I have been calling kids little monkey my whole life and before seeing this tweet it would have never occurred to me that if I would have by chance said that to a black child It would have been taken as racist. Its really sad its come to this.
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Because it requires you to evolve and have empathy for others.
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He lacks empathy and care for others because he isn't familiar with racial slurs??
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Thank you. Its not so much that I am not familiar. Its more that when I am with children I'm not in that frame of mind. After seeing this or actually thinking about it. I see the issue.I just don't spend every moment thinking about race. I really don't think much on it at all.
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You just figured out what white privilege is with that tweet, congrats!
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Seems like it’s always a non-POC person that DOESNT see color




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I see you I just don't differentiate because, well that is racist and isn't that the problem?
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So I can't choose to not be a racist because you won't allow it. In other words you won't allow progress and you are willing to be racist to stop it.
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Too late
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Exactly...
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This had to cross so many people before it hit their website & anyone who didn’t sound the alarms ahead of time should be immediately fired because this is one of the dumbest mistakes I’ve ever seen.
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Yep....
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Clearly they need some diversity hires at H&M.
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There’s a difference between diversity hires & ppl who will sit at tables, speak up & name things what they are.
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Agreed, “the right” diversity hires!
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Ok. I'm beginning 2 think the ad teams 4 these large companies r just doin these stunts 4 publicity & 2 get some sales. I mean come on this is gettin 2 frequent...like no one on the ad team saw black & monkey & said you know this isn't a good idea




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They can keep their apology.
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So if the kid had been white, would it had been appalling as well? Just curious. Genuinely.
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No because only Black people have a history of being referred to as Monkeys by other races.... and it still happens at Sporting events in Europe, especially football. Where fans chant monkey noises when black players touch the ball
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omg is that actually a thing in Europe???? (curious american here)
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Incidents happen every year in some random country, mainly happens in Italy and Russia. Was a incident a few months ago.....http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41694136 …
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I hear they sometimes do dark matches or don't invite that teams fans. That's so messed up.
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Yup, thats one of the only effective ways to punish teams to force them to deal with racist ultra fans. shutdown the stadium but let the game be played so they lose gate revenue
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I just heard about this problem with soccer (pardon) on a podcast today. That's sick. I honestly think these people are just stupid. I can't explain it. I wonder how the people not doing that felt hearing their own fans engaging the players like that?
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It's essentially 2 different sets of fans, Ultras are extremists who tend to be thugs, gangsters, etc..... other fans are just normal everyday citizens. So no one really steps to them because they're dangerous. Clubs won't curb their behavior because they're die hard fans
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