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Old Navy ad with interracial family prompts social media outrage — and support

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Eun Kyung Kim

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The ad was simply supposed to promote a sale — 30 percent off an entire Old Navy purchase. But some took the ad, which featured an interracial family, to promote a larger message on race.

Twitter users took to the platform to express their outrage over the ad, calling it "absolutely disgusting" and supportive of "the genocide of the white race."

The ad in question was intended to promote the retailer's "Thank You Event" sale. Posted last Friday, the ad featured a black woman, a white man and a child riding piggyback on the man.

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