Terry Mango Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/terry-mango/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 16 Jan 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Terry Mango Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/terry-mango/ 32 32 Monkey Hoodie boy’s family forced to move for their safety https://jjcornish.com/2018/01/monkey-hoodie-boys-family-forced-move-safety/ Tue, 16 Jan 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/01/monkey-hoodie-boys-family-forced-move-safety/ The family of a young black boy modeling a coolest monkey hoodie have had to move home for security reasons. Violent demonstrations against H&M stores in South Africa are cited as among the reasons for their concern. It is not immediately clear if there were any incidents targeting boy model Liam Mango who lives with his family in […]

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]]> The family of a young black boy modeling a coolest monkey hoodie have had to move home for security reasons.

Violent demonstrations against H&M stores in South Africa are cited as among the reasons for their concern.

It is not immediately clear if there were any incidents targeting boy model Liam Mango who lives with his family in Stockholm, Sweden.

He mother Terry says she herself  has been a victim of racism.

As for the hoodie bearing the legend coolest monkey, she denies that it speaks to racism.

Her Facebook post, since withdrawn, advises critics to get over it.

She says everyone should respect different opinions on racism

H&M have apologized for the advertisement and withdrawn it.

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