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I think if another company other then A&F made
a shirt
about "poor ass white folk" it would definitly sell
like hotcakes.
I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying it would
sell... even to
white people. There are many products out there
that do make
fun of low income whites. There are hundreds of
"white trash"
jokes online, and I'm sure you can find some
T-shirts even.
There are probably dozens of companies that have
such products
comparable to the T's by A&F. A&F is just
one of the larger
named companys that decided to put out a
controversial product
inorder to make money... which is why
they are getting alot of
attention, because they had a well known name
beofre this product.
I can agree that this type of product would not be socially
conscious,
however in this day and age people will buy anything, so it is quite
marketable.
In fact, I've found some shirts online making fun
of low income white people...
Here is a pic of Melanie C. of the Spice Girls
wearing a white trash T.
Here is a list of sites that involve White Trash
T's.
Catch my point? My point was not that I was
condoning the sales of
these products, but simply that people will buy
them. And why are
these companies not being attacked by the media?
They didn't
have the good "household" name that A&F had
before they decided
to market such a product. Simply that. AND... for
the fact that A&F
seems to market specificly to high income white
teens (because of thier
marketing adds) it makes it seem even more of a
racial attack.
No, it's not "right" when other companies
do it, I hope that's not
what you thought I was implying. I was simply
saying I was surprized
that such a reputable company like A&F would
put out such a product,
I expected it to come from a small company that no
one knew or heard
of and they didn't care about thier rep., just
making money. I agree with you that multi-million dollar companys
are out to screw
as many people over as possible. It's true, the
more people you can
screw over the more money you gain. Which is
why A&F decided
to follow through with such a product. They
realized the financial
gain by releasing such a product and I'm sure they
were thinking
about the saying: "Any publicity, is good
publicity".
My comment about "it was only a matter of time
before a shirt like this
was to be released" was refering to the fact that
people will do anything
for money. Even make fun of a certain race or
culture. They have teams
of people comming up with new ideas everyday and
someone had to
realize the monitary gain from selling such a
product. In this incident, it
happend to be on a shirt.
Just to clarify, I'm not backing A&F AT ALL. I
do not agree with thier
release of the product. I do not agree with selling
products that make
fun of other people's race, sex or sexual preference, culture, hieght, weight
or anything of that matter... I was just simply
saying I understand why
they did it. They knew it would stir up a huge
controversy and in turn
make them huge ammounts of MONEY.
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