someone sent this my email ...


Oprah








I'm sure many of you watched the recent taping of the Oprah Winfrey
show
where her guest was Tommy Hilfiger. On the show, she asked him if the
statements about race he was accused of saying were true.

Statements like"..."If I'd known African-Americans, Hispanics, Jewish
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."

His answer to Oprah was a simple "YES". Where after she immediately
asked
him to leave her show.

My suggestion? Don't buy your next shirt or perfume from Tommy
Hilfiger.

Let's give him what he asked for. Let's not buy his clothes, let's put
him
in a financial state where he himself will not be able to afford the
ridiculous prices he puts on his clothes.



BOYCOTT. PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU KNOW

this has been around for yeeears, he said that chit way back when i wuz in junior high, about 6 or 7 years ago. 'sides, i dunno if anybody still rox his shit as it is.





tommy hilfucker edit
[This message was edited Sun Sep 21 12:45:11 PDT 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

Is this really true? ... oh my

I refuse to buy "name brand" clothes anyway.
Besides Tommy Snotfinger's C.R.A.P. never appealed to me.
Hmmm...guess I'm not an upper-class white monkey...

i havent worn tommy hilfiger since 10th grade lisa...

this is untrue.


urban legend. it's been going around for years, and it's bullshit.


http://www.snopes.com

Blimey! As a working class white male, i'm feeling kinda aggrieved.

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By David Emery

The topic of this week's sermon is the Ninth Commandment of Moses: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."

Allow me to cast the first stone.

A whole lot of nice, earnest folks who surely don't consider themselves liars are using the Internet to spread a false and libelous rumor about fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger.

It comes to them in the form of a forwarded email message. They read it, they either believe it to be true or don't care if it's true, and they pass it on to friends, associates and people they hardly even know with the click of a mouse button.

Knowingly or not, each one of these people thus becomes a link in a growing chain of lies.

Here's one version of the rumor:




Subject: FWD: Tommy Hilfiger hates us...
Did you see the recent Oprah Winfrey show on which Tommy Hilfiger was a guest? Oprah asked Hilfiger if his alleged statements about people of color were true - he's been accused of saying things such as "If I had known that African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians would buy my clothes, I would not have made them so nice," and "I wish those people would not buy my clothes - they were made for upper-class whites." What did he say when Oprah asked him if he said these things? He said "Yes." Oprah immediately asked Hilfiger to leave her show.

Now, let's give Hilfiger what he's asked for - let's not buy his clothes. Boycott! Please - pass this message along.



As I say, that's just one version – the sanitized, "politically correct" one, if you will. A more popular and impolite variant goes like this:




Subject: Did you see this show - Nov. 28th.
For those who missed the Oprah Winfrey show where she interviewed the fashion designer, he made a VERY RACIST remark regarding the people that purchase his clothing line... Summed up, he basically said that if he had known that so many chinamen and niggers were going to buy his clothes, he never would have made it so nice... After which, Oprah kindly asked him to leave. Now that we all know that he is a BIG TIME RACIST, my suggestion is that we and all of our friends should boycott the TOMMY HILFIGER line. I don't see any point in supporting someone who has such a narrow mind...

What a jerk this guy is! Yeah, if it weren't for us CHINAMEN and NIGGERS, does he think he can be where he is today???

Please forward this to everyone you know, he really does not deserve anyone's support at all.



All lies, from top to bottom. Hurtful and scandalous lies.

dammit what am I gon do with my bottle of tommy girl ?

I think Russell Simmons started this rumour, him or P diddy.

Now please boycott them and email this to a friend.
[This message was edited Sun Sep 21 12:49:17 PDT 2003 by magnificentsynthesizer667]

DigitalLisa said:

ain't shit you can do, really...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I have an old bottle of CK1 we could have a old colonge fest.

if it's ture or if it ain't, why would people make clothes in america thinking only one race is gon buy it? What Tommy don't think it ain't upper class black people (sayin' if it's true) I heard the same thing about Ralph Lauren

no racism edit
[This message was edited Sun Sep 21 12:51:02 PDT 2003 by DigitalLisa]

DigitalLisa said:

Give it to a teenager, it'll be empty in a week, max

I know one thing if I was jewish I wouldn't be buying a volkswagon.

AaronMaximus said:

Thanks Aaron

DigitalLisa said:

Ralph Lauren but Donna Karen as well . I never paid much attention 2 it though,however. I did hear that was the main reason why the makers of fubu, made the fubu clothing line it for us by us (y'all know). Anyways I don't wear name brand clothing... I be like why do I want 2 wear somebody elses name on my back ?? I ain't trying 2 repsent nobody but me
[This message was edited Sun Sep 21 13:08:50 PDT 2003 by DigitalLisa]

DigitalLisa said:

i havent seen anyone with fubu since high school thats crazy talk!

Christopher said:

damn, almost forgot about fubu...yeah, that shit's been out for the longest as well.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

lol "no fear " tee shirts..

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

probably because they ended up saling their industry 2 tha man 4 cheap bucks every since then things never really been they same

Christopher said:

'big johnson' t-shirts, too...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

haha,

smilely tees

Christopher said:

'blunt' t-shirts...and cross colours...lawd, thinkin about all this shit makes me feel like i'm 13 again...:1993:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

lol...

1993 does rock tho'

This e-mail is more played out than the man's clothes.

Tommy Hilfiger:



at his label and clothes...

This never happened, and this rumor was created YEARS ago! Since when did it become *pun intended* fashionable again?

I'd never wear his clothes anyway. My least favorite name brand it is.