A ritual that WILL go the way of the confederate flag: A relic of a destructive juvenile 'civilization,' disguised as harmless tradition. "Aren't you bored watching mediocre, incurious & consequently destructive people waltz through your life, shepherded into positions of power, further choking off opportunity for the actually talented, curious & decent among us? It's a truly desperate and bizarre ritual we've become conditioned to.
This old world, white power, failing-upward culture of reckless trampling that repeatedly exposes itself, is boring already. "The collateral damage of this corporate, colonial mind-state occurs several times a year, and it's predictable the world over, like the seasons, so when i laid eyes on it, my initial reaction was neither shock nor anger.
There is a concentration of power, committed to exclusion, whether casual, accidental or conscious. "These offenses are more about the makeup of the rooms where they happen, than the items they produce. And then, here they come with this b-," Williams wrote. Last year I chose to do a holiday campaign w/ specifically because it centered women and girls as imaginative doers because it centered an intelligent dark skinned girl w/ natural hair as protagonist because it featured a loving, creative, working class black family. "Just getting back from vacation to see this pathetic excuse for corporate behavior and responsibility. The actor, who has made his voice heard in regards to past moments of racial tension, released a passionate statement on Instagram, which included addressing H&M's lack of diversity in its leadership. Jesse Williams starred alongside Minaj in the aforementioned holiday 2017 video advertisements. The company responded, mentioning G-Eazy and The Weeknd by name in an email, according to ABC News, saying that "we completely understand and agree with the reactions by The Weeknd, G-Eazy, and others." 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." I can't allow for my name and brand to be associated with a company that could let this happen. Whether an oblivious oversight or not, it's truly sad and disturbing that in 2018, something so racially and culturally insensitive could pass by the eyes of so many (stylist, photographer, creative and marketing teams) and be deemed acceptable.
"Unfortunately, after seeing the disturbing image yesterday, my excitement over our global campaign quickly evaporated, and I've decided at this time our partnership needs to end. "Over the past months I was genuinely excited about launching my upcoming line and collaboration with he wrote on both Twitter and Instagram. Rapper G-Eazy also took to social media to express his feelings and end his relationship with H&M.
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