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They featured a black kid wearing a “coolest monkey in the jungle”. The problem here was that the viewers and those offended by the hoodie were racially charged and saw racism in everything, including the playfulness of a monkey and immediately saw it as an attack on black people.
. @hm, have you lost your damned minds?!?!?! pic.twitter.com/EYuCXLZtv3
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) January 8, 2018
And people like me had to be explained why it was racist. Because unlike them, we don’t automatically associate monkeys with black people, and more so energy, playfulness and giddiness. Many artists came forward with their own opinion and statement on the piece.
woke up this morning shocked and embarrassed by this photo. i’m deeply offended and will not be working with @hm anymore… pic.twitter.com/P3023iYzAb
— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) January 8, 2018
She posted on her Instagram her thoughts on the matter, and she, much like many, didn’t see it as a problem.
“Am the mum and this is one of hundreds of outfits my son has modelled,” she wrote. “Stop crying Wolf all the time, unnecessary issue here. Get over it.”
“That’s my son… have been to all photoshoots and this was not an exception, everyone is entitled to their opinion about this.”
“I really don’t understand but not because am choosing not to but because it’s not my way of thinking. Sorry.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdxQ5ZWnmkJ/
According to sources, Diddy even offered her son a million dollar modelling contract. What a world.
