A racism row has erupted after a British schoolboy dressed up as a Simply Eat supply driver in a full black bodysuit.
The boy's mom defended her nine-year-old son's costume, saying: "It's not racist."
The nameless mom mentioned her nine-year-old boy didn’t take the Simply Eat bag he made to high school on Friday, as youngsters throughout the world in Belfast attended class in fancy costume for Halloween.
The businesswoman, from the Shankhill space of town, insisted the costume was not racially offensive as an image of it went viral throughout social media.
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She mentioned: "I don't know why it has gone viral, it's a Morph outfit.
"My son has had that bag for ages as a result of he goes to folks's doorways letting on he's a supply driver and no matter.
"He went to high school yesterday with simply the Morph outfit on and nothing else, that was it.
"How is it racist?"
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The mom questioned why outlets are allowed to promote Morph costumes if they’re deemed racist.
She famous that there are white Simply Eat drivers too, explaining that the nine-year-old's costume had no racist intent.
She continued: "If I had sprayed the costume white as a result of you’ll be able to't get white ones, would that be racist?
"You will get blue ones and all the pieces on-line. He needed to decorate up as a Morph for Halloween."
The mom famous that you just can not get white Morph outfits or in any other case, he would have worn that one.
Commenting on the bag, she mentioned: "He's had that bag a very long time, it's a Marks and Spencer's bag and he requested me to write down Simply Eat on it perhaps 4 months in the past as a result of he likes to go spherical folks's doorways, he places sweets in it and lets on he's a supply driver. There's no hurt in it.
"It's simply folks making a giant deal out of it. I used to be truly gonna delete it off Fb final night time solely it was my sister says to me 'why has he at all times acquired that Simply Eat bag?'
"Plus, he's solely simply acquired the outfit, so what’s the large deal? There's a great deal of Simply Eat drivers who’re white as a result of I get deliveries on a regular basis off them."
The publish has obtained a whole bunch of reactions on social media, with a big majority discovering the costume humorous.
The mom mentioned: "There's no adverse feedback about it on my Fb publish, none in any respect, there was no hurt meant in any respect.
"It's nothing to do with racism, I would put a photograph up of him in a white outfit with a Simply Eat bag to see what comes of it.
"It's not racist, removed from it, it's a toddler in a dressing up. He simply loves the bag and that's it."
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