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Registered: May 28, 2003
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Just because you like name brands does not mean you are a prep! How dare you stereotype people who simply like brand names- you're unbelievable and incompetent.
Registered: February 16, 2003
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i dont like abrecrombie and name brands.... because im not a prep...
Registered: May 07, 2003
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idont relly care if some pople thnk its racist becuz the true meaning of racist is either hurting someone or excluding someone becuz of their race. makin a shirt that says "budda" od "wong" doesnt have anything to do with racismn Eek
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Registered: August 17, 2001
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I think most of the people who design these shirts are intending to offend others. They just want to make humorous apparel. It's lame either way.
Registered: May 03, 2003
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that's silly. everything today is so idealized, even the bhudda would go over people's heads.
Registered: May 02, 2003
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I think they are very stereotypical of course. They are all all american ppl whho are the symbol of the perfect body.
Registered: May 02, 2003
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Yesh, i agree, and what helps even more is that they are way cheaper than the clothes made by labor. Smile
Registered: May 01, 2003
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if you're talking about not useing a variety of races on their ads and on their shopping bags, then yeah, they are. Keep in mind, this is only based on what i see from outside the doors of that store. i wouldn't be caught dead supporting a company that uses child labor and rips off millions of young adolecents by using them as mere marketing tools.
Registered: April 20, 2003
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I personally like Abercrombie and Fitch. I love all of their clothes, but anway if people want to get finicky than they should have stopped buying from Abercrombie when they came out with their catalog that was rated XXX.
Registered: April 07, 2003
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That is horrible... and i would never shop there.. but i already stopped shopping there years ago and many other stores including all gap affiliated stores, and delias because they depend heavily on child labor to produce their clothes and i find that despicable and wrong. We need to show that we dont agree w/ child labor cuz we r endorsing it if we buy products made by child labor. and i encourage all my friends not to shop at places that use child labor, it is horrible and violating their rights and their are solutions that can stop it such as offering job training inbtween work so they can move up and get an education which leads to a better job that said if every1 stopped shopping at places that use child labor they would lean it is not being tolorated and stop using child labor... peeps who say it would make clothes more expensive r lying cuz abacrombie charges like 35 bucks for a racist shirt made by young children who are underpaid in poor working conditions when u can go 2 a store like Kohl's and get a tee for like 10 dollars(always check the tag cuz u never know... see where its made cuz generally if its made in Tawian or Mayalisa it is child labor) but in my experience all that i have bought was made in the US. Clothes from stores like Kohls or any other store not endorsing child labor r cute and u can wear on a clear concience cuz the brands they carry are mostly manufactured in the US and not only r u helping the US economy u can wear it on a clear consience. well anyway im back from my tangent but in anwser to the orginal question i would not shop and abacrombie ever.
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Registered: December 19, 2002
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bah! those shirts arent racist.
Registered: December 29, 2002
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Sometimes I buy my shirts from a warehouse so sometimes the little thing that say what company made it is cut off.

So I immensely don't recognize if I'm wearing Abercrombie & Fitch. I'm tremendously apologetic but I really don't know.

What can I do in that solution?


Nor do I sometimes recognize what kind of shoes I'm wearing. So I don't know if the shoes I'm wearing are subsidizing terrorists or are helping those sweatshops to keep small kids and mothers over sea in business.

I really didn't know so what do I do then?

If I knew you know without a doubt I wouldn't buy them.

But, yea you have to take this into consideration:
This is about the Sweatshops:

If more numerous amount of people don't buy something that is made from a sweatshop, guess what's going to happen. Yea, voluminous amount of families will be out of work. Then what can they do? Do they just wait and look for more unfair work with unfair pay and mistreating?

I bet we feel presumptuous that we stopped buying that though. Now we stop an couple of sweatshops, I know we don't feel like that. What about the families who use to work there in the sweatshop we stopped, now what are they going to do without work?

Yea, I needed to take that into consideration but taking that into consideration makes me more confused. What do I do when I recognize what I'm buying is made in a sweatshop

Do I not buy it to prove a point but cause numerous families to later be out of work?

Or do I buy it and have that culpability hanging over my head?

Bye N Have a nice day
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Registered: February 08, 2003
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i wouldn't wanna buy that shirt even if u gave me 2 million dollars.
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Registered: March 08, 2003
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personaly, I just think it is dumb

however if this was sold at an "ASIAN" store, I bet there wouldn't be a problem....it's still dumb either way...
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Registered: April 14, 2003
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I really don't think they are. People just took a shirt off the rack and took offense to it.
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Registered: April 05, 2003
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I dont get whats the big deal of name brand clothing!I would rather go to walmart and spend my money there. Its a waiste to spend extra money on a shirt that has a certain logo on it! Plus if they are putting out racial remarks out like that, i defenitly dont wanna be apart of that!!! Big Grin
Registered: March 24, 2003
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i haven't seen those shirts but i don't think ABERCROMBIE would do something to kill there sales but it's not like there going under or anything
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Registered: March 30, 2003
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Racist? That's bad! I've never seen the racist shirts, so if sum1 could explain them to me that would be good. Razz
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Registered: June 07, 2002
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i hate abercrombie and fitch. i agree with the sexual content in their shirts.

Not only that. The stuff on their shirts is just STUPID. lame. why anyone would want to wear shirts that say "Jacuzzi lifeguard" or "There is a hidden tiki spot where the boys are hot hot hot." is beyond me.
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Registered: March 02, 2003
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I don't know about racist. I've never seen any of the shirts that were described. But I do know that the majority of the shirts at Abercrombie have a strong sexual message. "Camp Wannagetsum" "One quickie is never enough" "We play the feild" these are all messages on shirts. Funny, yes. But not when you see ten year old girls wearing them.
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