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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
|Clothier Abercrombie & Fitch
is pulling a line of T-shirts that
(triggered protests from Asian
groups who said they rein
forced negative stereotypes.
The T-shirts, some of which
show smiling men with slanted
eyes and conical hats, will be
pulled from all of the company’s
311 stores in 50 states, company
spokesman Hampton Carney
said Thursday.
“We’re very, very, very
sorry,” Carney said. “It’s never
been our intention to offend
anyone.”
But more than 100 Asian-
Americans protesting outside
an Abercrombie & Fitch store
in San Francisco Thursday said
the apology was not enough.
They read a list of demands
including a public apology in
four major newspapers,
increased philanthropy and
investment in the Asian com
munity and the hiring of con
sultants to ensure sensitivity on
Asian issues.
“It’s unacceptable for them
to smear and continue to perpet
uate racist stereotypes of Asian-
Americans,” said Ivy Lee, 30,
an attorney at Asian Pacific
Islander Legal Outreach. “They
wouldn’t do the same for any
other ethnic groups.”
Activists in other parts of
the country urged people to
call or write the company to
complain.
Christine Chen, executive
director of the Organization of
Chinese Americans, based in
Washington, D.C., planned to
email several thousand Asian-
Americans asking them to
check that shirts are removed
from stores, and to voice their
opinions to Abercrombie.
In Minneapolis, Minn., Bao
Phi, 27, was asking people to
boycott Abercrombie until it
pledges that such designs will
not be repeated.
“The fact is, they’ve already
made money out of our
exploitation,” Phi said.
Carney could not say how
many of the T-shirts were
already in stores, or how much
the recall would cost the New
Albany, Ohio-based casual
sportswear company.
The T-shirts, which went on
sale in some stores Friday for
$24.50, also will be removed
from sale on the company’s
Website, Carney said.
“These graphic T-shirts were
designed with the sole purpose
of adding humor and levity to
our fashion line,” Carney said.
“Since some of our customers
have been offended by their con
tent, we are pulling these shirts”
One of the company’s T-shirts
reads “Wong Brothers Laundry
Service — Two Wongs Can
Make It White.”
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