T-shirt said to be offensive to Mexico
The Urban Outfitters retail chain is once again upsetting some people with a T-shirt it’s selling.
The shirt reads: “New Mexico, Cleaner than Regular Mexico.”
An official with the Anti-Defamation League wants the retailer to stop selling the shirt – because it suggests that “Mexico is a dirty place.”
Urban Outfitters has run into similar controversy before. Two years ago, it stopped selling a game called “Ghettopoly” after black civil rights leaders protested. Last year, it stopped sales of a T-shirt that read, “Everyone Loves a Jewish Girl,” surrounded by dollar signs. The Anti-Defamation League objected to that one, too.
It also angered pro-voting groups with a shirt that said, “Voting is for Old People.”
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F: A T-shirt that reads, “New Mexico, Cleaner than Regular Mexico” is shown Wednesday, July 20, 2005, in Philadelphia. The Anti-Defamation League has asked Urban Outfitters, a Philadelphia-based retailer which targets 18- to 30-year-old shoppers, to stop selling the shirt.
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US Sends Offensive Signal to Mexico
House approval of a restrictive law that criminalizes immigration without papers is officially seen in Mexico as a "terrible sign" from the US government and legislature to the neighbor country.
Mexican President Vicente Fox affirmed that what had been decided is "appalling" and "does not speak well for a country that prides itself on being democratic" and he pointed out, is a nation of immigrants.
For these reasons it is shameful to be tolerant of xenophobes, to construct new walls, set more police and more soldiers on a frontier between two partner nations, Fox said at a
Mexico 2, United States 1
Roger Clemens bid goodbye to baseball in uncharacteristic fashion - with a loss.
Oliver Perez and seven relievers combined to pitch a three-hitter, leading Mexico to a 2-1 victory over the Rocket and Team USA on Thursday night, eliminating the Americans from the inaugural World Baseball Classic and putting Japan in the semifinals.
Clemens pitched reasonably well, but received little offensive support as a lineup loaded with All-Stars failed to get the job done. He has said he would retire when the Classic was over. The 43-year-old right-hander did nothing to discourage that notion after facing Mexico.
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Mexico: Lopez Obrador Will Not Accept Election Ruling Favoring Calderón
Mexicos top electoral court has thrown out allegations of massive fraud in last months presidential election, handing almost certain victory to conservative Felipe Calderón.
Leftist challenger Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the judges unanimous rejection of his complaints is offensive and unacceptable for millions of Mexicans. He vowed not to recognize a government led by Calderón and the ruling National Action Party.
The seven-judge Federal Electoral Tribunal reported it examined 375 challenges to the July 2 election, and discarded about one-half of one percent of the 41 million ballots, due to irregularities. The
In Mexico City, Boldin, Fitzgerald met Green's expectations
Cardinals coach Dennis Green has said that receivers Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald should catch seven to eight passes and a touchdown a game.
Against San Francisco in Mexico City, Boldin had eight catches for 116 yards and a touchdown and Fitzgerald had seven passes for 102 yards and a touchdown.
The offense started clicking because the offensive line started blocking well, Boldin said. The line, which had help from two tight ends for most of the game, gave quarterback Josh McCown time to go through his progressions and find the open receiver.
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Jennifer Lopez Filming Movie in Mexico
Dressed in a blue shirt, khaki pants and a blond wig, Jennifer Lopez chased a bus and attended a street protest as a crowd of onlookers broke into applause.
The 37-year-old actress-singer was filming scenes Monday in the Mexican border city of Nogales for "Bordertown," a movie about the largely unsolved killings of women in Ciudad Juarez.
Lopez plays a Chicago-based reporter sent to Mexico to investigate the killings. The film, directed by Gregory Nava, also stars Antonio Banderas.
Traffic backed up around the set and hundreds of people crowded the streets of Nogales, across
Jennifer Lopez in Mexico to film movie about killings of women in border city
Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez is in the Mexican border city of Nogales filming a movie about the largely unsolved killings of women in Ciudad Juarez.
Traffic backed up around the set and hundreds of people crowded the streets of Nogales, across from Nogales, Arizona, to get a glimpse of Lopez, who was accompanied by her husband, singer-actor Marc Anthony, local newspapers reported Tuesday.
In "Bordertown," co-written and directed by Gregory Nava, Lopez plays a Chicago-based reporter sent to Mexico to investigate the killings.
Dressed in a blue shirt, khaki
Padres celebrate Mexico Opening Day Sunday
The San Diego Padres will host their annual Mexico Opening Day, presented by the San Diego Zoo, to close out Opening Week this Sunday, April 9 at PETCO Park. A celebration of Mexican culture and international baseball will be part of the pre-game festivities prior to the 1:05 p.m. game vs. the Colorado Rockies. All fans 14 and under will receive a Vinny Castilla T-Shirt for Kids, presented by the Zoo.
Before that afternoon's game there will be a special tribute to the Mexican National Team following their participation in the recently-concluded inaugural World Baseball Classic.
Vestiges of Little Mexico
In the shadow of Uptown, one block recalls a once-thriving, tight-knit neighborhood
If you saw Alec Adamez walking down an Uptown sidewalk, you'd probably think he's lost.
Just blocks to the doors of Stanley Korshak, Alec walks out of a neighborhood watering hole in a New Orleans cap and a Jamaica T-shirt, sweaty from home repairs, bare feet plunged into brown loafers. But as the door shuts on the bar where he's watched Cowboys games for years, he exits his bubble of familiarity and enters 2005. He paces down McKinnon, the entrance to the Dallas North Tollway lined
Mexico is ready for some football
They call them the "49s" here. The "Cuarenta Nueves." No "ers," as they're known north of the border. They're not quite the team of choice, either, but that's understood when games of the Dallas Cowboys have been televised here for years.
"Vaqueros and the Raiders," said Moises Andrade, a chauffeur, when asked his favorites in the pros. But it's the "49s" and the "Cardenales de Arizona," who Sunday night face each other in what will be the first league game in the 83-year history of the NFL to be played outside the United States.
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Don't expect a huge crowd in Mexico
Go for it. You know something's phony when the NFL doesn't blow its own horn. Take Sunday night when league history will be made by playing the first regular-season game outside of the United States.
The game is in Mexico City at Estadio Azteca. But there's been hardly a promotional peep.
The catch is that the teams are the Arizona Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers. That's like promising diamonds and sending zirconia. In the case of the Cardinals, cheap zirconia.
No wonder the NFL has abandoned its original prediction of 105,000 fans. Oh, check that
