And as much as this is about white supremacy, how much of that have we internalized on our own? Think about it. While I refuse to debate a child’s edges or her humanity, what I will say is that we are living in a world where Black folks are being humiliated by having their locks cut out at wrestling matches, are being pushed out of school because they have braids or their hair is “too long,” and even being denied employment because of what grows out of their heads. The school aged kids who model for us come to the photo studio in the afternoon after school and we aim for a natural look which reflects that,” the Swedish-based company said in a statement on Friday. We truly believe that all kids should be allowed to be kids. “ We are aware of the comments regarding one of our models for H&M Kids. In a tweet, the retailer claims they wanted to focus on the idea of everyday children living their best lives in their clothes after a long day at school. But is this particular instance straight-up racism or is something else at play? Well, let H&M tell it, perhaps it’s something else. No, I don’t want to undermine these experiences because they are real, problematic and need to be remedied ASAP. Remember that whole “The coolest monkey in the jungle” nonsense? From Insecure’s Natasha Rothwell to Yvette Brown to Gabrielle Union, we have read story after story about how Black models and actresses show up on set and have to do their own makeup or hair because the stylists hired only have Fenty in shades 200 or lighter or shake in their red bottoms at the thought of having to blow out 4B hair. Granted, it’s not a secret that the fashion industry is utter trash when it comes to being inclusive behind the scenes. Our girls, our young women deserve better. It’s breathtaking to me that not one person looked at this shot and had the same reaction that the internet seems to be feeling since the campaign broke. Prior to this campaign appearing this photograph will have been seen and APPROVED by countless ‘professionals’.
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This beautiful young girl’s hair appears to have had very little to no attention yet all of her counterparts have clearly sat in front of someone who was more then capable of styling other hair textures,” he wrote on Thursday night.Īdding, “My heart breaks imagining yet another girl from my community sitting in front of a mirror being ignored by the team around her, left to her own devices because someone didn’t know how to handle her texture. This post is just an assessment based on all my years of seeing situations like this happen time and time again. “Before I begin, I do not have the facts, nor have I seen any statement by #H&M or the team who worked on this. In his post, while being open about not knowing “any details” of the shoot, he accused H&M of not having an appropriate stylist and “ignoring” the girl on set.
See one celebrity hairstylist, Vernon Francois, caught a glimpse of one of the pictures online and lashed out against H&M for “neglecting” Black models.
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There’s been a lot of talk on the Internet ( and on HelloBeautiful) about a recent ad where a young Black girl, who is beautiful, is being featured in a new series of ads for H&M.
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