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H&M stores in South Africa attacked over 'racist' monkey shirt ad

by Compiled from Wire Services

ISTANBUL Jan 13, 2018 - 12:00 am GMT+3
A  picture taken on 13 January 2018 in Sandton City shopping mall in Johannnesburg shows the H&M clothing store is closed after members the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) opposition party stormed the store (AFP Photo)
A picture taken on 13 January 2018 in Sandton City shopping mall in Johannnesburg shows the H&M clothing store is closed after members the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) opposition party stormed the store (AFP Photo)
by Compiled from Wire Services Jan 13, 2018 12:00 am

Members of a South African opposition party have stormed into some H&M stores to protest a promotional image of a black child wearing a sweatshirt with the words "Coolest monkey in the jungle."

A photo on the company's online website of a black boy wearing a green hoodie with the inscription "coolest monkey in the jungle" had triggered outrage on social media and among observers worldwide.

The company has pulled the photograph but the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) -- a radical group set up by the expelled head of the youth wing of the ruling African National Congress -- organized protests at several H&M outlets in and around Johannesburg.

The Economic Freedom Fighters members urged local malls to evict the Swedish clothing retailer, which has apologized after an outcry in other countries. People have called the image racist and inappropriate.

Video footage showed activists trashing displays, kicking over and pulling down clothes rails as well as pushing over mannequins.

"Several incidents of protests at H&M stores around the province have been reported," South African police (SAPS) said in a tweet.

"At the East Rand Mall the protesters managed to enter the shop & stole several items. #SAPS members had to intervene and dispersed the group of protesters by firing rubber bullets."

Floyd Shivambu from EFF said: 'That @hm nonsense of a clothing store is now facing consequences for its racism. All rational people should agree that the store should not be allowed to continue operating in South Africa."

H&M is not the only major company to be hit by an advertisement scandal in recent years.

Spanish clothing brand Zara in 2014 removed striped pajamas with a yellow star after facing outrage over its resemblance to clothes worn by Jewish prisoners in concentration camps.

And in October last year, personal care brand Dove apologized after it was accused of racism for airing a commercial showing a black woman turning into a white woman after removing her top.

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