Dov Charney: Not a Total Scumbag
Around here we generally don’t think too highly of American Apparel founder Dov Charney’s juvenile sex-charged antics. Considering the size of the garment industry, the number of people I know who can first-hand vouch for what a jackass Charney is speaks volume about how much this guy gets around, and universally offends. However, taking a break from his usual kiddy-porn styled advertisements (ok thats another thing we kind of like about him), American Apparel launched a series of full-page ads supporting immigration reform in the U.S. While the ad’s content is nothing groundbreaking, what is remarkable is the willingness of a large corporation to speak the obvious truth of how hard-working immigrants are bearing the brunt of a fucked-up and archaic immigration system. The ad, which originally ran in the New York Times in December is now being repeated in such publications as the Village Voice. There is clearly little to gain (as a business) from spending large sums of money to run a polemical ad like this, which is why this type of political activism is indeed courageous and in my opinion should be recognized as such.
and here is some gratuitous AA advertising:
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