Where are the African American looking models on the clothing section of the NPGMC retail page? Do black people wear these t shirts?
[This message was edited Wed Oct 15 15:59:48 PDT 2003 by undulatingacrobat]

I think it might be a hidden message that Prince wouldnt dare push this tack on his "own people"

Only us white folks are stupid enough to lap it up without question..."dah,ok - an NPGMC top will make my baby sooo cool and will not traumitise it in later life" - can you imagine if all your baby pics had you decked out in Cliff Richard or Kenny Rogers clothes.

Start 'em young!!!
[This message was edited Wed Oct 15 7:23:15 PDT 2003 by purpledoveuk]

I think these “model” pictures are taken from a generic clothing manufacturer catalogue or something. I always thought that on most of the pictures the NPGMC and other logos have been “Photoshopped” in before the clothing has been manufactured.

Paradoxically, when it came to the avatar choice on the site, quite a few people were bemoaning the fact that there was only 1 or 2 “white” avatars to choose from. So Prince is either accused of consciously alienating white people or accused of consciously alienating black people depending on whether you are choosing an avatar or choosing clothing.

Or maybe he isn’t doing either? Do you see?

I'm pretty sure the pics (and presumably the clothes) are from the american apparel online store. they are a sweatshop-free t-shirt manufacturer who do 'organic cotton' t-shirts and that kinda stuff. The pics are almost exactly the same (save for the npgmc logos!), even down to the 'devour' pic!

i actually posted on u tell us asking whether npgmc sourced their stuff from american apparel, and the post mysteriously disappeared overnight - I even praised them for only adding a few $s to the original 'plain t-shirt' american apparel prices!

go figure...

sinaplenty said:

Good pull! Identical pictures of the dog. So that's where all that stuff is coming from!

I think it's funny that someone freaked out and deleted your post...why not just say, "Yeah...we use this company and we believe that they have a positive world-view?" instead of deleting the post? Heh.

screw that--where the fuckin fuck are the models/clothes for the folks who don't wear a size 2???

undulatingacrobat said:

This is the question that gets asked about this freakin club?


... still, the question of whether music will ever surface ceases the minds.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

i hear that! i ain't a 2 or a 6...so where's my size P-baby???

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Sdldawn said:

Black people might be concerned about the question. If youre not black or dont care, then you wouldnt be concerned. THose other questions about music have been asked many times.

undulatingacrobat said:

i'm black and could care less about the question you ask. now as for my question...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

You are a bloody riot girl! I get such a kick out of your posts. I'd also like to know where the bigger sizes are too

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Same here...I'm Black and still trying to figure out how the hell did an Extra-Large get to be a size 10-12?

Maybe he wants us to turn our big asses around so he can work on our zippers!

beautifulone7 said:

you know he wanna!!!



tonight, you're the star...and i'm the big edit
[This message was edited Tue Oct 21 6:13:13 PDT 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

I can't even belive I'm really reading this post...who freaking cares if the models in the retial section are Black or White...In this bloody day and age people are talking about this... Sad!!

And just so you know I'm black...not a size 2 or a size 22 and I own a few of the t-shirts!!!

Mishell said:

people are just pointing out the hypocricy in what prince says and does...

thats all...

Are they really? Or are they just bashing???

Some people don't look for black and white in everything. It probably never occured to most people what color skin the models have.

Some of the kids in the Jr section look like they could be Black.

If you think it doesnt matter about the race of the people that model the merchandise to people of color, then you are misinformed

Sorry Ms. Handclap.. but i can squeeze myself into a size two, i prefer a size four.

The little boy in the t-shirt definitely is not a W.A.S.P. I wanted to buy a t-shirt for my child(who is black and would be proud to wear it) but they don't have her size... p...

undulatingacrobat said:

what the f*** have you noticed ??

it's the dumbest, illiest post I ever seen.


what would you be writing if they were all "afroamericans" ??
Do white people wear these t shirts?


Do black people wear these t shirts?
Do black people wear these t shirts?
Do black people wear these t shirts?
Do black people have 3 arms and 2 heads?
of course black people wear these t shirts!!!