While consumers in several countries had called for a boycott of H&M as the picture went viral, the mother of the child model has said that she did not find it offensive.<\/p>\n She said the hoodie was “one of hundreds of outfits my son has modelled”, and urged people to “stop crying wolf all the time”.<\/p>\n Addressing the EFF store takeovers, she tweeted that “apartheid and racism [have] corrupted some so much that this is thought to be reasonable in response to a hoodie with the word “monkey” on it”.<\/p>\n More than one celebrity has cut their ties with H&M over the hoodie row.<\/p>\n Singer The Weeknd, who had collaborated with the company, said the advert made him feel “shocked and embarrassed”.<\/p>\n Content is not available<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n He was joined by rapper G-Eazy, who had been due to bring out a clothing line with H&M in March.<\/p>\n “I can’t allow for my name and brand to be associated with a company that could let this happen,” the musician said.<\/p>\n “I hope that this situation will serve as the wake up call that H&M and other companies need to get on track and become racially and culturally aware, as well as more diverse at every level.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" South African police have used rubber bullets to disperse a mob trashing H&M stores in and around Johannesburg, after the brand used a controversial picture of a black child. The protests were organised by the radical Economic Freedom Fighters’ party (EFF). H&M apologised several days ago for the image, which ran on its website. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":391403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/51CA\/production\/_99583902_efftweet.jpg\")