Gap Ad Draws Outrage from the Small-Minded

by Kim D.

It's a day that ends and "y" and outrage is alive and kicking. Social media has made the small-minded thoughts people have much easier to share which is why every new day brings something new to bitch about, but are social justice warriors really using the "outrage" factor for effective change?

The dumbing down of America!

New Gap Kids Ad Is Being Called Out As Racist. https://t.co/L1TmRZ39mg

— Mia (@Shooters_Wife) April 7, 2016

According to Fox News, a new Gap advertisement is being heavily criticized, and people are firing off opinions about how models are positioned in the ad without knowing who these kids are and perhaps why they are posed in a certain way:

Some critics have complained that the African-American girl (pictured above) seems to be serving as a prop, or "furniture,” since another girl is resting her arm on her head. 

However, as the article points out, past Gap ads have shown similar poses where racial roles were reversed and the public reaction was cricket-like. 

“If there wasn’t a child of color in the ad, it would be racist. If there’s a child of color in the ad, it’s racist. You can’t win.”Borelli said people should focus on the fact that “four adorable young girls who are doing what they do they best.”

Regan pointed to another Gap Kids ad from last year, where an African-American girl is seen resting her elbow on a Caucasian girl. The roles are reversed, and there was “no uproar about that one,” Regan pointed out.

The Blaze also covered the story and revealed another dimension:

However, some pushed back against the criticism, including Nathalie Yves Gaulthier, the founder of Le Petit Cirque, the youth troupe featured in the ad.

“The child in the ad is not an ‘armrest,’ she’s the other girl’s little sister,” Gaulthier said in a statement. “They are a very close FAMILY. The child is a very young [junior] member with Le Petit Cirque, a humanitarian cirque company, and therefore a wee shyer than the more seasoned older outgoing girls.”

So, basically, the people who are raging about this ad are merely projecting their deep-rooted issues upon innocent children, who do not deserve to be at the center of yet another "whitey so bad" controversy.