Joker Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Not sure if this is already mentioned somewhere else in another thread... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4895898.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbecoming Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 the shoes are hot. these days if you so much as mention the fact that people look different, whether its making fun of it, being racist, being anti-racist, or jus stating facts. someones gonna get mad. the only reason theyre getting mad at this is cuz its a shoe which is harder for people to see as art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 i bet after all the controversy all the shoe manufacturers are falling over themselves to get ol' barry to do some shoes for them. there's no such thing as bad press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 i can see how folks would take that as racist though. if you stuck a picture of a black guy with an afro and giant lips eating a watermellon...even if a black guy drew it, shit would be taken as racist as fuck. people forget that asians get discriminated against too. just because they make more money, have a higher rate of college graduates, are fucking awesome at math and ping pong, people forget that they have feelings. that aint right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 I felt the same way. While I'm not offended by the shoe itself, I can see how an Asian would be. Imagine and drawing of Black Face on the tongue of the shoe and the name Jones on the back panel instead of Fong. Even if a black artist did the design people are going to get a wee bit upset. Especially those who aren't familiar with the artists work. I see where Barry was going with it though. Even down to the Fong reference. Personally, I don't find the shoes all that great as far as the overall design though. It's definitely a shoe collector item. Which is funny because most shoe collectors are Asian. At least from what I saw one day trying to get into Huf's in San Francisco... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 yeah, and how many asian kids under the age of 25 that collected the sneakersdo you think actually gave a shit? i bet them suckers are selling like hot cakes on japanese ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_incognito Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I felt the same way. While I'm not offended by the shoe itself, I can see how an Asian would be. Imagine and drawing of Black Face on the tongue of the shoe and the name Jones on the back panel instead of Fong. Even if a black artist did the design people are going to get a wee bit upset. Especially those who aren't familiar with the artists work. I see where Barry was going with it though. Even down to the Fong reference. Personally, I don't find the shoes all that great as far as the overall design though. It's definitely a shoe collector item. Which is funny because most shoe collectors are Asian. At least from what I saw one day trying to get into Huf's in San Francisco... as a hapa i dont trip off certian things, and besides asians are pretty cool when it comes to joking with culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffie crave 7 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Adidas came out with a whole series of adicolor ...the fongs are the yellow series ...asians yellow get it? thats another reason they are pissed, but idk whatever ppl bitch alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 It's all about context. Barry Mcgee using that character doesnt offend me at all, I mean if you know anything about him or what he does you'd know it's not some ignorant shit. But when a company like Abercrombie and Fitch throws some half-assed chinese characters on a shirt and makes some joke about laundry, motherfuckers get angry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarcasm Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 yeahhhhh....no. that doesn't bother me one bit... i wouldn't wear them though, shits ugly... like the dude on the tounge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofarok Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 video of huf talking about the project... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 ray fong shirts released to coincide with the shoe: (snagged from http://www.fecalface.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtorder Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I'm goin with ABC on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 those shirts look like they fit funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 These designs are almost as good as IRAK gear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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