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Subject: FW: Tommy Hilfiger & Passenger a of British Airwys! x! D9 ^& s- D4 u( B2 W3 C7 Z2 y; Q
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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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& J% j1 r9 |% c& }3 WWell done Oprah and British Airways .
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( P4 m7 m9 C j/ S0 bTWO TRUE STORIES ABOUT RACISM , |2 Q, `: h* E& Y9 V2 X
! |8 g; {3 G G8 X* ~1) I'm sure many of you watched the recent taping of the Oprah Winfrey Show.
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5 f& ^9 v" F" B) L- @- ^& i: w% UHer guest was Tommy Hilfiger. On the show, she asked him if
( g( H; H0 z+ r f+ {the statements about race he was accused of saying were true. 9 E1 Y5 E2 {7 e% Z7 }+ W
Statements like'... 'If I'd known African-Americans, Hispanics, Jewish 1 f( N5 o5 r! T' T& F) P 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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; C% @, t) g) U; L" d* d' PHis answer to Oprah was a simple ' YES' .
9 D1 \8 F1 M, R, G$ p( U& S6 eWhereafter 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.
9 o; h1 f- G2 g8 a/ _) H* d% i. s6 H; ALet's give him what he asked for. Let's not buy his clothes, let's put
% ]4 r% h3 _2 {/ Y9 e+ Y8 YHim in a financial state where he himself will not be able to afford the
: x' A# P* W6 Tridiculous prices he puts on his clothes. BOYCOTT.
2 M! l/ u9 g8 l R2 PPLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU KNOW.. 5 k( j( l* V9 @- v$ \! a
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Then send it to the whole community that's not white people and see the result.
4 W0 F; n' h+ m& W6 U. @& K$ AWe have to see the result of unity.
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Let's find out if Non-whites really play such a small part in
; H; k. C- f+ ethe world. Stop buying any range of their (Tommy H etc) product, perfume, cosmetics,
# R2 M1 l, \' p! w0 Rclothes, bags, etc.,
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2) Scene took place on a British Airways flight between Johannesburg and London .
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/ t3 d1 c; }8 b$ _) V% P4 QA White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man.
- q. y: g2 ]; W lObviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess..
! a$ Z# Y8 `# ]'Madam, what is the matter,' the hostess asked. '
( g7 {; Y9 e; X$ N4 F. rYou obviously do not see it then?' she responded. ' r! B+ _# w6 b& b$ f9 @
You placed me next to a black man.
4 b( n) f a- dI do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group.
% C7 A( Q; n7 Z/ JGive me an alternative seat.' 5 S0 a: R& i7 p
'Be calm please,' the hostess replied.
/ C% D2 ~1 Q- r$ n7 D6 b'Almost all the places on this Flight is taken. ; I- X( w& z7 V( P* y
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I will go to see if another place is available.' The Hostess went 9 O+ l: V9 }$ ^+ ~+ B$ |9 U
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.
1 c7 ?. |& P+ s# E5 y( R/ \5 }All the same, we still have one place in the first class.' Before the woman
( o. f2 L/ C$ L& Y v% y4 K6 F% w3 n, N! K) ccould say anything, the hostess continued: 'It is not Usual for our
- g" N2 n1 K4 m! N7 Y; _3 |company to permit someone from the economy class to sit in the first
5 Q: u. ^) C# |. V# Yclass. However, given the circumstances, the captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting.' She
3 i( e7 @4 f g7 T' R# Sturned to the black guy, and said, 'Therefore, Sir, if you would like to, d, w3 h- _# j
please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in first class.'
+ k0 k$ C7 U( ]8 \At that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded. , c7 w% g* K1 q
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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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