Is H&M's 'Racist' Hoodie Boy Kenyan?

The boy, whose image in a hoodie bearing a message that has been widely criticized as being racially prejudiced could be of Kenyan origin, it has now emerged. A woman, who goes by the name Terry Mango on social media and who identifies herself as Kenyan working in Sweden, is claiming to be the child's mother.

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