Cicero 5,165 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Quote International retail giant H&M has apologized for an ad featuring a black child model wearing a hoodie emblazoned with the phrase "coolest monkey in the jungle." Social media blew up over the photo of a young boy wearing the green hooded sweatshirt, which had racist undertones. The online advertisement for the top was for sale in the U.K. "We sincerely apologize for offending people with this image of a printed hooded top," H&M said in a statement. "The image has been removed from all online channels and the product will not be for sale in the United States.We believe in diversity and inclusion in all that we do and will be reviewing all our internal policies accordingly to avoid any future issues." I seriously laughed my ass off when I saw this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan 16,958 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 ffs. it's only an issue if you make it an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,165 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 6 minutes ago, Stan said: ffs. it's only an issue if you make it an issue. Was my title not good enough for you? Social media are going crazy over it. Apparently The Weeknd (a major partner) has cut all ties with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy 11,309 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 To be fair, that's hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,051 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 A bit of common sense was needed when putting that together...fucking hell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan 16,958 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Cicero said: Was my title not good enough for you? Social media are going crazy over it. Apparently The Weeknd (a major partner) has cut all ties with them. 'baby nigger wears nigger jumper' was not acceptable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,664 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Easy mistake to make unless you are hyper racially aware. The boycott is worryingly irrational. Sometines you've just got to say human error, apology accepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy 11,309 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Well, at times when crowds shout monkey noises at black athletes, I don't think that advert was a wise choice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viva la FCB 2,246 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Id love to see who approved that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 7,525 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 54 minutes ago, Viva la FCB said: Id love to see who approved that one Seriously whoever approved that is a colossal idiot. Because: 1 hour ago, Danny said: A bit of common sense was needed when putting that together...fucking hell That's all that was needed. A bit of common sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 4,577 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 lmao they probably would've been lambasted if they didn't use a black model for not being inclusive. I doubt The Weeknd even cares, just PR as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,414 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 5 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said: Seriously whoever approved that is a colossal idiot. Because: That's all that was needed. A bit of common sense. Common sense is not common in common people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Blue 955 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 It's only a problem if you make it one, a white child wearing it would be cool and funny. Don't see the issue and i don't think it was meant to be racist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,414 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, True Blue said: It's only a problem if you make it one, a white child wearing it would be cool and funny. Don't see the issue and i don't think it was meant to be racist. There is a thing 'Sense of History'.White people have not been called such names in the past but Black people have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Blue 955 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Just now, Azeem98 said: There is a thing 'Sense of History'.White people have not been called such names in the past but Black people have. Indeed but overall H&M hardly were trying to be racist. People are so easily offended these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6666 1,229 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I think the awkwardness around the ad is fair. Don't think there was an intention to make any sort of point about race but it was poorly thought out if they thought it'd play well when put out. It's not a massive race issue though. This is where you get to the true insanity of American Twitter wanting to have a meltdown over anything - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1,796 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 There's a worrying growing trend of people taking faux offence at everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,131 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, Dan said: There's a worrying growing trend of people taking faux offence at everything. Hence the term 'delicate snowflake' and Bluewolf's thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1,796 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 15 minutes ago, Bluebird Hewitt said: Hence the term 'delicate snowflake' and Bluewolf's thread. I must add, with what I said in mind, it was a bit naive to release that advert. I can't believe it was done deliberately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,664 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 When I did a twitter search most of the outrage seemed to be coming from African Americans. You can call it irrational and hyper sensitive, but it doesn't come from nowhere. The US is in an extremely precarious position in terms of race relations, people are on edge and have been for 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 6,848 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 23 hours ago, Stan said: ffs. it's only an issue if you make it an issue. 22 hours ago, Kitchen Sales said: Easy mistake to make unless you are hyper racially aware. The boycott is worryingly irrational. Sometines you've just got to say human error, apology accepted. Crazy stuff going on these days, Can't seem to put a foot right without treading on someones toes it would seem no matter how innocent or accidental... If that had been on a White Child no issues would have been raised over it and as Harvey says you would really need to be Hyper Racially Aware for that to register as a possible no no before putting it out. Clearly the team who threw that together were unaware of the potential backlash just around the corner... Stan also pointed out the obvious, its only an issue if you want to make it one and there seem to be plenty of those people about these days just waiting to jump on the most trivial thing and blow it way out of proportion just to get an extra 20 likes on their chosen choice of media... There is a strong possibility that one of the reasons the young lad was chosen was because the company are trying to meet their 'diversity' targets and by doing so have walked right into a shit storm over something that in hindsight was regrettable... We seem to be walking down an ever narrowing corridor of correctness trying to placate the many cultures out there all at the same time and it just seems to be an impossible job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,663 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Controversy aside, it's good to see Shaun Wright-Phillips looking well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,165 Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 I still find the whole thing absolutely hilarious. 'Coolest Monkey in the Jungle' 2018 is starting out well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan 16,958 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 13 hours ago, Lucas said: Controversy aside, it's good to see Shaun Wright-Phillips looking well. funnily enough, I was going to use this GIF in response to your comment and then realised it's the same kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panflute 614 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 On 1/8/2018 at 11:28 PM, Viva la FCB said: Id love to see who approved that one My guess is people who saw the problem might've been afraid to speak up because they'd be seen as the racist. Like how nobody wants to be the first guy to smell a fart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted 1,736 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) A combination of extremely tone-deaf marketers and hyper-sensitive, Americanised identity politics clashing to create a giant, easily avoidable waste of mental energy. People refer to wee boys as monkeys sometimes. Its a range of items with a jungle theme. They quite obviously didn't pick out the black kid and give him the monkey hoodie. To call it racist is extremely counter-productive. However, calling a little black kid a monkey is also just negligent and entirely socially oblivious, and just creates this scope for needless antagonism. Edited January 11, 2018 by Inverted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,051 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 If it said cheeky monkey I'd get it a bit more, but anyone who chucks a black kid in a jumper that says "coolest monkey in the jungle", a phrase I've never heard in my life, and expects it to be OK are probably a bit stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 4,577 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I identify as the coolest monkey in the jungle and I find this to be flagrant mis-advertising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,683 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 The fact that slogan can’t be used which identifies with calling children a cheeky monkey and all that (I call mine this many days), says more about us than the slogan itself. We are the problem, not the words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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