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2009-10-18 Home Front: Culture Wars

"Illegal Alien" Costume Offends Usual Suspects...

A Southern California immigrant rights group on Friday asked the Target store chain and a costume company to stop selling an "illegal alien" Halloween costume it said is offensive to immigrants.
Based on my not-scientific local poll, I have to partially agree. My one respondent answered the "Is this offensive to you?" question with a hearty "Yes!!" He then ran laughing from the room...
The costume features the mask of an alien with a green card and an orange jumpsuit with "illegal alien" written across the front.

Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, wrote e-mails to Minneapolis-based Target and Wisconsin-based BuySeasons, Inc. calling the costume "distasteful, mean-spirited, and ignorant of social stigmas and current debate on immigration reform."
"Not to mention, green cards look NOTHING like that!"
The group said it also planned to send letters to other companies that are selling the costume.
I sure hope they do. I think I might wanna buy one and need to know what websites to surf...
Target is removing the costume from the site after receiving several complaints, company spokesman Joshua Thomas said Friday. The store never intended to sell the outfit but included it in its online offerings by mistake, he said.

An e-mail to BuySeasons, Inc. wasn't immediately returned Friday.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-10-18 10:53|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ] Top

#1 Visual Located Here

Posted by Ebbaitch Ebbutch1035 2009-10-18 14:08|| 2009-10-18 14:08|| Front Page Top

#2 "Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles"

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and surmise that the ~~Senorita~~ Salas' coalition is about Hispanic illegal aliens.

So she's saying that Hispanics have hugh eyes and grey pointed faces...? Nice of her to insult them like that....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-10-18 18:00|| 2009-10-18 18:00|| Front Page Top

#3 LOL!
How you spot an illegal alien?

They flying the saucer with the mattress strapped on the side.

Basids! may not be funny to you but the 6 armed lizards are getting all the good dishwashing and fastfood jobs. It's like WTF! Don't you fuckers ever stop with the work thing? I mean damn! First person shows these 'tiles a hammer is Dee Eee Aaa Dee.

Posted by .5MT 2009-10-18 18:24|| 2009-10-18 18:24|| Front Page Top

#4 pfffft. Know why Mexicans don't infiltrate in groups of three? The No Trespassing signs.

*rimshot*

I'm here all week, try the veal, and don't forget to tip the waitress

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-10-18 18:58|| 2009-10-18 18:58|| Front Page Top

#5 I get it!
And is dumb... since I get it.

Posted by .5MT 2009-10-18 19:04|| 2009-10-18 19:04|| Front Page Top

#6 These grunions must validate their high admin salaries by b*thching about anything remotely touching on immigration. A Ms. Al Sharpton with tequila shots methinks...

Posted by borgboy 2009-10-18 22:16|| 2009-10-18 22:16|| Front Page Top

#7 since the economy dumped illegal immigration is down and these folks probably have to justify their jobs big time.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-10-18 23:07|| 2009-10-18 23:07|| Front Page Top

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