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Sunday, 10 April 2016

Controversial Gap kids ad: Last year, a white girl was a prop for a black girl

Gap found itself at the centre of controversy after releasing an ad featuring four young girls. In the ad, a tall white girl is pictured resting her arm on the black girl's head. The ad received criticisms and backlash from social media users who described it as "racially insensitive" and "passive racism"

The American clothing company has issued an apology and replaced the photo with another of four young girls. However, another ad released last year features a black girl leaning on a white girl.(pictured above) Surprisingly, there was no social media backlash. 

79 comments:

IWP said...

America get so much racial tension na wa oooo so a white person can't just rest hand on aa black person the whole public will cry www.iwonpopular.com

Unknown said...

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Davido's driver said...

Shey dem dun hear

the incorrigible | töRi said...

Are you sure we don't just take these things a bit too far? lol

Juleslouis said...

Africans get big problem. It's not new, Africans get wahala

Unknown said...

Blacks have wahala









PEPSI ADDICT

Unknown said...

So who dis pix don app nw

Apologist Azolike Nonso Afamefuna said...

It is obvious that black people has inferiority complex. That is just what the message shows.

Unknown said...

Wonder who they are trying to satisfy.

KC said...

Truth be told... Blackmen are highly insecured Ãήϑ have signs of low self esteem... Crucify me but its d truth

(Linda d Kim K's fan)

Unknown said...

Blacks always playing racist card, reading meaning to every single damn thing

Adaobilinda her sexcellency said...

All I see is posture

Petite Diva said...

Why did they change it? I am so disappointed with them. They should know by now that black americans are crazy and psychological problems!! #pettyasspeople

Unknown said...

Black people always feel slighted. If they are not being racially profiled or exploited, it's cultural misappropriation. We should take a chill pill abeg

Anonymous said...

Blacks are chief whiners - they are insensitive about everything. The social media platform where they are known to always rant, was it created by them? A good for nothing race. Abegi. ..make we hear word. Where would Linda be today without Google? Perhaps farming in the village.

Unknown said...

People go rest now! Linda take note!

doc said...

Blacks self,insecurity is a major cause of our problem.

Unknown said...

Thank God there is no backlash afer the ad showing a white girl resting her arm on the head of a black girl. Am I surprised? Of course NO, please we the blacks should grow up and allow things that happen in the past to remain in the past. Shikeno!!!!

Anonymous said...

Linda you don't live here so you don't know what happens here... You won't believe it...

Anonymous said...

Linda you don't live here so you don't know what happens here... You won't believe it...

Pretty face said...

Lols, now it's OK with everybody

SenatorHajiyaLawyer said...

This post is old na. Linda why

Kunle said...

Inferiority complex is a DISEASE. Niggers have NOTHING to get stand on and get respect than whine, complain and be oversensitive.

SenatorHajiyaLawyer said...

Oh I see. Blacks and our insecurity. No blame us. Na oyibo cause am

gentle said...

Do whites have time for the rubbish. It's we that are overtly sensitive.

Psalmuelle aka Samstone. said...

Seen.

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Property Arena Ng said...

Must somebody place a hand on the head of another? That company na olodo

Unknown said...

Lol...watz their point?...dis makes it racist

Anonymous said...

it shows you how stupid blacks her. i live in american and blacks here always play the victim when all the do is disrespect themselves.

Anonymous said...

BLACKs loves the victim role. To some extent we create discrimination for ourselves.

O.N. Progeny said...

This ain't issue to me. Blacks that kil each other over there at slightest of excuse are the always shouting 'racism!'

Irrational_paul said...

Black Americans are too sensitive wen it cums 2 racism, Buh d way dey abuse Africans ehh....

Unknown said...

Blacks like drama!
-D great anonymous now a Vivian Reginalds

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

I dnt understand dis post


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Eddy Ogbunambala said...

Everything is racism to black people

Demmy said...

They won't crisis dat one bcos it's in favor of blacks. God wl help we blacks.

Unknown said...

Hmmmmmmmmm








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Luciana Chinda said...

Issokay.

Anonymous said...

We blacks too get pepper body,everytin to us is intimidation or racism,we shld take some chill pills sometimes joh!

Chinedu said...

Black people and their wahala... Any small thing na racism

Unknown said...

Sometimes,blacks are so sensitive to stupid tins. We see ourselves as being so inferior which is very bad
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#LibBadBoy

Unknown said...

This racism issue is something else

Unknown said...

Just to satisfy customers they've to change it? Well, it's more like it now!

ghipanache said...

I understand whites are racist but we black ehnn I don't even know the one worrying us.

Unknown said...

They should forget the part of white resting on black or black resting on white. More Instagram followers for you

Hessaawards2019.com said...

The thing is that black Americans always feel insecure and tends to see fault in every little thing...






Na me talk am!!




Long Live LIb!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Black people are sometimes upset with little things, these are children, let them play. I personally don't see anything wrong with the arrangement.

Unknown said...

Black people too de find trouble.


#FINEST

emeka said...

Black people are always quick to scream racism all the time. This why i dont join them in any conversation about racism because the themselves are not honest about it.

Unknown said...

There won't be because blacks believe whites are privileged enough and shouldn't complain! Pathetic

Anonymous said...

Na inferiority compress they worry Black people

Anonymous said...

Na inferiority compress they worry Black people

Anonymous said...

Na inferiority compress they worry Black people

Anonymous said...

The blacks are the real racists

Unknown said...

Blacks can feel victimise, this picture is so innocent and I don't know why they should criticise it. They will not see that last year own picture to criticise, na hypocrisy dey worry them.
Meanwhile sipping my hennessy

Unknown said...

Fuckin Blacks with their deluded Rants.
Dysfunctional assholes with Heart filled with Hate.
Pathetic.

Unknown said...

Lol wenti u expect.

Unknown said...

Americans just love to point out racism... When they are all racists...

Anonymous said...

White pple get sense more than a black man. They dedicate their time to better things whilst d black man shout 'racism'.

Unknown said...

Racism for ages! #Fools

APPLE said...

Blacks are too quick to scream racism. Blacks STOP it.

tefe said...

just what I have always said,blacks are lazy ass mofos who seek sympathy from everywhere, if it where whites that are going to a black politicians campaign to cause havoc,the world would have been screaming racism .

jebs said...

yes

Anonymous said...

You are CRAZY!!!

Anonymous said...

You are CRAZY!!!

oluchi said...

I see nothing wrong wit it

Maris said...

My thoughts exactly

PrettyChi said...

I see nothing than posture

Anonymous said...

Many blacks have inferiority complex. For God's sake, these are kids. Some jobless people spend their day Criticising everything on the online

Unknown said...

Seen

Yetty k said...

Pple read meanin 2 things a lot

G said...

I tire for blacks ooo! That is why we are backward. So now the black girl put her hand on the white girl, whites too should scream racism. Ridiculous

Anonymous said...

No Jokes blacks have issues...they are the problem of this world. Always feeling inferior. By the way am Black.

Anonymous said...

I read a lot of the comments I just laughed because majority of you people have not even left the shore of Africa .The once that have left went on only visitation maximum 1month so I can't blame u because you have not experienced racism . Let those who have lived at least a decade in Russia,the core center of hatred and racism tell me they read to meaning to the pics then I will consider that not some foolish white ass lickers in Nigeria ..

Anonymous said...

no. the two pictures are not the same.
don't just look at the gesture. look at body language. the first pic the black girl looked meek appearing like a stool or stand for the white girl. background people look independent but black girl looks sheepish.

in the second on they made the white girl look strong with her legs opened wide. all the people in the background look fierce all equal.

both pictures do not depict the same thing fact

Anonymous said...

Blacks talk too much. All they know how to do is criticise. They read meaning to every little harmless statement or picture. They should learn to relax sometimes. Ghosh!

Anonymous said...

I am sure the blacks that criticised the pictures now look foolish after they showed a picture released last year for advert where a black girl also rest her arm on a white girl. Sometimes we blacks overdo things. Truth be told.

Anonymous said...

Most blacks have very low self esteem. Thats the bitter truth

Anonymous said...

It is called photo shoot. You need to be more exposed to understand different postures when doing a photo shoot. You are the olodo actually.

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