Former viral sensation Rachel Dolezal is back in the news after making her own version of a controversial H&M hoodie. The white woman who rose to fame for claiming she’s transracially Black on Tuesday, Jan. 9, initially shared what she called a “protest” against the Swedish retailer. H&M earlier this week came under fire for putting a Black model in a top with a sentence many described as racist. Dolezal later made some amendments to her version, but it didn’t go over well regardless.
“Here is my protest hoodie to counter H&M’s ‘Coolest Monkey in the Jungle‘ shirt,” she wrote in a since-deleted post captured above. “I had to… because my son was called a ‘monkey’ in second grade and I remember going to the principal about it.
“This hits home with many of us moms, I’m sure,” she added. “So, I spent today designing this new hoodie that my little son will soon be wearing with pride.”
Dolezal attempted to put a positive spin on the hoodie by writing, “Coolest Prince in the Hood.”
But social media users weren’t having it.
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The nerve of Rachel Dolezal is astounding.
— Rusty Redenbacher (@rustymk2) January 10, 2018
I feel like Rachel Dolezal is a government experiment to make us all go mad. Combined with Cheeto Satan, it might just work.
— Luvvie (@Luvvie) January 11, 2018
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By Wednesday, Jan. 10, Dolezal posted another version exchanging “hood” for “world” after some took issue with it. Her final version of the hoodie, which replaces “world” with “planet,” was posted that same day.
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“I’m doing this for the Cause, so if you don’t like it then do your own thing,” she said, hitting back at critics. “(& let me know what you’re doing so I can support!)”
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Yet her comments continued to be filled with detractors.
