tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post2922437210573433450..comments2024-03-04T01:47:18.750-05:00Comments on Lemurian Congress: Golf Sweaters, Plus New Yorker RacismAdam Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-33668701709169359622007-12-14T13:54:00.000-05:002007-12-14T13:54:00.000-05:00Oh geez, I'd forgotten about Bill Cosby's sweaters...Oh geez, I'd forgotten about Bill Cosby's sweaters...he was so PROUD of those things! They were like a gimmick or something! And ugly.Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-36224099839176780112007-12-14T08:33:00.000-05:002007-12-14T08:33:00.000-05:00Ugly-ass sweaters thrusted upon black folk counts ...Ugly-ass sweaters thrusted upon black folk counts as oppression! This cruel legacy could be felt even as late as 'The Cosby Show'. That's why clothing lines such as FUBU (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUBU) had to emerge as organized resistence to this inequity.<BR/><BR/>I myself insist on knitting my own sweaters to buck retailers attempts to pass off garish, threadbare, cheap, pill-ridden,acrylic blended tunics for warm, functional tastful sweaters. I live in CANADA, people! This should be standard!VanillaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362795443692420358noreply@blogger.com