![]() ![]() One person even pointed out that the sweatshirt in orange, with the words “Survival Expert” and “Junior Tour Guide,” was modeled by a White child, according to The Huffington Post. It’s a horrible shameful act that H&M committed with posting the ad, many social media users said. The term, “monkey” has long been considered a racist slur, hurled as a weapon to promote the dehumanization of Blacks. The company’s statement didn’t take into account the terrifying history behind racist imagery. “This image has now been removed from all H&M channels and we to anyone this may have offended,” the company told the Daily News in a statement from its Stockholm headquarters. H&M quickly issued a half-baked apology, a standard move in situations involving companies who mock the pain of Black people.
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