Posted on 07/22/2005 4:18:33 PM PDT by Enterprise1788
PHILADELPHIA - The Anti-Defamation League has asked retailer Urban Outfitters to stop selling a T-shirt that reads: "New Mexico, Cleaner than Regular Mexico."
"This is saying that the country of Mexico is a dirty place," said Barry Morrison, regional director of the civil rights group. "Dirty can be interpreted figuratively and literally."
The group wants the Philadelphia-based retailer to get rid of all its inventory.
Urban Outfitters did not immediately return calls for comment Friday. The retailer, which targets 18- to 30-year-olds, has run into similar controversy before.
Two years ago, it stopped selling a game called "Ghettopoly" after protests by black civil rights leaders. Last year, it halted sales of a T-shirt that read "Everyone Loves A Jewish Girl," surrounded by dollar signs, after the Anti-Defamation League objected.
A "Voting is for Old People" T-shirt angered pro-voting groups.
Urban Outfitters operates 77 stores in the United States, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. This year, first-quarter profits rose by 60 percent to $27.4 million, compared to the same period a year ago.
You might be a redneck if ....
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PHILADELPHIA - The Anti-Defamation League has asked retailer Urban Outfitters to stop selling a T-shirt that reads: "New Mexico, Cleaner than Regular Mexico."
"This is saying that the country of Mexico is a dirty place," said Barry Morrison, regional director of the civil rights group. "Dirty can be interpreted figuratively and literally."
Right you are!
hey! i linked those pics a few posts above this one. so there!
Nope that was over in Gray County....Pampa Texas......he's married to the MoFo with the most packs of cigarettes now in the pokey !
All one needs to do to see the truth in the statement is to get on I-10 east of El Paso and drive west through town and on up into N.M.. Be sure and look across the rio grande for an eyefull.
New Mexico has much too much history for one state. That's what makes it such a fantastic setting for a novel set a few years hence. The place is bursting at the seams with history, both written and overlooked.
I can't wait. Let us know publication / release dates.
Early next year, I hope...
Have you bought a copy of the opening book in the series?
Great stuff. His best writing is on the acknowledgement page!!
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Yup, did that. I agree with Squantos, Eaker. Acknowledgements / opening is superb.
Thanks from all, Travis.
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