Just when you think you’ve seen it all…a former American Apparel manager sent Gawker this how-to guide, posted on the company’s intranet with regard to what kind of black girls she should try to hire during the company’s open calls:
“none of the trashy kind that come in, we don’t want that. we’re not trying to sell our clothes to them. try to find some of these classy black girls, with nice hair, you know?”
i will remember that forever, especially the “nice hair” part. he was instructing another manager and i on who to look for during an upcoming open call, and i sat there dumbfounded, listening to him speak while the other manager made “uh huh, got it” sounds on her end of the phone. the other manager on the call with me later became a district manager, and at one point instructed me to tell two of my employees (both of whom happened to be black females) to stop straightening their hair. i refused to do this, but wondered if the mentality behind her request was related to what dov had said.
If you didn’t know who “Dov” is, he is Dov Charney — CEO of the company!!
We’re not sure what to make of this story, but this is what black women should do, BOYCOTT American Apparel!!
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