I saw somebody mention Tommy Hilfiger recently on the forum. I am not usually in the habit of talking about these kinds of subjects, but since it was brought up on the forum, I wanted to share what I know about it.
I saw an episode of Oprah a few weeks ago and she had Tommy Hilfiger on her show (for real this time). She was dispelling the rumour that people said about him being on her show before. She said that this was the first time she had him on her show and the reason she brought him on was that the email that started many years ago was starting to circulate again. She said the the email was a lie and he was never on her show until that day. And as far as he and her are concerned, he never made the statements that were mentioned in the rumour email.
Here is the rumour email that many people may have seen before.
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I'm sure many of you might have watched the recent
taping of the Oprah Winfrey show in Chicago 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.
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. If we are small, then
send it to the whole community that's not white people
and see the result. We have to see the result of
unity.
Let's find out if Asian, Jews and Non-white really
plays such a small part in the world.Stop buying all
range of Hillfiger products, perfume, cosmetics,
clothes, bags, etc
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Don't believe everything you hear or read.
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