Monday, February 11, 2019

Celebs Call for Gucci Boycott Over Blackface Sweater


Over the weekend Gucci was forced to apologize after releasing a new sweater that looks like blackface.

Apology not accepted as celebrity activists call for a boycott...
@gucci As a 7 figure/yr customer & long time supporter of your brand I must say...Y’all GOT US fucked UP!!! APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED!!!! We ain’t going for this “oops my bad I didn’t mean to be racist and disrespectful towards your people” shit!!! Y’all knew wtf y’all was doin and WE AINT GOING FOR IT!!! We ALL GOTTA Stop buying,wearing,and supporting this piece of shit company And ALL PIECE OF SHIT COMPANIES UNTIL THEY LEARN TO RESPECT OUR DOLLARS & VALUE OUR BUSINESS!!!! Our culture RUNS THIS SHIT!!! We (People of color) spend $1.25 TRILLION/year (but are the least respected and the least included)and if we stop buying ANYTHING they MUST correct any and ALL of our concerns. That’s THE ONLY WAY we can get some RESPECT PUT ON OUR NAME!!!! I Don’t Give a Fuck if I gotta wear Target brand shit.... #FuckGucci
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I spent many years in the fashion industry i helped redefine it ..we created a billion dollar grossing company with phat farm and baby phat I’m proud to say that i helped some hip hop entrepreneurs and their companies follow suit like Rocawear Apple bottom and many others i found them their partners and mentored them during their launches One day Macy’s began buying all of our top brands We thought that was a breakthrough or a “good sign” (Being accepted by our oppressor who hated and looked down on us ) Then they discounted us all and intentionally killed all the black businesses that we fed ... thousands of shops ...billions of gross dollars going to the independent (mostly black) shop owners There were thousands of young black and white kids in fashion looking up to Damon John, Sean John, Kimora and all of the young black designers white kids where buying our brands causing an even greater threat , they were all studying THEIR fashion and building hundreds of companies that were distributed by the mostly independent shop owners that were in biz because of us and supporting us long before Macys bought and discounted the top 15 designers.. IT WAS INTENTIONAL DELIBERATE AND INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE THEY KILLED THAT FASHION REVOLUTION .. i grew up and i lost a taste for clothes that were basically cheap to make but too expensive for my brothers ...but they were defining me as a SMALL man needing a “status symbol” i realized that it was embarrassing to wear them and my community members couldn’t afford to look as stupid as i did ...... When are we gonna wake up take off the horrible DEAD ANIMAL shit and the shiny crap and realize where the true shine lives Let’s instead focus on the things that serve our community and really bring us happiness Fuxk the fashion industry and the elitist backwards and hurtful mentality that it represents When you wake up and realize that it’s not what’s on u but it’s what’s in you that defines you ... you will let go of a sickness that separates you from your brothers and sisters ...and ultimately separates you from Gods Grace
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I have no clothes by any of these designers in question or i would give them to the homeless But i wanted to publicly support this movement @troubleman31 when everyone is so compromised that they couldn’t even force Starbucks to do the right thing for fears of what they might loose (they are all connected and sometimes owned by same cooperations or one could just be deemed scary) U STOOD UP !!! and they ,Starbucks ,paid up #FACTS We have gangsta rappers”who have charities or affiliations with corporations and they have to be careful I’m not judging them they have families and charities ...i remember loosing my deal with Pepsi for fighting KFC and loosing my advertising agency for fighting with Pepsi I lost tons of support for my charities for my BIG MOUTH .. i can go on and on with stories but i never lost my soul So for that I’m grateful U GOT YOUR SOUL and you care for your community I love you and support you FYI my opinion is take all that shit off.. it’s not empowering it’s embarrassing (opinion) But this is a good start Not only because of their insensitivity or RACISM in this instance but for more reasons then i wanna go into today (including but not limited to their lack of diversity and their abuse of Animals Anyhow Love ❤️ this and I’m praying that hip hop can refrain from promoting and wearing all of that crap for at-least 3 months oh and no Prada or Montcaire as well Did i misspell Montclair?
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