What is interesting is a model is the one who brought this all to light, but her first thought was the hoodie promoted “suicide”.
That shows you a bit about how people of different races and backgrounds see things.
A white person might see this and thank suicide, but a black person first thought will be a lynching. I think you know which part Burberry apologized for.
“We are deeply sorry for the distress caused by one of the products that featured in our A/W 2019 runway collection,” Marco Gobbetti, Burberry chief executive officer, said in a statement provided to CNN.
“Though the design was inspired by the marine theme that ran throughout the collection, it was insensitive and we made a mistake,” he added.
“While the design was inspired by a nautical theme, I realize that it was insensitive. It was never my intention to upset anyone. It does not reflect my values nor Burberry’s and we have removed it from the collection. I will make sure that this does not happen again,” he added.
Nothing about the racist aspect of it, but that is standard these days.
Racism is far down the totem pole of what people care about.
Flip the page for the model’s IG post and some of the Twitter reactions.