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Subject: FW: Tommy Hilfiger & Passenger a of British Airwys% D# v0 j5 ~6 I9 A7 {& j
7 n) h) h6 K5 E; c% q8 F$ \% VCan you believe that Tommy Hilfiger is such a raced person to Asia and other colored people?2 z1 |5 p7 t, s* w3 e* C
3 m& A# a6 l1 X1 s% F* ^. t' l& f6 oWell 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.
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Her guest was Tommy Hilfiger. On the show, she asked him if
" A w" R; }' H3 Sthe statements about race he was accused of saying were true.
8 I0 n6 o l Z9 J6 A! cStatements like'... 'If I'd known African-Americans, Hispanics, Jewish & w+ [# s$ k7 D9 g* _) x1 C. |) 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 '
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7 j+ B$ P3 |% q2 eHis answer to Oprah was a simple ' YES' . / p) l3 f: ]4 y- {7 t$ L
Whereafter she immediately asked him to leave her show
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* b$ y5 F$ W& aMy suggestion? Don't buy your next shirt or perfume from Tommy Hilfiger.
7 [6 O9 _) a* E/ sLet's give him what he asked for. Let's not buy his clothes, let's put ! `8 q% |" O/ V
Him in a financial state where he himself will not be able to afford the 9 g$ E5 P4 X- c! s1 `
ridiculous prices he puts on his clothes. BOYCOTT. 7 [! B c: S/ G2 e- D1 N ]% w
PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU KNOW..
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1 s4 B- D) Q& v6 x1 zThen send it to the whole community that's not white people and see the result.
$ a8 d9 ?3 g7 g: SWe have to see the result of unity. ' A5 t0 K* \1 o- w
" L; o1 U$ U/ y) q. o8 W' DLet's find out if Non-whites really play such a small part in 8 Y& z' \ t1 C7 a, e' j& P) D
the world. Stop buying any range of their (Tommy H etc) product, perfume, cosmetics, % I; c" H0 x* J \
clothes, 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.
8 s3 n$ i+ v2 qObviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess..
) ~- d" f6 \# f" `3 h5 X'Madam, what is the matter,' the hostess asked. '
8 A& d3 ?$ f. n6 ^# t* EYou obviously do not see it then?' she responded. '
" t. e8 [$ _6 z( ]6 oYou placed me next to a black man.
0 F4 b! b. l! O6 P4 W xI do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group. ' t- c, Z% g- f' t
Give me an alternative seat.' P% N/ g5 C7 s
'Be calm please,' the hostess replied. ! {/ m& R% u: t3 f
'Almost all the places on this Flight is taken.
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I will go to see if another place is available.' The Hostess went # v6 O& s" H5 X6 \- A- g( w
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.
* W( R: H& o4 y- ^. TAll the same, we still have one place in the first class.' Before the woman
* F& e& J% \, H) _: Tcould say anything, the hostess continued: 'It is not Usual for our
1 j; S7 {# P6 M) ]& \- Scompany to permit someone from the economy class to sit in the first
B$ E7 A( P. E9 n, u7 Iclass. However, given the circumstances, the captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting.' She
& c) \9 H! \2 @7 U9 pturned to the black guy, and said, 'Therefore, Sir, if you would like to,
$ R7 t E$ R% y7 p! G7 s$ _please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in first class.' 3 \0 X* v+ `& S9 ` n
At that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded.
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k6 G3 K- ~/ c {6 eBoth the above are true stories. If You are against racism, please send this message to all your friends; |
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