Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 06:22:49 -0400
From: Neil Fettes <benn-AT-idirect.com>
Subject: Re: AUT: FW: Fwd: Biased comments by Tommy Hilfiger on "Oprah"



Not this hoax again ! This one's been circulating for years!

Neil

at 10:49 PM 7/26/00 -0400, you wrote:
>
>-- 
>"solidarity means sharing the same risks" - Che
>( la solidarita significa correre gli stessi rischi)
>
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>From: LeonPender-AT-aol.com
>To: LeonPender-AT-aol.com
>Subject: Fwd: Biased comments by Tommy Hilfiger on "Oprah"
>Date: Tue, Jul 25, 2000, 9:48 AM
>
>
>I'm sure many of you watched the recent taping of the Oprah
>Winfrey show where her guest was Tommy Hilfiger. On the
>show, she asked him if the statements about race he was
>accused of saying were true.
>
>Statements like:"...if I'd known African-Americans, Hispanics,
>Jewish and Asians would buy my clothes, I would not have
>made them so nice.  I wish these people would *NOT* buy
>my clothes, as they are made for upper class white people."
>His answer to Oprah was a simple "YES".
>
>Where after she immediately asked him to leave her show.
>
>My suggestion? Let's give him what he asked for. Let's not
>buy his clothes! let's put him in a financial state where he
>himself will not be able to afford the ridiculous prices he puts
>on his clothes.
>
>BOYCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU KNOW
>WHO SPENDS THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY ON
>CLOTHES MADE BY SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT
>RESPECT THEM AS A PERSON OR  A PEOPLE
>
>Elaine Leslie
>Purchasing Services
>New York University
>269 Mercer St. 5th Fl.
>New York, NY  10003
>e-mail: elaine.leslie-AT-nyu.edu
>http://www.nyu.edu/purchasing.services
>
>
>
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