Clothing retailer Gap pulled an ad that many critics called “racist” on social media.
In the controversial photo, a 12-year-old white girl leans her arm on an 8-year-old black girl. Both are members of the same performance troupe, and are adopted sisters.
Critics said the ad gave a message of “passive racism.” The campaign, which launched last week, was made in collaboration with Ellen DeGeneres’ lifestyle brand ED, and Gap is donating $250,000 to the charity Girls Inc. to support its economic literacy program.
Gap decided to replace the image in the campaign and apologized to critics on Monday.
Nigerians think this whole hulabaloo is nonsense because they do not see anything wrong with the ad. See some of the comments from Nigerians on Linda Ikejis blog commenting on the article.
