[HotHunt]

I am just amazed at what publicly offends people anymore. Their whole lives must be one slight after another. Micro-aggressions all over the place.

Where was all this offensive stuff when I was growing up? I must have missed out on the lessons of pleading to be considered a victim in life.

WIMS = Woe Is Me Syndrome

[hattend]

Referring to African-Americans as monkeys or lower forms of primates has been considered racist,

Do the shirts do this?

Or is this another dog whistle?

[Menehune56]

Referring to African-Americans as monkeys or lower forms of primates has been considered racist...

But how was this benign t-shirt doing anything of the kind?

[Trillian]

[GSWarrior]

NBA has a large Chinese fan base. Could the Kings be setting themselves up for blowback?

[wastedyears]

[BenLurkin]

Nice T

But like any good Angeleno -- happy to see Sack-o-tomato embarrassed. Again

[euram]

Essentially, they’re admitting that blacks look like monkeys, and behave worse.

[I want the USA back]

Did my local supermarket pull watermelons off the shelf? Did my local fried chicken place close for the month?

Insanity.

[jocon307]

White people are often compared to monkeys/chimps, etc.

Sometimes insultingly - like calling Bush Chimpy McBush (or whatever the heck they called him) or saying someone is a big gorilla.

And sometimes it’s meant sweetly, how many toddlers have been told: you’re little monkey?

This is so stupid, I didn’t look at the link yet, but they sound like they might be pretty cool shirts.

[CincyRichieRich]

Only those looking under every rock for a reason to be offended...

[kaehurowing]

Realize it is the team color, but they messed up all the way around.

This year is the year of the Red Monkey, or Fire Monkey. All depictions show a red monkey; so this would have seemed weird to Asians too. Sort of like portraying Barney the Dinosaur in yellow.

[JimRed]

Stoopid, stoopid, stoopid! Now, if it had been MONTH of the monkey, that would be different.

[ExGeeEye]

Racists hate Asians.