The coolest
monkey in the jungle Sounds like a harmless phrase youd see or
hear with anything aimed towards young children, right? What may
just seem like a playful expression, can be seen in a completely
different way with just one change. Skin tone. This simple
adjustment can cause your situation to go awry in a matter of
seconds if you aim it at the wrong person. When used towards an
african-american person, it quickly turns into a highly offensive
racial slur. H&M is a very popular retail clothing company,
they realized the mistake they had made a little too late and it
hurt them in a big way. The ad went viral, and not in a good way,
it resulted in one of their best associates The Weeknd to
completely cut ties with the company. This
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This story is
set back whenever races were being integrated in the United States,
it follows a depressed man named Julian and his mother on the bus
travelling to her doctor. Julians mother is a very racially
insensitive person as she was raised by people who were that way.
Her grandfather owned slaves, and with the recent integration she
wasnt very pleased, feeling as she is above them, a higher class.
This ancient thinking of hers is what was heavily depressing
Julian, who felt that his only escape from it was to hide in his
own little bubble. Julian is an example of what racial
insensitivity can do to people, even those who are not being
targeted, it can cause a sort of hatred and judgement to anybody
who can act so cruel and inconsiderate to how others
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OConnor even
shows the severity of the possible outcomes resulting from people
who choose to be racist and treat others differently by having the
mother be killed when she gave the small black boy a penny. At that
point in time everything she had done had caught up to her, the way
Julian put it spoke the best, That was the whole colored
racewhich will no
longer take your condescending pennies. Julian disliked his
mothers views and you can Throughout the story Julians mother
repeatedly claimed I know who I am, and that this is why she knew
her place in this world. Yet, she did not really understand who she
was at all. It was obvious from the beginning that her bringing up
had caused her to see racial segregation as necessary, and that the
whites truly were a higher class. She was a very closed minded
person that saw herself as a gracious being when she was nice to
the African-american community. It should feel good to be nice to
people, but it will never make you a superior being to do something
that is expected of you. Being sensitive and having understanding
of how your actions may make people feel shows your compassion for
others, and Julian's mother severely lacked any type
of
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