that triggered by the word "monkey" on a jungle-themed
No!! because "we" don't share the same social history, H&M may have made an advertising error, referring to Black people as Apes and Monkees has a long tradition of demeaning black folks as less than, if you don't get it , perhaps it's because you aren't blk and it's all good fun to you, why should you care..but don't tell black folks how to react.
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: trollz
To the black people who may be reading this: When you get outraged by things like this, it makes you look like you have an inferiority complex. If you're that triggered by the word "monkey" on a jungle-themed
No!! because "we" don't share the same social history, H&M may have made an advertising error, referring to Black people as Apes and Monkees has a long tradition of demeaning black folks as less than, if you don't get it , perhaps it's because you aren't blk and it's all good fun to you, why should you care..but don't tell black folks how to react.
originally posted by: Spider879
No!! because "we" don't share the same social history, H&M may have made an advertising error, referring to Black people as Apes and Monkees has a long tradition of demeaning black folks as less than, if you don't get it , perhaps it's because you aren't blk and it's all good fun to you, why should you care..but don't tell black folks how to react.
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: trollz
To the black people who may be reading this: When you get outraged by things like this, it makes you look like you have an inferiority complex. If you're that triggered by the word "monkey" on a jungle-themed
No!! because "we" don't share the same social history, H&M may have made an advertising error, referring to Black people as Apes and Monkees has a long tradition of demeaning black folks as less than, if you don't get it , perhaps it's because you aren't blk and it's all good fun to you, why should you care..but don't tell black folks how to react.
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
originally posted by: Spider879
No!! because "we" don't share the same social history, H&M may have made an advertising error, referring to Black people as Apes and Monkees has a long tradition of demeaning black folks as less than, if you don't get it , perhaps it's because you aren't blk and it's all good fun to you, why should you care..but don't tell black folks how to react.
I'm not going to pretend that the word hasn't been used as a racial slur. I also assume most people know it. But, this child's parent(s) clearly consented to him modeling this hoodie. I'd like to hear from them. I don't think it's up to anyone except them to decide if their child should have modeled the hoodie or not.
If they are also black (and I am going to assume they are), then who is anyone to tell them how they should have reacted?
Also, if H&M decided that this child was not appropriate to model the hoodie because of his skin color..that's blatant and intentional discrimination.
I guess the only answer is to ban the word 'monkey' from clothing? Honestly, I think that's a really crappy solution. Maybe it's just time to take the slur out of the word, give it back to the monkeys, and give people the benefit of the doubt.
If some jackass wants to snicker at it...eh, let him. This handsome kid is owning the shirt though...it's not owning him.
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
originally posted by: Spider879
No!! because "we" don't share the same social history, H&M may have made an advertising error, referring to Black people as Apes and Monkees has a long tradition of demeaning black folks as less than, if you don't get it , perhaps it's because you aren't blk and it's all good fun to you, why should you care..but don't tell black folks how to react.
I'm not going to pretend that the word hasn't been used as a racial slur. I also assume most people know it. But, this child's parent(s) clearly consented to him modeling this hoodie. I'd like to hear from them. I don't think it's up to anyone except them to decide if their child should have modeled the hoodie or not.
If they are also black (and I am going to assume they are), then who is anyone to tell them how they should have reacted?
Also, if H&M decided that this child was not appropriate to model the hoodie because of his skin color..that's blatant and intentional discrimination.
I guess the only answer is to ban the word 'monkey' from clothing? Honestly, I think that's a really crappy solution. Maybe it's just time to take the slur out of the word, give it back to the monkeys, and give people the benefit of the doubt.
If some jackass wants to snicker at it...eh, let him. This handsome kid is owning the shirt though...it's not owning him.
We don't know that the parents approved it. Often times the clothing nowadays is actually photoshopped on the models. He could have had a plain white t-shirt on for the original pose. In addition, just because an individual black person decides to do something, does not mean that the black community won't find it offensive.
I can pull up all kinds of stuff consenting black individuals do that the community at large would find entirely offensive.
originally posted by: toysforadults
a reply to: Edumakated
I'm interested in your point of view knowing your a conservative who doesn't get offended by every slight.
You may have stated it but I don't have time to comb through the thread.