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Subject: FW: Tommy Hilfiger & Passenger a of British Airwys9 }, ]9 r8 y& z8 O
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Can you believe that Tommy Hilfiger is such a raced person to Asia and other colored people?. _! u- Z/ @+ ] d# d5 C5 o
4 i8 N5 J D2 A/ O& w# P1 gWell done Oprah and British Airways . - O! [: ^( M. M5 |0 e
0 E$ m; E- N' }5 b' q3 y9 }TWO TRUE STORIES ABOUT RACISM
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' W2 P) n5 w& Y6 t# w' r, A- T1) I'm sure many of you watched the recent taping of the Oprah Winfrey Show.
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Her guest was Tommy Hilfiger. On the show, she asked him if 2 t2 e. W2 d6 z8 Z6 `
the statements about race he was accused of saying were true. : s0 P$ v; c4 j/ l4 r
Statements like'... 'If I'd known African-Americans, Hispanics, Jewish 3 n2 J- \' ]$ F2 Y
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 ' 6 O6 S2 h1 G' A& T% S! Q! F
, l3 |/ I( L2 u) t; HHis answer to Oprah was a simple ' YES' .
, c) s* W }, _0 E" u& z6 j8 DWhereafter she immediately asked him to leave her show 3 z3 R7 y( P A0 V& m4 a* I
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My suggestion? Don't buy your next shirt or perfume from Tommy Hilfiger.
, ?- Q: w( N; P( WLet's give him what he asked for. Let's not buy his clothes, let's put
T! z4 X! B% ^( IHim in a financial state where he himself will not be able to afford the a7 H6 L. U, A& a; V; V* [
ridiculous prices he puts on his clothes. BOYCOTT. ) x9 |- t# ]8 p7 m
PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU KNOW..
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0 f$ Q" h7 k; m8 e! xThen send it to the whole community that's not white people and see the result.
% W- h6 d; S- A/ {& P! A& P! _6 RWe have to see the result of unity. 7 @; ?# }6 Q) J4 h Q& T) P# r6 M
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Let's find out if Non-whites really play such a small part in : s# I, w; L3 t$ ]
the world. Stop buying any range of their (Tommy H etc) product, perfume, cosmetics,
; S: y7 @9 N2 ^$ Y$ vclothes, bags, etc., $ u) c' u+ d* Y$ n: S
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2) Scene took place on a British Airways flight between Johannesburg and London . - e, q9 E4 `. y6 I) k6 q
3 D6 J z% n- j5 ]1 j( Y7 OA White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man.
: e, d1 K1 |' b+ FObviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess.. - Z. D) M# F- h
'Madam, what is the matter,' the hostess asked. '
/ o: n6 d0 k3 Z& O3 C( r, SYou obviously do not see it then?' she responded. ' 3 U6 b* b c& e
You placed me next to a black man.
' R4 n F, N5 D- A4 c. e& ^( mI do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group. / g& N# x- c# t2 Q u0 ~( @7 B
Give me an alternative seat.'
3 U7 z2 E$ ]. x( T! w'Be calm please,' the hostess replied. 7 H/ K! X) F a% ]
'Almost all the places on this Flight is taken. ! {1 `9 p, q* r8 N6 m; j
0 u4 w" n$ C1 VI will go to see if another place is available.' The Hostess went
8 w0 z. c, D/ }7 M+ B5 A- Daway and t hen came back a few minutes later.. 'Madam, Just as I thought, there are no other available seats in the economy class. I spoke to the captain and he informed me that there is a seat in the business class.
% T" X6 J& w4 @7 hAll the same, we still have one place in the first class.' Before the woman 2 W( p) C3 i! o6 ~5 t/ m) f- B
could say anything, the hostess continued: 'It is not Usual for our * k; b: C9 ]. J9 P, F8 z& V
company to permit someone from the economy class to sit in the first ! `! [; B; P( S# E. D# L- L5 Z4 G
class. However, given the circumstances, the captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting.' She
. q/ ~ t6 H" J9 l1 E, `3 eturned to the black guy, and said, 'Therefore, Sir, if you would like to,
. A- l+ e# a# v; `3 T0 S7 lplease collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in first class.'
. b8 y" g: B' [, g+ oAt that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded. : r8 {" R: F2 h3 F6 A
9 l, a8 @* B, [( w4 ^7 i) hBoth the above are true stories. If You are against racism, please send this message to all your friends; |
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