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Subject: FW: Tommy Hilfiger & Passenger a of British Airwys2 p5 o# s7 u7 A: }6 B
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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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$ c; v7 `" i, r/ Z7 IWell done Oprah and British Airways .
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0 c/ v; @" }1 y# G2 M+ mTWO TRUE STORIES ABOUT RACISM - G' ?( m7 Y( N& M3 e; b7 C$ r9 Q" V9 \
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1) 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
" M, S. j, d. C2 o' K$ r$ Y8 Bthe statements about race he was accused of saying were true. 2 j% R3 I$ k3 T7 J' G0 i
Statements like'... 'If I'd known African-Americans, Hispanics, Jewish # I: b8 q7 V" p! \- B5 P- I
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 '
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y% W7 o% {$ L0 j# y0 dHis answer to Oprah was a simple ' YES' . 0 J, i% j) ]: |$ \, s$ Y
Whereafter she immediately asked him to leave her show
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My suggestion? Don't buy your next shirt or perfume from Tommy Hilfiger.
1 E" x& \% Y& X; p% pLet's give him what he asked for. Let's not buy his clothes, let's put
; B& x! M7 w1 D. Z/ p1 H2 ]Him in a financial state where he himself will not be able to afford the
& g( ?4 i: ?- B, lridiculous prices he puts on his clothes. BOYCOTT. , h+ a) o3 d% t7 _+ Q+ L' k
PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU KNOW..
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3 t3 N" N5 e3 J4 o+ p3 F3 OThen send it to the whole community that's not white people and see the result.
) q9 D! h; p; Z! M# J: V H( dWe have to see the result of unity. 4 \$ x% c1 H9 ]5 k7 @
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Let's find out if Non-whites really play such a small part in
5 m9 ~. ?) c& {# q. _0 Jthe world. Stop buying any range of their (Tommy H etc) product, perfume, cosmetics,
6 |! b+ }% L4 o' Xclothes, bags, etc.,
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2) Scene took place on a British Airways flight between Johannesburg and London .
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A White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man.
' y6 q1 ^" {& C( M% NObviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess..
# M7 a5 p* j& C( w6 _" V, h'Madam, what is the matter,' the hostess asked. ' ' X0 u/ R1 B: r" n) l* @
You obviously do not see it then?' she responded. '
7 q+ Z* J3 ~" S# I4 z2 y2 z6 f$ IYou placed me next to a black man.
" I; q1 u/ z4 ]: q; MI do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group.
; R& `4 x4 E- T! |Give me an alternative seat.'
! V" y4 D: t. Q6 e'Be calm please,' the hostess replied. * G, v6 N, g6 c! z6 e5 J) t! q) M
'Almost all the places on this Flight is taken.
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+ M$ X; b- f) w9 L) e+ U* ~4 \- w/ UI will go to see if another place is available.' The Hostess went
4 D6 Y/ g% y) E: N4 U4 j( q. aaway 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.
$ j/ w' W- `2 p5 F, u, G3 L6 TAll the same, we still have one place in the first class.' Before the woman
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7 Y. E$ q/ B) Y! }. } xclass. However, given the circumstances, the captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting.' She
4 n' P5 `+ u6 O1 \turned to the black guy, and said, 'Therefore, Sir, if you would like to,
- ~2 d" f7 {, I1 ~, Xplease collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in first class.' 5 ^5 Q2 g, y s6 j5 y7 j7 v& i5 K
At that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded.
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/ M6 t3 X! l$ T, Q* Q* SBoth the above are true stories. If You are against racism, please send this message to all your friends; |
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