Urban Outfitters has found itself in the middle of a controversy over a “Vintage Kent State Sweatshirt” the company was selling on their website with red splotches resembling blood stains.
The sweatshirt was listed for $129 on Urban Outfitter’s website.The description read, “Washed soft and perfectly broken in, this vintage Kent State sweatshirt is cut in a loose, slouchy fit. Excellent vintage condition. We only have one, so get it or regret it!”
Kent State University has issued a response to the vintage sweatshirt.
“May 4, 1970, was a watershed moment for the country and especially the Kent State family. We lost four students that day while nine others were wounded and countless others were changed forever.
We take great offense to a company using our pain for their publicity and profit. This item is beyond poor taste and trivializes a loss of life that still hurts the Kent State community today.
We invite the leaders of this company as well as anyone who invested in this item to tour our May 4 Visitors Center, which opened two years ago, to gain perspective on what happened 44 years ago and apply its meaning to the future.”
Urban Outfitters has since removed the item and posted an apology on Twitter.
