Fred Perry says its black and yellow-tipped polo shirt will no longer be sold in the United States a

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Fred Perry says its black and yellow-tipped polo shirt will no longer be sold in the United States and Canada “until we’re satisfied its association with the Proud Boys has ended”

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[Beakybird]

1. That was dumb. They should just state that 50% of profits from that shirt go to BLM.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

2. 100%!

Great idea. But making it 100% would be even more effective. Perry can afford it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. A problem they've had for decades

ast week in Paris, a few metres away from the Citadium clothing store in Paris, Clément Méric met his death. Méric, a leftwing activist, and his friends had gone shopping for Fred Perry tops on offer in a summer sale. After leaving the store, they found themselves confronted by far-right skinheads, on the corner of Rue Caumartin. Méric was punched in the face, fell, and suffered a fatal blow to the head. He was18 years old.
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The genesis of the Fred Perry problem began in 1966 when a small cult known as Hard Mods appeared on London's streets. These mods were very smart, non-violent and non-political. Crucially, they cut their hair very short, but over the next three years the look took on a more casual element, mixing the Fred Perry top with braces and jeans. In September 1969, a Daily Mirror article called these kids skinheads – and a national cult was born. Unfortunately, that brought in many undesirable elements. It was their violent activities at football matches or against newly arrived Asians that caught the media's attention, and thus portrayed all skinheads as fearsome individuals.

This unfair categorisation wasn't helped in the 1970s when some skinheads aligned themselves with the British National Front. The result was that the Fred Perry shirt found itself linked with far-right extremists – and not only in Britain. Skinheads in other European countries dress similarly. Tony Kaye's film American History X, starring Edward Norton, shows how far the look was embraced in the US.

Of course, the irony of rightwing extremists wearing Fred Perry shirts is probably lost on its buyers. Tennis player Fred Perry, who gave his name to the brand in 1952, was the son of a staunch socialist Labour MP. But that kind of information is of scant use to the family and friends of Clément Méric.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/fred-perry-patch-extremist-customers

[BootinUp]

4. That's quite a good decision. Nt

[genxlib]

5. I know reality isn't their strong suit

But that particular "proud boy" is about 60 years too late to be referred to as anything resembling a boy.