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Newsweek: Preppy Look is Racist, Classist
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2008/08/20/newsweek-preppy-look-racist-classist#new ^

Posted on 08/20/2008 2:02:53 PM PDT by chessplayer

Leave it to the liberal print media to find some way to kill everyone's Olympics buzz.

For instance, did you know that the choice by the U.S. Olympic Committee to have Ralph Lauren stitch the threads for Team USA's opening ceremonies uniform was an unfortunate nod to racism and classism and a futile, nostalgic clinging to America's waning WASP empire? That according to Sameer Reddy (pictured at right, photo via Newsweek) in an August 20 online exclusive for Newsweek

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2008olympics; aads; antiamericanism; cheeseandwhine; fashion; liberalbigot; racism; ralphlauren; teamusa
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To: Cecily

Right - and the majority of people who buy this mag. are what again????


81 posted on 08/20/2008 4:03:19 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("What Our Enemies Couldn't Do To Us Our Liberal Democrat Politicians Will")
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To: chessplayer
"Libs"

I don't know if they're becoming more obsessed or just being more abcesses. The stupidity of the article criticizing Lauren is well beyond insane. The writer has problems, to be charitable, to see racism in a clothing line.

82 posted on 08/20/2008 4:25:35 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: peggybac

“This guy is so gross and dirty looking.”

He is disgusting. I bet he smells bad, too.


83 posted on 08/20/2008 4:31:04 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Sopater

“Lacoste” is big in Europe, not here!


84 posted on 08/20/2008 4:46:21 PM PDT by danmar (Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today!)
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To: redpoll
The last refuge of a scoundrel is an accusation of racism.

that should be an abuse button rule

85 posted on 08/20/2008 5:07:10 PM PDT by wardaddy ("Cause my grey hair just can't cover up my redneck.")
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To: DallasDeb

Don’t know if this is the same clown though. This guy seems to be a “journalist” and not a cinematographer.


86 posted on 08/20/2008 5:24:41 PM PDT by indcons (People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. - A. J. Liebling)
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To: panthermom

OK, the sentiment is racist, but I meant a style.
susie


87 posted on 08/20/2008 5:27:19 PM PDT by brytlea (Obama--Jimmy Carter's Second Term)
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To: Mamzelle

i am happier seeing the polo pony instead of the Canadian beaver on American uniforms. Using the Roots label was a bit jarring to my sensibilities.


88 posted on 08/20/2008 8:30:35 PM PDT by maica (Peace is the Aftermath of Victory)
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To: danmar

I was just looking for the “preppy aligator”.


89 posted on 08/21/2008 5:47:22 AM PDT by Sopater (A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. ~ Ecc 10:2 (NASB))
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To: chessplayer

Funny how Kanye West dresses preppy all the time.


90 posted on 08/21/2008 5:48:33 AM PDT by rintense (McCain can pound sand.)
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To: tx_eggman

Someone should have splained him that you never put meat in your mouth unless it is cooked.


91 posted on 08/21/2008 5:50:57 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: chessplayer
Then they certainly won't like this new site by Ralph Lauren:

Ralph Lauren Rugby.com

All preppy. The ads are all set at a prep school.


92 posted on 08/21/2008 5:55:36 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: chessplayer

cross link:

Olympic Couture (Marxist fashion critque, unintentionally funny)
Newsweek ^ | Aug 20, 2008 | Sameer Reddy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2065690/posts?page=1


93 posted on 08/21/2008 1:28:48 PM PDT by weegee (The higher taxes that Obama demands of Americans are 'Above my Pay Grade'.)
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To: peggybac

Blech. Dirty and creepy. What a charmer.


94 posted on 08/21/2008 1:34:27 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: chessplayer
For balance this uniform has been selected for the next Olympics.


95 posted on 08/21/2008 1:39:11 PM PDT by F-117A (Ne nuntium necare)
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To: Citizen Blade
I have no idea what this guy's citizenship might be, but people who assume that he isn't an American because of his ethnicity and name are, at best, provincial and, at worst, racist.

Thats one of the dumbest things I read in a while. How do you make this leap of faith?

96 posted on 08/21/2008 10:12:39 PM PDT by packrat35 (If mccain is the answer-it must have been a REALLY stupid question)
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To: Alberta's Child

Where I work, with 600 or so people, I am a minority AND I am white. Less than 20 in the building (excluding management).


97 posted on 08/21/2008 10:16:15 PM PDT by packrat35 (If mccain is the answer-it must have been a REALLY stupid question)
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