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  • Group Decries Urban Outfitters T-Shirt

    07/22/2005 4:18:33 PM PDT · by Enterprise1788 · 91 replies · 1,784+ views
    Yahoo ^ | July 22, 2005 | Deborah Yao
    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...