Gothamist: N-Word Shirt a No-Go For Long Island 2nd Grader

endcorporategreed

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:40:49 -0500

Perhaps the the first N in the slogan was confusing. Plus the whole white editorializing could ruffle some feathers. A better Rodney King-esque why can't we all just get along? approach that would unite while still saving face in the street cred department would be "don't snitch" shirts for the principal and the little girl could be rockin' a N*gga Pleaze, end the N word. My favorite one those was the corporate masterpiece of marketing...Read books...Get brain (Akademiks)

sonyactivision

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:25:33 -0500

If the mother would have dressed her little girl in latex, none of this would have happened.

CR

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:39:48 -0500

Imagine the shitstorm if she was wearing Apollo Braun's latest creation "Obama = Hitler".

Colochita

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:27:10 -0500

I don't think anyone here thinks the shirt is meant to be racist and I don't think anyone is blaming the kid.

roe

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:21:45 -0500

From what the article said, the mother did think the T-shirt was trying to convey an anti-racist sentiment. At any rate, the child is 8 years old, she's not the villain here, and she can't be blamed for her mother's poor judgment. It's a lot different than the SI kid with the confederate flag shirt, who was a teenager, knew what his chosen symbol meant and made a conscious decision to wear it.

robingee

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:17:14 -0500

"However, Jaiden has also said she doesn't know what the N-word is, only that it's a bad word she shouldn't say (her mom says she wanted to keep Jaiden "innocent.")" So you put the shirt on her but you want to keep her innocent? That's stupid.

Tangaroo

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:34:12 -0500

Nice Newsradio ref, jenspellnogood. If in fact, that's what it was lol

Rocknrope

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:21:47 -0500

Only in flowing you don't flowing in flowing.

jenspellnogood

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:06:03 -0500

nincompoop

TheKlaus

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:02:57 -0500

I can't figure out what "N the N word means". I am leaning towards the idea that the first "N" is supposed to sound like "End" which I think is a fine, albeit retardedly articulated, idea.

dbc

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:50:33 -0500

@ bxbrian and just_saying: According to Newsday, "Karen Haber said she received some of the shirts from Intrigue Concepts Inc., of Roosevelt, as payment for work done. She distributed 17 of them during Jaiden's birthday party in school a month ago." The shirt is on the Intrigue Concepts website for $26. The site claims that the slogan is registered with the US Patent & Trademark Office.

Spiritof76

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:47:48 -0500

The ignorant comments here show just how dangerous this shirt is. They show that an awful lot of people can't figure out what it means and have knee-jerk reactions without thinking about it.

longacre

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:42:26 -0500

Reading the article would go a long way toward everyone's understanding of this whacked out family. The mother did some sort of work for a LI company that makes t-shirts, and (probably seeing that she's a moron, as you can tell by the retarded grin on her face in the photo) they paid her with a case of these shirts (that they couldn't get anyone to buy). She actually handed out most of them to kids at her daughter's birthday party.

just_saying

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:36:53 -0500

Yep, it's kind of cryptic. btw - I can't imagine who would be selling a t-shirt like that. Did the mother have it specially made at one of those t-shirt places for her daughter? Strange.

Colochita

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:31:06 -0500

What kind of idiot puts her kid in a potentially inflamatory shirt without telling her what it means, asking her if she WANTS to participate in that message, and preparing her for any questions or comments she might get? She's a child, not a billboard.

breaknight

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:17:13 -0500

What the hell does this shirt even mean? How do you "N" something? And how do you "N" the "N word"? This shirt seems like it was made in China. You know what I'm talking about, shirts with English words that mean nothing when put together but look cool on a shirt? Kind of like the reverse of what we do w/Chinese characters here...next this girl's mom is gonna buy her a shirt that says "Lynching for weekend! Happy fun? Dude No problem!"

whantmoore

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:07:42 -0500

Well got to blame the mom since she put her child in harms way. The kid has no idea what she is wearing. I want to know who sells that shirt. My point being she is wearing that shirt to a school wear the majority of the kids don't look like her. I need to get a kid and put him or her in a "Honkey you dont own me or my family so go over it" shirt. But I need the kid to be in the Hampton's or the UWS for it to be really great

Snoopy

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:03:42 -0500

I really find it disgusting that people who are in their nineties have to be singled out. I do not find the word nonagenarian offensive. And to suggest they should end their lives is just deplorable.

MFer

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:58:11 -0500

N her repro privs.

UnrepentantFenian

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:51:35 -0500

Wait a sec, does mom have corn rows?! Really? Corn rows are never ok. Never. N the C-Rows - It's Go Time!!!1!!

TK

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:50:52 -0500

Today is a great day in American history. I can't wait for my children to read about this day in their textbooks.

bklynd

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:47:29 -0500

I'm assuming that the N is a play on "end." It probably is intended to mean "stop saying the N-word." While I'm generally opposed to any students being sent to the principal's office based on what they are wearing, it does seem that this would create some awkward consequences amongst a bunch of 8-year-olds. Kid #1 - "You shirt says N the N-word! What's the N-word?" Kid #2 - "I know! It's [N]." Kid #3 - "Oooh, that's a bad word!" Kid #4 - "No it's not, my mommy says it. It means black people." Kid #5 - (Pointing) "N! N! N!" I also don't understand why the mom would dress her daughter in the shirt but not tell her what it means.

desmotic

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:45:53 -0500

What kind of asshat would put that shirt on a kid? Seriously people, use your damn brains once in a while.

eyekantspel

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:43:11 -0500

When said aloud, the first N sounds like "end", especially if you can't speak English.

wowthatsucks

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:38:00 -0500

Her mother though this wouldn't cause problems with the school? Thought requires a brain...

smitty

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:37:54 -0500

What does the first N mean?

takethecanoli

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:36:22 -0500

Reminds me of Jon Benet's mother.

Steven

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:31:06 -0500

Her mother though this wouldn't cause problems with the school?

gasoline serpent

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:30:29 -0500

I can't even figure out what this shirt means. "N" it? Is "N" a verb? The hell are we supposed to be doing, since it's apparently about time to be doing it?

west1

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:24:49 -0500

Sure, go ahead and use your daughter as a sock puppet to the world. Just don't blame anyone else if she gets beaten to death. Parents are so dumb these days.

bjornsaucey

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:18:42 -0500

"End" the N word? Were it an anti-epithet tee shirt, that'd be ok, right? Like "Don't Say 'Motherfucker,' Motherfucker."

eyekantspel

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:18:24 -0500

Karen Haber told Newsday, "I never expected it to be blown up like this. But innocently enough, Jaiden's made an impact on society -- maybe even history." Jaiden Haber: Girl who made historical impact on society when her attention-whore mom prompted passage of the "Jaiden Haber Child Abuse Act of 2009," which criminalized using your 8 year old kid as a pawn to bring some attention to your own fat ugly self.

zodak

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:17:50 -0500

she's just a little girl & you scumbags are making fun of her appearance instead of the mother who bought the inflammatory shirt. amazing.

bxbrian

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:14:36 -0500

F: I meant to write "an ass kicking," but I was so flabbergasted by the gap in that girl's grill I committed the mortal Internet sin of improper grammar.

bxbrian

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:13:36 -0500

A: Wow, look at that white trash B: That shirt is fug. Who picked out the font? C: Damn, did I mention how white trash they look? D: What the hell does that shirt even mean? It's time? It's time for what, and ass kicking? E: I want to know whatK K-Mart sells this shirt. That woman looks far too stupid to find KKK sites on the internet, let alone ones with online shops.

fakenewyorker

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:11:14 -0500

what does that even mean?

henricus

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:10:37 -0500

Nice job bringing in the earlier story from today Spear Chucker. This parent seems to have some serious problems. She seems to be the type of parent who thinks their child is special beyond everyone else and can 'change history' at the age of 9! Way to one up Joan of Arc, that teenie tart! I always have problems with parents treating their kids like giant bobblehead mascots for whatever their cause is...parents decking their kids in Yankees shirts...Obama shirts...etc. Your kid is not an accessory nor a billboard.

neoconfascist

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:05:20 -0500

Is the little girl mentally impaired? Just wondering based on her looks.

Spear_Chucker

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:02:36 -0500

The mother should have known better than to endanger her child like that. One can never know when a shirt like that would set off black people into an enraged mob chasing after you throwing rocks and bottles. Some people are just sensitive like that.