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Apr 18, 2002 Comments Off

Abercrombie & Fitch Pulls T-Shirts

Abercrombie & Fitch Pulls T-Shirts
Thu Apr 18, 5:24 PM ET
By DEBORAH KONG, AP Minority Issues Writer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Clothier Abercrombie & Fitch is pulling a line of T-shirts that triggered protests from Asian groups who said they reinforced negative stereotypes.

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The T-shirts, some of which show smiling men with slanted eyes and conical hats, will be pulled from all of the company’s 311 stores in 50 states, company spokesman Hampton Carney said Thursday.

“We are very, very, very sorry,” Carney said. “It’s never been our intention to offend anyone.” Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 9, 2002 Comments Off

Random conversations on race

An excerpt from a conversation I had with someone I don’t even know. I think he found me from [url=http://www.asianguy.com]asianguy.com[/url]…
Session Start (AIM – achtungbaby74:Mark poon): Sun Apr 07 20:39:07 2002
Mark poon: hey
Achtungbaby74: hello
Mark poon: hey, are u from the bay area or LA?

Achtungbaby74: LA
Mark poon: man…i feel like…like we gotta act NOW
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