Offensive Rutgers T-Shirts Tussle Ends in Accord
By Francine Brevetti, BUSINESS WRITER
BERKELEY — A happy ending to an ugly shirt.
What started as a painful confrontation over offensive merchandise from a San Leandro supplier was settled harmoniously this week by management and consumers.
When Brandelyn Castine strolled into the three-level Futura across from the University of California, Berkeley campus on Saturday, she was "shocked to see a T-shirt that read ‘Rutgers Nappy Headed Hoes Basketball Team’ complete with a picture of a basketball with an Afro and an Afro pick."
The T-shirt comes on the heels of radio talk show host Don Imus referring to the Rutgers women’s basketball team as "nappy headed hos." The ensuing outcry led to his dismissal.
After a boycott of the Futura store’s products and a protest rally at the site, manager Jonathan Fernandez, Castine and her supporters reached an agreement this week about the future of merchandise sold at the Telegraph Avenue store.
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