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OPEN POST: H&M Apologizes For “Coolest Monkey” Ad (Should We Overlook Their Racial Insensitivity?)

1/09/2018 , ,
H&M clothing has jump started 2018 smack dab in the center of a racist advertising controversy.

The Swedish clothing retailer has been blasted online after publishing an ad featuring a black child modeling a hoodie with the text “coolest monkey in the jungle.”

Needless to say, it didn’t go over too well online and they have finally issued an apology of sorts.

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