WASHINGTON — Many are calling clothing retailer Urban Outfitters distasteful after it sold a T-shirt online with the Kent State seal and what appears to be splattered blood stains.
It appears to be a reference to the shootings at the college in 1970 in which four unarmed college students were killed by Ohio National Guardsmen during a Vietnam War protest.
This isn’t the first time Urban Outfitters has been scrutinized for insensitive clothing. At one point, the company marketed a T-shirt that simply featured the word “depression” in a repeating pattern, according to Business Insider.
The T-shirt has sold out online.
So far, the company has not commented.
Urban Outfitters has issued a non-apology apology for their offensive Kent State sweatshirt: http://t.co/nQy9GmmPKh pic.twitter.com/e64FvMa2ed
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) September 15, 2014
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