H AND M AD CONTROVERSY SKIN
However, images from runway shows show the model with a markedly lighter skin tone than the one featured in the ads. The retailer have defended the ads saying they used Isabeli Fontana as her darker skin colour was the best way to showcase the strong colours of the season. If consumers seek to be bronzed in this way we would always advise seeking fake alternatives and reiterate there is no such thing as a ‘safe’ natural tan.” “Whilst the British Skin Foundation recognises H&M are entitled to use whatever imagery they wish in their advertising campaigns we hope most consumers, especially the young, are intelligent enough to understand the risks of seeking a natural tan to this extent. In the UK, the British Skin Foundation also criticised the advertising campaign and told Yahoo! Lifestyle: “I find this advertisement very alarming.” “Many people, especially the young, will try to emulate this and will try to be just as brown, although with some skin types this is just not possible,” he states. But I think the message that would be a lot more positive would have been "children are little monkeys", this would have removed race from it.One expert speaking out is Dr Ralph Braun, a dermatologist and professor at the Early Skin Cancer Centre at Zurich University Hospital. Yes the word can be used as racist abuse. This is what we are seeing more of, even before Trump's presidency.
When we're jumping down on people for something that *could* be interpreted as racist, instead of encouraging something a lot more positive, more and more people are taking the view when the word "racism" is thrown around that it is snowflakes complaining about nothing. My observation of the last 10 or so years has been of the latter. And two, the boy cried so much than when it was there, people didn't listen. There are two main points about the story of the boy who cried wolf, one is that the boy cried panic over something that's not there. I will instead impart the opinion of the boy's mother, that people are crying wolf over this.Īnd I think there is sense in her words. But no, here we have a ton of whites going "But -I- have opinions!" "But -IIIIII- have observatet this and that", "But -I!!III!!II!- as a white person can still see what racism is!!!!11!!", "But -IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII- this it´s racist to see the kid as a black kid and not just a kid!!!", we, as whites, do NOT go through the same racism as they do, we do NOT know the same pain, and we are not blind, we do bloody see the kid is dark, it´s obvious, but we have no right to treat anyone bad because of their skincolor, thats the thing.You wouldn´t expect someone who is colorblind to see colors the same way you do, exactly the same does racism work, we do not see the world the same as dark people do, the history is still there, they do not have the same opportunities with buying houses, getting jobs and so on because who whites fucked them over in the past, so tired of whites entitelment.Īs I would not be allowed to have an opinion as a white guy. Why does Robert Williamson have so many downvotes? he´s right for crying out loud. Celebrities like Diddy, Romelu Lukaku, Lebron James, Questlove, and many others expressed anger over the image. Strength in Numbers You would think such an event wouldn’t go unnoticed. I think racism is fucked up and want it gone but I don't see how the current approach is helping. In November 2015, H&M South Africa came under fire for featuring hardly any black models in its advertising campaigns. The assumption is "they're ignorant" and this lack of discourse is just going to make things worse, as it has already been.
You may not take it from me that it is crying wolf, would you be prepared to listen to the boy's mother who said the same thing. Crying wolf has weakened the word "racism", meaning people take it less seriously and it does mean there is this side that now believes that "racism" is just a snowflake term, because they believe people get offended by anything that COULD be interpreted as offensive when it wasn' meant as such. One thing I do get to see is that the "crying wolf" approach and the reactions that come with it worsen attitudes and not improve them. H&M is an obvious example of this cultural practice: The retailer’s earnings have taken a huge hit just months after they released a recklessly racist ad featuring a Black child model in a. I would not claim otherwise or claim any privelige over any fellow human. I strongly want to see racism to cease, I get I don't understand things from the perspective somebody who's black.