H&M stores in South Africa trashed by protesters after `racist` ad
(The Guardian South Africa)

Johannesburg police forced to clear demonstrators angered by advertisement of black child with inscription `coolest monkey in the jungle´South African police have cleared protesters who were trashing outlets of Swedish clothing giant H&M in Johannesburg over a controversial advertisement of a black child.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. Related: `As a black woman I`m always fetishised`: racism in the bedroom Continue reading...