'Coolest Monkey in the Jungle'

[Dick Whitman]

H&M pulls ad that featured African-American child wearing a sweatshirt featuring the above phrase.

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2018/01/09/hm-racist-ad/

 

[poindexter]

i am so over these ads from clothing makers. They don't outrage me, its nothing but a way for these places to get attention.

Over it.

 

[Songbird]

H&M pulls ad that featured African-American child wearing a sweatshirt featuring the above phrase.

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2018/01/09/hm-racist-ad/

There's brain dead and there's ****ing brain dead.

 

[KJIM]

An African-American child?

H&M is a European company. Not sure about the model in the ad, but the company's Swedish.

It's OK to say "black."

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

LeBron not happy about it:

 

[Dick Whitman]

An African-American child?

H&M is a European company. Not sure about the model in the ad, but the company's Swedish.

I guess it's OK then.

Maybe they should have just printed the N-word across the chest.

 

[User 149557]

Don't some websites have the model wear a generic shirt and then superimpose all their different shirts on that one photo? I don't think that's what happened here,but I could see that causing some major headaches for retailers if the shirt that would be fun on one model means something altogether different on another.

 

[MisterCreosote]

I guess it's OK then.

Maybe they should have just printed the N-word across the chest.

Not every black person in the world is African-American.

Try calling a Jamaican person that some time, and let me know what happens.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Not every black person in the world is African-American.

Try calling a Jamaican person that some time, and let me know what happens.

I once had to painstakingly explain to a news anchor that she needed to stop saying African-Americans were rioting in South Africa. She was convinced I was trying to get her in trouble.

 

[KJIM]

I guess it's OK then.

Maybe they should have just printed the N-word across the chest.

I suppose you intended to mean something deep with this, but clearly you missed the point, which others have recognized.

"Black" is accurate. I've yet to see a claim that the model is American, and since the company is European-based, it's not a given. "African-American" might not be accurate.

Do you understand now? Someone with your track record of journalistic nitpicking should be able to comprehend that.

It was an innocent comment, not an entry into a pissing contest. Get over yourself.

 

[Cosmo]

Charlize Theron is white. She's also African-American.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I suppose you intended to mean something deep with this, but clearly you missed the point, which others have recognized.

"Black" is accurate. I've yet to see a claim that the model is American, and since the company is European-based, it's not a given. "African-American" might not be accurate.

Do you understand now? Someone with your track record of journalistic nitpicking should be able to comprehend that.

It was an innocent comment, not an entry into a pissing contest. Get over yourself.

I was joking.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Do you understand now? Someone with your track record of journalistic nitpicking should be able to comprehend that.

Or as it's also known: Getting **** right.

 

[KJIM]

Again, get over yourself.

Goodnight. I'm done now.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Again, get over yourself.

I honestly have no idea what this is supposed to be getting at.

 

[outofplace]

Charlize Theron is white. She's also African-American.

Also African-American.

It may be politically correct, but there are serious problems with using African-American in place of black, as others have pointed out on this thread.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Also African-American.

It may be politically correct, but there are serious problems with using African-American in place of black, as others have pointed out on this thread.

Nah.

“African-American” has a commonly understood meaning in this country and among readers.

 

[Just the facts ma am]

Not every black person in the world is African-American.

Try calling a Jamaican person that some time, and let me know what happens.

"Jamaica is the third-most populous Anglophone country in the Americas "

Jamaica - Wikipedia

 

[LongTimeListener]

i am so over these ads from clothing makers. They don't outrage me, its nothing but a way for these places to get attention.

Over it.

The dirty little secret of marketing is that racism doesn't bother young people (i.e. the target market) nearly as much as we think it does or should. We hear from the loud ones. But the silent majority mostly gets a laugh and then moves on, and the name recognition is in the brain now. If anything, this puts H&M on the cool side.

These "gaffes" are intentional, I'm convinced of it.

 

[outofplace]

Nah.

“African-American” has a commonly understood meaning in this country and among readers.

So much for your interest in getting things right.