The two girls at the heart of a heated online debate this week about racism are actually sisters.
On Tuesday, Gap Kids issued an apology for an ad that pictures 9-year-old Lucy Dinknesh Lubensky standing next to an older white girl, whose arm is resting on Lucy’s head.
Actress Brooke Smith from Grey’s Anatomy and Silence of the Lambs spoke out about the issue.
According to BET.com, Lucy is Smith’s adopted daughter, and the girl resting her arm on Lucy’s head is her sister, Fanny.
they are sisters! https://t.co/eM1HjRqIdi
— Brooke Smith (@Iam_BrookeSmith) April 3, 2016
The new information hasn’t diffused the Twittersphere though.
@Iam_BrookeSmith But you do understand the pushback, yes? As the white mom of a black daughter?
— Rebecca Carroll (@rebel19) April 5, 2016
@Iam_BrookeSmith W all due respect, as a black adoptee w white bio sibs – love doesn’t have anything to do w trained racist imaging in MSM.
— Rebecca Carroll (@rebel19) April 5, 2016
@Iam_BrookeSmith Still not a good look. #gapfail
— Nyasha Junior (@NyashaJunior) April 3, 2016
