Supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters party stormed several H&M department stores. The clothing retailer was slammed on social media after it posted an image in their children's catalogue featuring a black child modelling a hoodie with the slogan "coolest monkey in the jungle".
EFF supporters protest outside an H&M store in Sandton. The clothing outlet was slammed on social media after it posted an image from their children's catalogue featuring a black child modelling a hoodie with the slogan "coolest monkey in the jungle".
H&M U.K. advertisement screenshot
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 ... Read more »
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