i wear abercrombie all the time and im asian. i also plan to work there in the future. why is everyone on yahoo saying that abercrombie is racist? i went on the site and asked them if they were racist and they said they weren't. I have also seen asians working at abercrombie.
what is ur problem?
2007-01-26 15:21:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I dont think there is anything wrong with that, just ignore those other people.
2007-01-26 15:26:00 · answer #1 · answered by thelittlemermaid11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abercrombie and Fitch has an appearance code - they only want workers who look a certain way in their stores. In California a few years ago, they were sued by a group of Asian students who had applied for jobs there and been turned down, due to their race. It became clear upon further investigation that A & F's style code was biased towards White people and discriminated against Asians, Latinos and Blacks. The lawsuit was settled out of court, but A & F still has an employee style code.
2007-01-26 15:43:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of those news magazine shows (20/20, 60 Minutes, Dateline, I forget which one) had someone work undercover at an Abercrombie. When a black person asked for an employment application, the employees would tell them that they were all out of applications. It was a pretty pervasive problem across many A&F stores, not just an isolated incident.
Also awhile ago they were selling some t-shirts that some Asians and Buddhists found offensive. I only remember one that said "2 Wongs make it White" (it was refering to a Chinese laundry) but there were several more different shirts.
2007-01-26 15:43:12 · answer #3 · answered by Zephyr 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
At the Abercrombie store that I shop at, the manager there is asian, and there are alot of people from different ethnic backgrounds that work there. So no! they aren't racist!
2007-01-28 23:02:28 · answer #4 · answered by i7msc15283 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
it depends where you live though. in California and more diverse states, it is more common for A&F to have a lot of different races, but in the middle states which are mostly white and old fashioned, you''ll notice that the mionorities there are looked down upon by the whites. but no A&F is not racist, people just say that to make excuses for being turned down....you know other stuff too.
and just wondering but if you asked them if they were racist on their site, would you ever think they would say yes??!!
2007-01-29 12:05:44 · answer #5 · answered by XOXO 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I don't care, I don't wear abercrombie. And what's so perfect about them that they want perfect people there? Egos!
Krazy Libra
2007-01-26 15:29:56 · answer #6 · answered by krazy_libra_from_ac 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
anna just explained it to you
they want the 'perfect' people to work there
i hate abercrombie with their ugly *** music and heavy perfume
2007-01-26 15:27:19 · answer #7 · answered by Legend 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
the reason they say hes racist is due to a comment he made on the oprah winfrey show that he didnt design his clothes for blacks, oprah kicked him off his show
2007-01-26 15:41:21 · answer #8 · answered by el chavo 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they wont hire you if they think your ugly. and there was some case about them not hiring black people. but that was probably in some southern state or something
2007-01-26 15:24:47 · answer #9 · answered by Sarah 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'm not saying it.
2007-01-26 15:24:44 · answer #10 · answered by Mike H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋