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Canadian outdoor apparel company apologizes for using only white models
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:11 pm
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:11 pm
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“Outside is for everyone,” MEC CEO David Labistour said in an open letter Monday. “It’s time we acted like it.”
The letter — titled “Do white people dominate the outdoors?” — includes a collage of old MEC ads: white people hiking and biking and rock climbing and cross-country skiing; white people in khaki shorts; white people rafting in wetsuits.
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Monday’s apology was coupled with the unveiling of a new MEC “initiative,” bent on changing “the way we represent the outdoor community.” The move, MEC clarified in a statement, comes after employees and co-op members requested more diversity in the company’s ads.
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“There is a sense that the outdoors is a white space, that people of colour don’t belong in that space,” Scott said. “People of colour want to do it, but they need a bridge to get them there.”
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Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:13 pm to Tigerbait357
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employees and co-op members requested more diversity in the company’s ads.
In these peoples' defense, the three people in that ad are extremely white.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:13 pm to Tigerbait357
Oh so now the people of color need a bridge and can’t do it themselves?
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:13 pm to Tigerbait357
Is this the best thing they have to bitch about??
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:14 pm to Tigerbait357
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People of colour want to do it, but they need a bridge to get them there.”
That's so damn condescending
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:16 pm to tigersfirst
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In these peoples' defense, the three people in that ad are extremely white.
In the company's defense, kayakers, campers, and rock climbers tend to be extremely white as well.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:17 pm to Tigerbait357
Those that ONLY see skin color are the actual racists.
NEWSFLASH -- it is not the white population that is racist.
I have never said the N word, I have never insulted anyone for their skin color.
But I have been called white boy, cracker, honky, whitey, etc etc.... more than I could even begin to count.
In fact, every black basketball player knows exactly what I am talking about. "Oh, white boy thinks he got skills" (PS - I did.)
Question to the black ballers, be serious here. How many times have you used racial slurs on white people, and how many times have you ACTUALLY been called racial slurs...... by white people. If you are being honest with yourselves, you know the numbers. And you know it is not even close.
NEWSFLASH -- it is not the white population that is racist.
I have never said the N word, I have never insulted anyone for their skin color.
But I have been called white boy, cracker, honky, whitey, etc etc.... more than I could even begin to count.
In fact, every black basketball player knows exactly what I am talking about. "Oh, white boy thinks he got skills" (PS - I did.)
Question to the black ballers, be serious here. How many times have you used racial slurs on white people, and how many times have you ACTUALLY been called racial slurs...... by white people. If you are being honest with yourselves, you know the numbers. And you know it is not even close.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:18 pm to Tigerbait357
Wait, are there even any Canadians in Canada?
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:20 pm to Tigerbait357
What Canada is about 90% white. What is the big deal?
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:22 pm to tigersfirst
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In these peoples' defense, the three people in that ad are extremely white.
Ain't none of those 3, ever going near a camp site, or the woods, unless Muffy and stew have a party in their parents luxury cabin, eh.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:22 pm to Tigerbait357
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:24 pm to I B Freeman
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What Canada is about 90% white. What is the big deal?
Facts and reality don't matter.
To these SJW scum, diversity means chasing down the last white person. It's all about white hate. Nothing more.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:24 pm to Yat27
quote:lots of natives in BC and the Territories that are outdoorsy, but I doubt they're buying from this company
In the company's defense, kayakers, campers, and rock climbers tend to be extremely white as well.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:25 pm to I B Freeman
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What Canada is about 90% white. What is the big deal?
Dude, as loony as the liberals and progressives are here, they are 10000x worse in Canada, they are on par with the Euro progressives.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:25 pm to Tigerbait357
I really want to meet the one black driver on that Ice Road Truckers show.
Then I want to come back here and explain to the black guys in the shop that I met a brother that drives an 18 wheeler over a frozen lake in Canada where it is 30 degrees below zero outside and see if I can get one of them to believe me.
Then I want to come back here and explain to the black guys in the shop that I met a brother that drives an 18 wheeler over a frozen lake in Canada where it is 30 degrees below zero outside and see if I can get one of them to believe me.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:28 pm to SeeeeK
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Dude, as loony as the liberals and progressives are here, they are 10000x worse in Canada, they are on par with the Euro progressives.
Yukoners are good people. For the most part. The natives there are very entitled though
This post was edited on 10/24/18 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:29 pm to Tigerbait357
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“People of colour want to do it, but they need a bridge to get them there.”
POC, we are white people and we are here to tell you what you want!
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:30 pm to Tigerbait357
I seriously doubt basketball apparel companies face such double standards.
This post was edited on 10/24/18 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:54 pm to Tigerbait357
Maybe that bridge can also take them to get ID's so they can vote.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 8:33 pm to Tigerbait357
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This post was edited on 10/24/18 at 8:34 pm
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