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" H3Y !! "

“ Bryson, sabihin mo lang na "test" o kung ano pa man ! ”

" G4HAhAHA ! D1d I sc4red y0U ? Sorry . 0R 3VEN N0T ! L0L ! R4TI0 ! "

« Ugh . Sorry for him . He's just . . . A jerk . Lets cut to the chase , kid . »

« We'd like ( or not exactly . I am not grateful to meet you . ) to welcome you to your . . . Customer service from the first creations in Robloxia , I guess . And its no joke . Well I mean , I wish it was . »

« I'm Nathan , or Nathaniel Nicolas Grav if you want to be classy or something . The purple one with closed eyes is Uranus , or Denise , again if you want to be classy . And the other one is - »

" 1 AM BU1LDIN6 D3ZIGN !! And I will pwn you . "

« Eugh . Uranus unfornately can only speak Filipino . So you might consider bringing a translator or something . »

" WH4T3VAR !! W3 AR3 G0NNA ZERV1CE YOU F0OLISH N00BZ ! TH4TZ TH3 P0INT ! BYE-BY3 !! "

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So, this was the design my little sister, Kaelah, made for Black History Month. The one on the right is the front of the shirt and the one on the left is the back of it.

My sister was first asked to depict the education crisis for African Americans; the idea was later rejected and changed to just say crisis control because the subject was “controversial.” She wanted to draw a design that represented what some African American families go through especially when it comes to getting an education; sort of like something that symbolized cause and effect. She drew a split family, symbolism of no income, bad report cards/grades, symbolism of incarceration, a desk (that represents education) and a shadow under it that says crisis (it’s hard to tell sorry), and a trash bin that says “future.”

Now, I don’t know what made one teacher particularly scream that the back of the shirt made them uncomfortable, but she put a lot her time and effort into this shirt. She felt honored to be even asked to design a shirt! I watched her draw the sketch myself and even gave her some tips.

My sister informed me that they will keep the front of the shirt but they MUST get rid of the back portion. She spent the most time and research on the BACK. The back of the shirt holds a lot of POWER and an experience some of us African American families go through?? Which is a HUGE problem and I feel is really overlooked.

So my question to you guys is: do you feel uncomfortable with the back of this shirt?

          Familiar, she finds, both words and implications alike.  Alone not out of desire, but because there’s no other alternative.  She had thought so before--they were alike in more ways than he could possibly know.  Pushing others away and staying guarded despite it all.  It was the only way to survive.  The only way to keep the pain out (apathy was the better alternative, wasn’t it?)

and we're going to watch it for three sundays in a row

and then it's gone