Netherlands Fashion Magazine apologized for calling Rihanna N

The latest edition of the Netherlands Jackie fashion magazine including features on how to copy styles, are quite Rihanna true offended people in droves. The text accompanying the inspired Rihanna merchandise in the magazine translates, according to ONTD:

He has street cred, he had a ghetto ass and he has a golden throat. Rihanna, good girl gone bad, is the ultimate n *** abitch and he pointed out that it’s my pleasure

Scan the articles and translations quickly went viral on Reddit. A few hours ago, Jackie editor Eva Hoeke posted an apology on the magazine’s Facebook page, saying, “pieces of the author meant no harm

Other than that I hope that you guys believe there really is not a racist motive behind the choice of words. It’s stupid, it is naive to think that this is an accep form of slang

Based on a sampling of loosely translated to reply to a post Hoeke’s, a few fans seemed satisfied with Jackie’s response, and agreed that an editorial error, even in that vein, sometimes occur. But many other readers do not accept the apology first, that, given the racial stereotypes in swaths of subject, the article is understandable. A copy with some kind of language would never pass in major fashion magazines in the country, and continues to blatantly off-colour in traditionally less politically correct Europe industry magazine

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