Paisano’s, an Italian restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico has come under fire recently for selling t-shirts with “Black Olives Matter” printed on them, an obvious jab at the very important #BlackLivesMatter movement. Restaurant owner Rick Camuglia says he started the phrase to promote a new tuna dish the restaurant is offering, and seems to be pretty unapologetic about the whole thing (ugh).
“It’s gone so viral. We’ve gotten calls from Australia, Spain, France, you name it,” Camuglia told his local news station. “People have filled the restaurant and told us to leave up the sign,” Camuglia said. “That’s great, you know, because a lot of people make a living off working for this restaurant.” He claims he wasn’t trying to stir up any racial tensions, and was just trying to garner some attention (again, ugh).
We’ve rounded up a brief history of tasteless and offensive t-shirts (shout out to Urban Outfitters and Abercrombie) below.
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Who:Urban Outfitters
What: A “blood-stained” Kent University sweatshirt.
Why it’s offensive: It’s a reference to 1970’s Kent State massacre, where four unarmed students were shot and killed by the Ohio National Guard during a Vietnam War protest.
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Who:Urban Outfitters
What: “Misery loves alcohol” sweatshirt.
Why it’s offensive: During back to school season, UO released several pro-drinking shirts, which is worrisome in itself, but especially when you consider many of their shoppers are under the legal drinking age.
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Who: Amazon retailer Solid Gold Bomb
What:
Why it’s offensive: …….
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Who: Urban Outfitters
What: “Eat Less” t-shirt.
Why it’s offensive: Because it’s telling people to…eat less…
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Who: Urban Outfitters
What: “Depression” t-shirt.
Why it’s offensive: Obviously, because it’s trying to make depression…cute? The company later tweeted that the name of the company that made the shirt is Depression.
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Who: Forever 21
What: “Don’t say maybe if you want to say no” shirt.
Why it’s offensive: Rapey. Victim-blaming. Etc.
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Who: Abercrombie & Fitch
What: “More boyfriends than T.S.” shirt
Why it’s offensive: Taylor Swift fans did not find this one funny, and for good reason. Mocking the singer for her personal life is pretty lame.
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Who: The Children’s Place
What: A girl’s shirt about being good at shopping, music, dancing but not math.
Why it’s offensive: Gender stereotypes. On a kids’ shirt. Ugh.
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Who: Abercrombie & Fitch
What: “Who needs brains when you have these” shirt.
Why it’s offensive: Gender…stereotypes…
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Who: Taco Cid
What: “How to catch an illegal immigrant” shirt.
Why it’s offensive: smh
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