Friday, August 26, 2016

Clothing tycoon’s tacky ‘Mexican’ party enrages Latino staffers

Clothing tycoon’s tacky ‘Mexican’ party enrages Latino staffers | New York Post:
"As a rabbi ensured kosher purity at the taco station, hired entertainers — including topless and G-stringed women — gyrated next to partiers.
One woman wore a pink posterboard that read “Immigrant Day Worker” on the front and “Where’s the Wall” on the back, while another female guest’s shirt read “Immigrant Mushroom Picker” alongside a Mexican flag.
...“If they insulted someone, I would apologize to whoever was insulted,” she said. Joseph speculated that the charged election-year atmosphere and Trump’s controversial candidacy heightened sensitivity.
...The hired party staffers — primarily Latinos — were outraged, according to a disturbed guest.
Joseph’s daughter, Sarah Joseph, acknowledged that some of the outfits were unseemly.
“We had a private party honoring Mexico and had no intention of ever offending anyone,” she said. “We cannot control everyone’s costumes.”
Joseph Joseph runs an urban clothing empire that launched in Bushwick in 1977 and now boasts more than 30 locations across New York City, Long Island, New Jersey and Westchester...."

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