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Gap Apologizes for Ad Called ‘Racist’ Because It Features a White Girl Leaning on a Black Girl
National Review ^ | 4/6/2016 | Katherine Timpf

Posted on 04/10/2016 6:06:29 AM PDT by HomerBohn

Gap actually apologized for an ad that people called racist because it features a white model leaning on a black model — and, apparently, that’s saying that all black girls “can do is bear the weight of White [sic] girls.” Here are just a few of the Tweets expressing the outrage over the ad:

(Read tweeted comments at link)

And here is Gap’s apology: “As a brand with a proud 46 year history of championing diversity and inclusivity, we appreciate the conversation that has taken place and are sorry to anyone we’ve offended,”

Gap spokeswoman Debbie Felix said in a statement to Fortune. So . . . why did Gap apologize? Because someone was offended, of course! These days, whenever someone gets offended, it seems as though it’s just automatically expected that the offender will apologize, no matter how ridiculous the offended person or group’s actual complaint may be. And, usually, “offenders” fulfill that expectation — regardless of the reality of the situation.

I understand that Gap’s apology was intended to make people feel better, but the fact that it said sorry is more of a cause for outrage than that ad itself. After all, apologizing for ridiculous complaints only prompts more. The ad features four girls from the traveling circus company Le Petit Cirque.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ads; apology; cuckservatives; diversity; katherinetimpf; nationalpepeleview; nationalreview; retail
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To: albie

Simple answer—use no black models—If one must use non-whites, there are Asian and Latinos people can hire. You don’t need this black racism junk.


61 posted on 04/10/2016 7:49:03 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: bert

I’m Polish, every time I see a flagpole I feel bad.


62 posted on 04/10/2016 7:50:50 AM PDT by 11x62
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To: Flick Lives

That’s good! Left-handed people are creepy, but not as much as twins (who have to share one soul).../s

I was watching something on Islam years ago, and it described how there were virtually no left-handed people in the Islamic world. Sad for them, as they write right to left...


63 posted on 04/10/2016 8:21:22 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Toespi

You could imagine the conversations I have with my children if one of those commercials is on; I proudly remind them of all that white people have accomplished and built. Living near Newark NJ, they know “the rest of the story”...


64 posted on 04/10/2016 8:22:48 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: HomerBohn

White girl in a position of dominance. Oh the White privilege! the girl, by being White, carries the burden of years of slavery and taking longer to wait on Black customers than on White ones.


65 posted on 04/10/2016 8:34:22 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: kearnyirish2

Good for you!


66 posted on 04/10/2016 8:43:56 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: WKUHilltopper

“But this picture is A-OK? FUGAP “

This picture is absolutely NOT OK. It shows a black girl being supported by a white girl implying that blacks cannot support themselves. Is the GAP saying that blacks cannot stand on their own two feet?? RASISTS!


67 posted on 04/10/2016 8:50:33 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (It's the apocalypse, lets have some fun!)
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To: HomerBohn

I am offended by the number of baldists that I encounter.


68 posted on 04/10/2016 8:52:56 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: HomerBohn

Thin skinned buffoonery is the new meme for race hustlers.


69 posted on 04/10/2016 8:54:10 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Ha! Good point. They’ve missed that point—that a black girl has to be supported up by a white girl.


70 posted on 04/10/2016 9:02:54 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: HomerBohn

Stop apologizing to idiots.


71 posted on 04/10/2016 9:31:21 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: HomerBohn

I think I heard yesterday that these 2 kids were actually sisters from a mixed race marriage


72 posted on 04/10/2016 9:37:27 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: csmusaret

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1NvgLkuEtkA


73 posted on 04/10/2016 9:38:33 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: WKUHilltopper
Is everyone missing the true point? The girls are sisters. I attached an article earlier in the thread.  photo gapkidsphotomain-800x420.jpg
74 posted on 04/10/2016 9:39:28 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Impeach the Liar.)
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To: mrsmel

75 posted on 04/10/2016 9:39:39 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: freeangel

Their mother is an actor. The little one was adopted.


76 posted on 04/10/2016 9:40:32 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Impeach the Liar.)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

And the black girl is the only one wearing glass.....oh so now blacks don’t have good eyesight?


77 posted on 04/10/2016 9:41:12 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

You know a lot of blacks are appalled when white families adopt black children.


78 posted on 04/10/2016 9:43:28 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mountn man

I’ve seen that guy Cody Lundin on tv and he never wears boots, if he can do it I can.


79 posted on 04/10/2016 9:46:45 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

>>It is soon nearing the time that people need to tell the perpetually aggrieved of the world to GFY.<<

Your clock needs cleaning and a new battery! I reached that stage about forty years ago.


80 posted on 04/10/2016 11:27:03 AM PDT by B4Ranch (https://www.22kill.com/)
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