Sorority Formal Shirt with Racist Image

[naraht]

There are some things here that don't add up. If the University rejected the shirt, then the Chapter president saying (at http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.2636727 )

“In selecting the T-shirt, we failed to focus on the specific images in the design,” ADPi Samford chapter president Lauren Hammond said, adding the shirts will be destroyed.

“We are horrified by our oversight. Had we recognized what the design details depicted, we would never have purchased the shirts.”


The primary question to me is "Who designed the image on the shirt, some of the sisters or was it an image gotten from elsewhere"?

Except for the "University rejected it", I *could* see this happening by mistake, if the image for the t-shirt front that the sisters saw when selecting it was half the size or so...

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by naraht

The primary question to me is "Who designed the image on the shirt, some of the sisters or was it an image gotten from elsewhere"?

Except for the "University rejected it", I *could* see this happening by mistake, if the image for the t-shirt front that the sisters saw when selecting it was half the size or so...

"A spokesperson for Alpha Delta Pi said the chapter found the shirt design online and did not take part in creating or designing the questionable map of Alabama in any way.

The T-shirt’s design was rejected by the university as part of its approval process, but the shirts were printed anyways.

The shirt vendor acknowledged it failed to notify the sorority that the design had been rejected by the University, so the chapter did not know there was a problem with the design."

http://www.wtvm.com/story/31987289/s...ffensive-image

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by Hartofsec

"A spokesperson for Alpha Delta Pi said the chapter found the shirt design online and did not take part in creating or designing the questionable map of Alabama in any way.

The T-shirt’s design was rejected by the university as part of its approval process, but the shirts were printed anyways.

The shirt vendor acknowledged it failed to notify the sorority that the design had been rejected by the University, so the chapter did not know there was a problem with the design."

http://www.wtvm.com/story/31987289/s...ffensive-image

My kids graduated from Samford and both, plus SIL,said that Kappa chapter were rule followers to a T. They were very surprised that this chapter would risk everything over a T shirt and did not believe that was the case. This makes more sense.

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

My kids graduated from Samford and both, plus SIL,said that Kappa chapter were rule followers to a T. They were very surprised that this chapter would risk everything over a T shirt and did not believe that was the case. This makes more sense.

I agree!