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Group Decries Urban Outfitters T-Shirt
By DEBORAH YAO, Associated Press Writer Fri Jul 22, 3:18 PM ET
PHILADELPHIA - The Anti-Defamation League has asked retailer Urban Outfitters to stop selling a T-shirt that reads: "New Mexico, Cleaner than Regular Mexico."
"This is saying that the country of Mexico is a dirty place," said Barry Morrison, regional director of the civil rights group. "Dirty can be interpreted figuratively and literally."
The group wants the Philadelphia-based retailer to get rid of all its inventory.
Urban Outfitters did not immediately return calls for comment Friday. The retailer, which targets 18- to 30-year-olds, has run into similar controversy before.
Two years ago, it stopped selling a game called "Ghettopoly" after protests by black civil rights leaders. Last year, it halted sales of a T-shirt that read "Everyone Loves A Jewish Girl," surrounded by dollar signs, after the Anti-Defamation League objected.
A "Voting is for Old People" T-shirt angered pro-voting groups.
Urban Outfitters operates 77 stores in the United States, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. This year, first-quarter profits rose by 60 percent to $27.4 million, compared to the same period a year ago.
I thought this shirt was funny, it's in the same vain as the t-shirts that poke fun of states like New Jersey and West Virginia. To me there isn't much difference between "New Mexico - Cleaner than Regular Mexico" and "Jersey Girls Aren't Trash (Trash Gets Picked Up)." I can see how people could get offended though.
It's not like Vicente Fox hasn't all but admitted that his country licks clean the ass of the US.
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I don't know if it was those shirts, but I remember after they stopped selling them, they were on eBay for like $300.
"Two Wongs can make it white" is one of the funnier phrases I've yet to hear.
Really, how's that? It's funny that a person's native tongue makes it difficult to pronounce certain sounds in English? I bet it'd be a fucking scream if you tried to learn Mandarin.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
What's the likelihood that the Mexico shirt was made in Mexico and the China shirts were made in China?
_________________ "Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest." - e.v.
I don't know if it was those shirts, but I remember after they stopped selling them, they were on eBay for like $300.
"Two Wongs can make it white" is one of the funnier phrases I've yet to hear.
Really, how's that? It's funny that a person's native tongue makes it difficult to pronounce certain sounds in English? I bet it'd be a fucking scream if you tried to learn Mandarin.
OK...so you must not understand the reason why I think it's funny then.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
Bammer wrote:
OK...so you must not understand the reason why I think it's funny then.
I think he understands why it's funny. I don't think you understand why it's racist.
_________________ "Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest." - e.v.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:59 am Posts: 18643 Location: Raleigh, NC Gender: Male
B wrote:
Bammer wrote:
OK...so you must not understand the reason why I think it's funny then.
I think he understands why it's funny. I don't think you understand why it's racist.
HAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA that CRAZY Chinese guy saying "Wong" instead of "Wrong" is KILLING ME! Oh my god..I hope that they sing "Deck the Halls" soon! AHAHHAHHAHAAA!
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