as if i needed another reason to hate abercrombie & fitch
i came across an e-mail describing a new line of t-shirts by a&f:
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You might all find it interesting to take a look at these links, and see
the new line of shirts Abercrombie and Fitch has come out with– all four
are extremely offensive to Asian Americans and continue to propagate
stereotypes of Asians. I am shocked that a “brand name” company would
produce such racist products, and I think it’s important that, as
politically and culturally conscious people, we speak out on things like
to think about how small things like this make you feel, whether you are
Asian or not…
the shirts can be viewed here:
shirt #1 – wong brothers laundry
I took a look
at these shirts on the website, and they are pretty fucking offensive (think
breakfast at tiffany’s micky rooney offensive). You have the slanty-eyed
asian charicature that is always offensive, and the perpetuation of the
asian-laundry stereotype which is in itself a nasty little bit of history.
i really can’t imagine why abercrombie would even think to put these shirts
out. of course this is the same company that charges $24.50 for a t-shirt
(the act of paying $24.50 for a t-shirt being, in my eyes, being every bit as evil
as wearing a garment with so little consideration for racial sensitivity).
as the high school punk band i saw in allentown a few years ago suggested,
AF should really stand for “all fucked-up”.