But this is okay:
In what alternate universe does this make sense? Kids should be able to wear whatever they want.
Posted on 07/10/2014 4:25:52 PM PDT by equalator
A San Diego-based clothing company has landed in hot water over a photo showing its T-shirts featuring the body of a monkey paired off with a customized hanger depicting the face of an African-American boy.
The offensive image was shared on Twitter Wednesday, sparking indignation among users who lambasted the manufacturer, Just Add A Kid, for allowing this to happen.
The clothing brand, which is owned by the company Thanks A Million, quickly went into damage control mode, responding on Twitter that the incident was the result of a misunderstanding
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But this is okay:
In what alternate universe does this make sense? Kids should be able to wear whatever they want.
Just another excuse to be a victim.
Is it racist not to sell them for black kids?
Only white, Chinese and other brown skins can where this funny shirt?
Pulling it and apologizing is the racist part. If a black kid wants to wear a monkey shirt, who cares? They’ve actually had meetings and written emails detailing which hangars go with which bodies? Freaks.
Look at that little monkey run! Howard Cosell
Lunatic adolescents. ...
A chimp off the old block, then she’ll grow up and become the gorilla your dreams...
>> A chimp off the old block, then she’ll grow up and become the gorilla your dreams...
>>>>> INSERT PICTURE OF SHELLY O HERE <<<<<<
Oh boo hoo. They have a Confederate soldier, too! The nerve!
It’s offensives because black people do look like monkeys. Sorry.
Quit whining, America. It has got to be a drag waking up every morning to seek out something to be offended by...
Do they call black people African-Americans in the UK?
What do the Brits call blacks whose ancestry is straight out of Africa to England?
No, unless you want to get anything from a dirty look to a punch in the nose by the person you're calling "African-American".
What do the Brits call blacks whose ancestry is straight out of Africa to England?
Usually just "Black" or "African", in most other cases "Nigerian", "Ghanaian", or whatever country they have ancestry in.
It really was a rhetorical question.
Note that the article (not me) said “African-American boy”...
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