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Subject: FW: Tommy Hilfiger & Passenger a of British Airwys- p* s! E: v! @, V' f, M* b6 z7 P% e
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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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; ^0 P& f, ]0 j0 R: x* W) [! b- i2 {Well done Oprah and British Airways .
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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. 4 |8 i: |+ f; u5 ^+ g2 i
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Her guest was Tommy Hilfiger. On the show, she asked him if 9 O4 U% m, ], i4 g7 a3 d
the statements about race he was accused of saying were true. z: O3 I5 i. o
Statements like'... 'If I'd known African-Americans, Hispanics, Jewish
$ _& T1 G" o3 K4 ?/ d2 C4 N1 C) Fand 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 ' J2 n8 I! ^8 b$ I B
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His answer to Oprah was a simple ' YES' . 1 J. T7 |2 {5 |! p+ h2 R2 b0 O6 z
Whereafter she immediately asked him to leave her show & n$ \1 W. W" n/ U0 n2 I
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My suggestion? Don't buy your next shirt or perfume from Tommy Hilfiger.
. s; }2 w* l0 `9 }2 B- @7 _Let's give him what he asked for. Let's not buy his clothes, let's put ( }) z* w7 [; o) N2 M! R
Him in a financial state where he himself will not be able to afford the
+ _' {2 ^: r" I `7 t1 dridiculous prices he puts on his clothes. BOYCOTT. 5 P5 t' y: r6 }: ^; h$ s% l
PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU KNOW..
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! T% m# M: }$ D/ B, u% YThen send it to the whole community that's not white people and see the result.
8 A" O/ h, b* {! a# e, T$ d2 eWe have to see the result of unity. 8 v3 k0 B3 q/ o* u
5 [8 W4 ~& x: A% g6 S! I! w5 ?Let's find out if Non-whites really play such a small part in * g; G7 N* U* }! o
the world. Stop buying any range of their (Tommy H etc) product, perfume, cosmetics,
, m! e( i7 L% _( F( d9 r' S( pclothes, bags, etc.,
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" X5 X5 ]* f. }* [2) Scene took place on a British Airways flight between Johannesburg and London . ; ~! v5 O* D& S. B
/ @9 u8 n9 _$ h K* gA White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man. 5 a3 Y7 d: L$ w/ B
Obviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess..
2 `: ~. ?" L7 p'Madam, what is the matter,' the hostess asked. '
6 \$ m. k5 K |% Z; ZYou obviously do not see it then?' she responded. '
! ^1 t& e9 [9 v/ p$ K* jYou placed me next to a black man. 6 N; N+ K& u& t1 V$ k
I do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group. " b! o: L6 i' w
Give me an alternative seat.' ; e5 L" O1 B0 v9 D- j. o S
'Be calm please,' the hostess replied. ' e5 c4 u2 Z* a% O
'Almost all the places on this Flight is taken. & k2 n* C% L, E+ R
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I will go to see if another place is available.' The Hostess went % l5 a$ q2 a" @; p% z9 F. w) |* X9 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. 2 o% G; o6 O7 K& h0 P, S1 y
All the same, we still have one place in the first class.' Before the woman " E% U/ S3 o5 G+ ?% j; [
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 6 z0 d5 X! r0 p4 q4 ?1 u
turned to the black guy, and said, 'Therefore, Sir, if you would like to,
0 K0 |% _( ~ F h: ?/ mplease collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in first class.'
8 D2 [$ f k) a: f4 j" b% TAt that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded.
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Both the above are true stories. If You are against racism, please send this message to all your friends; |
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