[Peace-discuss] [Discuss] Spencer's Gifts selling overt racist/sexist tees

[Karen Medina]

Creepy shirt words.
Freedom of speech lets them say it, and it lets us unite to speak against it.
-karen medina

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Neil Parthun <lennybrucefan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all -
>
> I was out at the Champaign mall today and I stopped by Spencer's Gifts.
>
> Activist/hip hop artist Jasiri X had noted on his site that he had
> encountered some very objectionable shirts at the store in Pennsylvania.
>  So, curiosity got the best of me and I entered the store to see if they
> were in Illinois too.
>
> Within moments, I found a tee that I unfortunately did not get a picture
> of...However, the text read "I Have the Dick, So I Make the Rules."  Classy,
> no?
>
> I then found the shirts that Jasiri had spoken about in his web post.
>
> One shirt said "Illegal Immigrants are like sperm.  Millions come in but
> only one little bastard actually works."
>  http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb209/ppp00022/?action=view&current=IMG_0148.jpg
>
> Another had a picture with Obama and Tiger Woods with Obama saying
> "Seriously, I have screwed more people than you." to Tiger.
> http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb209/ppp00022/?action=view&current=IMG_0151.jpg
>
> Of course, searching the Spencer's Gifts website found nothing on display
> there.
>
> I got contact information for the store itself and their customer service
> representative at the big office.  Let's organize a quick campaign -- if
> they cannot remove the offending shirt(s) within a few days, let's have a
> little welcoming committee outside the Spencer's to let people know about
> what it is Spencer's is selling and profiting from.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Neil Parthun
> lennybrucefan[at]gmail[dot]com
>
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>
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karen medina
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