H&M And Other Brands Who've Recently Suffered PR Mishaps
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Swedish fast fashion label, Hennes & Mauritz, better known as H&M, caused a media frenzy when a photo of one of their products went viral for alleged racism.
The conversational item, a green hoodie with the slogan "Coolest Monkey In The Jungle", was worn by an African-American child in the photo. Netizens started accusing H&M for being racist and unaware of the cultural significance that the word 'monkey' has on African-American culture.
For the uninitiated, 'monkey' and the depiction of African-American people as monkeys, is considered racist and highly disrespectful primarily because White American scientists as early as the 1800s used to consider African-Americans as being more simian than human. Read more about the usage of the word 'monkey' and its correlati on with the African-American community here.
Read on more about the H&M mishap and other international brands who have got themselves into hot soup over racial and cultural matters below:
2017 was a bad year for United Airlines. After a video of a bloodied passenger being dragged off a flight surfaced, United was faced with a storm of backlash.
The passenger, identified as David Dao, had refused to depart from his flight. As a result, he was dragged off the flight by Chicago's Department of Aviation Security forcefully. Watch the video below:
