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Re: Why Abercrombie and Fitch Still Doesn't Get It (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 21 @ 18:16:19 EST | | i think that everybody that has a problem with "graphic t shirts" is simply jealous of the fact that they cannot afford there clothing. Humor is something in life that EVERYONE needs and withOUT it we end up with people sending emails like such. jus thought u should know |
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Re: Why Abercrombie and Fitch Still Doesn't Get It (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 22 @ 09:18:06 EST | Asians, like African American and Latino populations, can't possibly be part of the dominant culture if they're not accurately or fully depicted in mass media. I'm Hawaiian, White, and Chinese and when I turn on the tv I don't see a damn person who looks like me or who has had my experiences anywhere on the screen. Lucy Liu does not represent me. Neither does Margret Cho. Maybe I'm missing other female Asain American actors, I don't know, there's so many other White people I have to go through first. Jackie Chan does not depict my father or my brothers either. "Colored" individuals can't possibly be part of the dominant culture either if we keep celebrating our firsts, firsts that occured years earlier for White individuals.
You, they guy from Alaska who feels you need a damn home page. Open any link to any major corporation or government office in the US. Try Abercrombie and Fitch.
But then again you may be so blinded by the White privilege you, and numerous other White individuals wear as tight as your skin, you may not be aware that oppression still exists. I spent an entire semester with White people who I think believed in social justice--i'm not positive, they had to have some belief if they were to get into the program--and when we did an exercise regarding White privilege where a series of questions were asked regarding our life experiences (concerning race). All the White people were clear across the room at the end of the exercise and all the "colored" individuals hadn't move an inch. Slavery is over, right? Well, if a site like this exists and if people separate themselves from the majority, oppression still exists.
I stumbled onto this site looking for specific information on A & F. I live in Hawai'i and A & F's most recent marketing tactic--brining print media to life--offended me. I walked into the store with a friend and was greeted by a White man and White woman in A & F clothing, who I'm convinced were imported for the Christmas season cause I haven't grown up with people who looked that way. Walked into the store and everyone had dark, "colored" skin and dark hair.
Businesses make it a point to market to their audience. A & F chose to market whiteness. Big mistake. |
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Re: Why Abercrombie and Fitch Still Doesn't Get It (Score: 1)
by Tolly on Friday, June 11 @ 15:38:26 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Obviously, you have not lived in the rest of the Western world lately. I am Irish-Cherokee, dubbed white my whole life; however, I grew up in South Texas in a Hispanic Culture. I often felt frustrated because no matter how much of a Hispanic I thought I was, I was still just a "gringa" because of the way I looked. I used to not understand that there was really inequality for Hispanics in America because I only grew up knowing, like, 10 white people and most were in my family----BUT then I realized that without Hector P. Garcia and the rest of the civil rights' movements, there would not be as much concern for my Hispanic community as there is now, and then when I realized just how much more the rest of white, powerful America had in comparison to the people, including me, in my hometown, I realized that Hispanics were really shafted by white powerful America. Now consider that there are far more Hispanic organizations and right fighting groups in America than there are Asian groups; then, you will see that most American and Western people are ignorant and insensitive to Asians and Asian Americans. There just aren't enough forums out there and organizations out there to get the messages accross of many of these people. As a "gringa" hispanic, I have seen the side of the well meaning white folks but as a hispanic by culture, I also know that my culture is not validated in white America. And that just infuriates me. You have to step out of "whiteville" with all your best laid intentions and realize what the heck is really going on in America here. |
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