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8 Things Companies Should Keep in Mind When Marketing to Black People
As much as I love seeing white people apologize for their white ways and lose wealth we’ve helped them amass, being the racism police grows wearying. And quite frankly, I’m tired of laying my favorite brands down because the dumb folks in corporate communications elected to take a college course on the importance of Star…
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When You Look at Us, Make Sure You See Glory: Diddy and LeBron James Respond to Racist H&M Photo
Two of the world’s most powerful, renowned and affluent black men, LeBron James and Sean “Diddy” Combs, took to social media Monday to share uplifting images of the black child model featured in a racist photo from an H&M site. On his Instagram account Monday night, King James posted an image of the black boy…
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A Closetful of Bad Decisions: Why H&M’s Misstep Is More Than a Poor Marketing Choice
Maybe we should’ve added “racist marketing at the expense of African Americans” to our list of things to leave in 2017, because H&M kicked off the new year by inciting mass rage Sunday, when an image on its website featured an African-American child model in a sweatshirt labeled “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle.” You would…
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And Just Like That, We Turned Pain Into Power
After seeing shots of the little boy in that heinous H&M shirt that declared him the “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle,” I almost immediately began to see images of him remixed and reimagined. All day, new looks came down my timeline—not of this little boy in a shirt that degraded him, but with spinning crowns…
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The Weeknd Cuts Ties With H&M After Ad Featuring Black Child Wearing ‘Coolest Monkey’ Hoodie
Updated Monday, Jan. 8, 2017, 4:18 p.m. EST: The Weeknd, who has collaborated with H&M for previous collections, announced via Twitter that he has decided to sever ties with the clothing company. The Canadian singer posted on his Twitter account Monday afternoon that he was “shocked and embarrassed” by a photo from H&M’s U.K. website…