By John McCarthy

Matalan has hit back at accusations of racism after the retailer had two black children pose in monkey onesies for the catalogue.

Twitter users expressed shock at the image showing a group of eight kids dressed in animal onesies, as the ad’s only two black children were alone in wearing monkey costumes.

This caused a wave of outrage online raising questions of racist intent at the clothing retailer. The two children wore the ‘Boys Novelty Monkey Sherpa Fleece Onesie’ wheras the other six white models wore a range of costumes of a bunny, a lady bird and an Angry Bird.

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Source: The Drum