Yesterday, Old Navy featured an advertisement on Twitter that offered customers 30% in honor of their “Thank You Event.” However, many customers retweeted and responded to the ad with hateful, racist remarks — because the ad featured a photo of a multiracial family.
Many of the responses were extremely hateful, exhibiting how miscegenation – the dating of persons of different races – is still a subject of controversy among different groups of people.
In response to the racist backlash from some Twitter users, the Old Navy models present in the ad decided to take a stand on social media.
A photo posted by Grace Mahary (@gracemahary) on
It was then followed by Twitter users from mixed families who shared their family pictures to take a stand against the miscegenation racism. And just like these users, we commend Old Navy for representing diverse families and not backing down from the “haters.”
.@kharyp @OldNavy Thank You Old Navy! Interracial families are beautiful and we appreciate the representation! pic.twitter.com/kVNuGHfAB9
— Noelle Devoe (@Noelle_CD) May 2, 2016
Hey @OldNavy, my family and I thank you for the diversity in this ad! #LoveWins, no matter the color ❤️ pic.twitter.com/TjgYUPMGu4
— KHARY PENEBAKER (@kharyp) May 1, 2016
@kharyp @OldNavy We’re American Black, Russian-German, Filipino & my son is half Native American & Louisiana Creole- pic.twitter.com/xJqvJ0yCCC
— Stacy Parker LeMelle (@StacyLeMelle) May 2, 2016
@OldNavy Always nice to see representation of a family that looks somewhat like ours.We’ll forgive the dude. Thanks! pic.twitter.com/zRaQ3DypD7
— Brienne of Snarth☔️ (@femme_esq) May 1, 2016
@OldNavy our interracial fam loves your advertisement! #proudfamily #lovewins #myfamilydoesntneedyourapproval ✌🏻❤️ pic.twitter.com/uT2fQTsLhQ
— Maggie Moller (@MaggieMoller) May 2, 2016
Alex Temblador is a writer for The Next Family, who lives in Texas and runs Fempotential.com.