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See How Swiftly Everyone Fixed H&M's Racist 'Coolest Monkey' Photo That Featured A Young Black Child

Black Twitter: It's handled.

The internet is disgusted by retail giant H&M's racially insensitive ad featuring a young Black boy wearing a hoodie with the slogan “coolest monkey in the jungle” printed across the chest. In an effort to erase this gross ad from history, artists on social media aimed to create a better narrative for the little boy who may have to deal with looking at this insensitive ad later in life.

Take a look at some of these dope and accurate fixes to the H&M “cool monkey” ad:

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