Target Under Fire For Using White Model In 'Annie' Clothing Ads

Huffington Post ^ | 12/31/14 | Alexander C. Kaufman

[SoFloFreeper]

Target has stirred outrage with an “Annie”-themed ad campaign featuring a white model in place of the black actress who stars in the latest film version of the rags-to-riches story.

An online petition calling for the big-box retailer to remove the ads and apologize to "Annie" star Quvenzhané Wallis had accrued more than 10,000 signatures by Wednesday morning. The petition launched on Monday.

[Aria]

Selma may be a good movie but I won’t be seeing it. I’ve had it with the black “cause”. Just had it. Just like I’ve had it with the gay “cause”.

I know, respect and admire individual blacks I work with - I have 2 black bosses. I have to imagine they’re embarrassed by the thugs and the whiners since the one I know regular people just most of us - regardless of extra pigmentation in their skin.

[bgill]

It’s doubtful they’d want the Rosa Parks lie to be outted.

[MrB]

I’ll tell you what “white privilege” really is...

It’s the observation that people who follow a certain standard of behavior tend to succeed,

and those that act contrary to that standard tend to fail,

without understanding WHY they failed.

[I want the USA back]

This is insanity. The best way to deal with it is to treat it as insane. Taking it seriously gives them an incentive to keep doing it.

[DaveA37]

Target needs to say, “Live with it”.

[adorno]

Hollywood studios had better make sure that, Superman is never played by a black star, and the same for Batman and other well-known characters.

Once a character goes black, he/she never goes back.

[Vendome]

[PoloSec]

Playing nice with mad dogs, gets you rabies.

[PROCON]

[BillyBoy]

Eh, The Wizard of Oz went black in 1977’s The Wiz, and it bombed so bad that it never saw the light of day again. All subsequent Oz movies have starred white actors.

[Argus]

It’s pronounced “Q Who?”

[Bullish]

This is absolutely freaking ridiculous. The black grievance industry should just take a step back and look at what complete moronic clowns they've become.

[jughandle]

But the original Annie wasn’t black...

If this is the most people have to complain about then life must be pretty good.

[MeshugeMikey]

next step.....

[MrB]

It’s “worked” so far.

They’ll stop only after it stops “working”.

[MeshugeMikey]

racism is ONLY the BEGINNING in this brave new whirlled

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3242439/posts?page=54#54

[baddog 219]

[adorno]

That 1978 movie was made before blacks started feeling empowered, and now, with Obama and Holder and the many other black “leaders” looking for the slightest of incidents to cry racism, things could be different today.

[Osage Orange]

I’m just surprised Target...hasn’t been forced to change their name.

[Vendome]