File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_2000/postcolonial.0007, message 238


Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 22:49:49 -0400
Subject: FW: Fwd: Biased comments by Tommy Hilfiger on "Oprah"
From: "bob brown" <vacirca-AT-charm.net>



-- 
"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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