Tommy Hilfiger Actually Does Care About Black People

In her ongoing role as Captain of the Moral Patrol, Oprah Winfrey had guest Tommy Hilfiger on today’s show to put to rest the urban legend that he was ordered off Winfrey’s show over a decade ago after saying something to the effect of “if I had known that black people would wear my clothes, I never would have designed them.”

Trouble was, Hilfiger was never even on “Oprah,” but the rumors were so persistent that the Anti-Defamation

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