Tag: Race

• H&M Kids Sweater Campaign; What Went Wrong?

  

  Social media has gone wild following a kids sweater campaign by H&M clothing brand, that launched in the United Kingdom. The problem; a black boy, pictured wearing a green sweater with the words; “Coolest Monkey In The Jungle” printed across the front. Critics are calling this a racist and insensitive quote, because of the connotations […]

  Tongwa Aka

  January 9, 2018

  Non-Fiction

  advertisement, apology, Blog, campaign, common sense, fail, fashion, h&m, internet, media, op-ed, Opinion, Race, racism, sales, Wordpress, Writing

• I Have No Words

  

  I want to say so many things regarding black people and white police, brutality, racial profiling. July 5th; Alton Sterling is shot, in the chest, at close range, while pinned to the ground by two officers. July 6th, Philando Castile is shot, while his four-year-old daughter watches from the backseat of the car. His girlfriend […]

  Tongwa Aka

  July 7, 2016

  Poetry

  America, Blacks, Blog, death, fear, Gun Laws, Guns, Life, Love, People, Police, Race, RacialProfiling, Society, Whites, World, Writing

• We Must Fight

  I have a question…. Disclaimer: this question might be considered offensive to some folk. P.S, it is not intended to spark hate or be offensive, it is intended to spark conversation… Ok so here’s my question… If given the chance in today’s America or perhaps today’s world, for black people to enslave white people the […]

  Tongwa Aka

  July 5, 2016

  Non-Fiction

  Africa, Black, Blog, Excellence, Hate, History, Independence, JulyFourth, Love, Moments, Peace, People, Race, Scars, Society, Success, White, Wordpress, World