3:10 pm - 04/20/2012
The Anti-Defamation League in Philadelphia publicly objected Thursday to a T-shirt being sold by Urban Outfitters Inc. that bears a symbol that critics said resembles a Star of David patch that Jews in Nazi Europe were forced to wear during the Holocaust, sometimes on concentration camp uniforms.
“We find this use of symbolism to be extremely distasteful and offensive, and we are outraged that your company would make this product available to your customers,” Barry Morrison, regional director of the ADL, wrote in a letter e-mailed to Richard A. Hayne, chairman and chief executive of the retail corporation headquartered at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. ADL shared the letter with the media.
A phone call to Urban Outfitters spokesman Ed Looram was not immediately returned.
The shirt was brought to the ADL’s attention earlier in the day by an affiliate in Chicago, Morrison said. The $100 Kellog Tee — a yellow cotton shirt from the Denmark-based Wood Wood label — features a six-pointed blue patch embroidered to a chest pocket. It was available on the company’s website as of Thursday afternoon.
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Urban Outfitters hits a new low
The Anti-Defamation League in Philadelphia publicly objected Thursday to a T-shirt being sold by Urban Outfitters Inc. that bears a symbol that critics said resembles a Star of David patch that Jews in Nazi Europe were forced to wear during the Holocaust, sometimes on concentration camp uniforms.
“We find this use of symbolism to be extremely distasteful and offensive, and we are outraged that your company would make this product available to your customers,” Barry Morrison, regional director of the ADL, wrote in a letter e-mailed to Richard A. Hayne, chairman and chief executive of the retail corporation headquartered at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. ADL shared the letter with the media.
A phone call to Urban Outfitters spokesman Ed Looram was not immediately returned.
The shirt was brought to the ADL’s attention earlier in the day by an affiliate in Chicago, Morrison said. The $100 Kellog Tee — a yellow cotton shirt from the Denmark-based Wood Wood label — features a six-pointed blue patch embroidered to a chest pocket. It was available on the company’s website as of Thursday afternoon.
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did that really happen?
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/43
Edited at 2012-04-20 08:28 pm (UTC)
"Also in 2003, a T-shirt released with the phrase "Everyone Loves a Jewish Girl" surrounded by dollar signs was condemned"
I'm sorry but, LMFAO!!! These people are insane!
Why don't they just print up t-shirts with "White Power" labeled on them, and get it over with?
~i'm just being ironic
even i it wasn't their ~intention. like how do you not realize that it looks like the star of david oh so conveniently placed on the breast pocket.
i mean unless you've been living under a rock for the last century... how do you not notice that?
It's still offensive though, cause it's hideous.
Can we get UO off the top of the damn page?
http://www.philebrity.com/2012/04/20/le
The Racist Hip Hop nutrition chart t-shirt:
http://ology.com/post/69548/poll-is-thi
There's more. Just Google News "Urban Outfitters".
Jesus, these people sure know how to market. They're the Madonna of the fashion world.
also i think ridic $100 t-shirts are mainly sold online and stuff