Archive for August, 2007
Arabic T-Shirt Banned at Airport
A man (Raeed Jarrar) was stopped from getting on a JetBlue flight at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport for wearing a t-shirt with Arabic on it. A discrimination lawsuit has been filed by two civil rights organizations. Part of the issue was that Jarrar was Arabic and his shirt said in English [...]
Retarted T-Shirt Banned?
A tri-state mall store is selling a tee shirt depicting Forrest Gump with the word “Retard” under it. When the mother of handicapped children read this tee shirt she was outraged, She claimed that the shirt was not humorous in any way they were only hurtful. The mother, Jennifer Cooper, was livid that the shirts [...]
Afro-American band forced to leave stage because of Anti-Bush T-Shirt
An Afro-American band was asked to leave the stage at a jazz festival in Cleveland Ohio. Mifun had been on stage playing for about twenty minutes when the lights and sound went out at tower city center. Lisa Krieger, tower city general manager said the bands tee shirts were not appropriate and that they would [...]
Tee Shirt Ban Lifted on Patriotic T-Shirts
Four students were suspended for wearing patriotic clothing. The clothing honored the American Flag; some had a Military theme to them. Shaw Heights Middle School had adapted this policy because of increasing tensions in the culturally diverse school. The Students were given tee shirts to wear for the day, and suspension took place the [...]
Student sues over Anti-Homosexual Tee Shirt
A student recently sued his high school stating that his first amendment rights were violated when he was asked to remove the tee shirt. Tyler Harper wore a tee shirt that on the front read, “Be Ashamed, Our School Embraced What God Has Condemned,”
And on the back it read, “Homosexuality is Shameful.” He wore the [...]
Risk of fine for having offensive slogan on your t-shirt.
The BBC reported today (8/13/07) on how offensive slogans on t-shirts are treated in the UK. Recently in Peterborough, David Pratt was threatened with an £80 fine for wearing a t-shirt with the phrase: “Don’t piss me off! I am running out of places to hide the bodies.”. The council informed David that if [...]
T-Shirts Banned for promotion at Student Election
Todd Mann and Jontae Grace, both running for class government, were found guilty of selling tee shirts in a recent election for student government elections.They were ordered to remove all of the hot pink shirts from the campus, until the elections were over.
The shirts were sold in residence halls, which is against the university housing [...]
Girl Sues School Over Confederate Clothes
A high school sophomore her family has filed a lawsuit trying to force school officials in her school district to allow the girl to wear clothes with Confederate flag images. School officials have maintained that it is against dress code policy. The federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of the teen and her family by [...]
Flags on T-Shirts and Clothing Now Allowed on Campus
In April 2006, A meeting was called by school officials to discuss the issue of displaying flags on clothing. Students felt it was infringing on their first amendment rights by not being allowed to wear what they choose.
Wearing the flag of any country on clothing was prohibited because officials felt it would incite unnecessary harassment [...]
Controversial Tee Shirts pulled at Abercrombie and Fitch
Abercrombie and Fitch, a retailer based in Ohio, pulled tee shirts off the racks in (April 2002), after receiving multiple complaints from consumers in the Asian community. They shirts depicted Chinese laundry workers, and Buddha Bashing.
This has outraged the Chinese community who claim that the shirts are racially insensitive, forcing the major retailer to pull [...]
