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Subject: FW: Tommy Hilfiger & Passenger a of British Airwys
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Can you believe that Tommy Hilfiger is such a raced person to Asia and other colored people?
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3 u! [0 ~* N4 d+ }# p* Z, J! SWell done Oprah and British Airways . ; T: T5 D3 Y; c* b* b
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TWO TRUE STORIES ABOUT RACISM
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1) I'm sure many of you watched the recent taping of the Oprah Winfrey Show. ( a7 _) _% B4 h, O6 T
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Her guest was Tommy Hilfiger. On the show, she asked him if 4 P6 Q1 v, U- L! a9 f
the statements about race he was accused of saying were true. 5 C( ~4 d, {, Q& U% A
Statements like'... 'If I'd known African-Americans, Hispanics, Jewish
0 i% b- P+ P8 X, X: o/ q5 l$ eand 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 ' $ |/ F- P' h1 v5 [
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His answer to Oprah was a simple ' YES' .
0 g$ h2 M: p# z; W( pWhereafter she immediately asked him to leave her show
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. w' ]; \) e m& R: A6 Z, MMy suggestion? Don't buy your next shirt or perfume from Tommy Hilfiger.
! U" ]6 X1 A* |8 fLet's give him what he asked for. Let's not buy his clothes, let's put
6 z9 K1 a4 N3 E: _1 w, d" A nHim in a financial state where he himself will not be able to afford the
: v4 m% E$ K) M* i/ l- Y; [ridiculous prices he puts on his clothes. BOYCOTT. 8 a# z% W& E& f7 D0 J, w4 S
PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU KNOW..
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$ i# i' X* U6 g* T: E! x! LThen send it to the whole community that's not white people and see the result. ( y/ @% L6 g8 {% G) R4 p
We have to see the result of unity.
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/ ]% x, N' [( A2 ?Let's find out if Non-whites really play such a small part in % T# ^6 V/ _/ k* D
the world. Stop buying any range of their (Tommy H etc) product, perfume, cosmetics, 4 y! J* s- \* r
clothes, bags, etc., 7 u% Q Y: X u/ S2 ?$ f
& m5 X4 c( ~( [ Y2) Scene took place on a British Airways flight between Johannesburg and London . " H2 O; v0 a7 _/ t2 P
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A White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man.
y) e! E& ]6 ~+ E9 Z& }6 i' P" {. VObviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess..
9 n$ v! R/ A# i: O$ o$ \'Madam, what is the matter,' the hostess asked. '
2 Y5 J5 }" C+ U- I/ A3 h$ y FYou obviously do not see it then?' she responded. ' % a6 C4 f" `" T3 E6 E2 c- n
You placed me next to a black man. ~2 v. H5 k0 _# U, J% o: v- z
I do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group.
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'Be calm please,' the hostess replied. * N$ c& T) f0 Z' [
'Almost all the places on this Flight is taken. 6 }& ~6 [7 d. K: s! N! [
+ j6 Q6 A6 o' o# r: |I will go to see if another place is available.' The Hostess went , L, y5 P- ~1 j5 Y$ e0 g
away 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. 8 K5 C( t* ?, g" p2 j7 `+ K$ g% T9 T
All the same, we still have one place in the first class.' Before the woman % }' p! p2 m; j( U2 r J# w9 G {
could say anything, the hostess continued: 'It is not Usual for our
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class. However, given the circumstances, the captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting.' She ' Z+ l8 e* r) X+ X
turned to the black guy, and said, 'Therefore, Sir, if you would like to,
% s/ u$ ]: ?3 xplease collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in first class.'
3 ]* d( [; ~. {1 e9 H; }2 d# xAt that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded. 3 e, J9 ]2 l6 c$ {
2 R/ c( S2 W0 E. LBoth the above are true stories. If You are against racism, please send this message to all your friends; |
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