NerdyShirts.com is a site that sells shirts targeted for those of us with Nerd tendencies.
Over all, I like the shirts they have. And one shirt in particular caught my eye, The Silverware Family.
As we can see here its a Fork and a Spoon, and their happy little Spork children.
So I clicked on the image to find out how much this shirt would be and was soooo very saddened/ disappointed/ annoyed/ angered to read the description on the shirts info page.
Its funny how some people call plastic eating utensils silverware despite them being made solely out of plastic. This shirt delves into the grotesque thought of what would happen if a spoon and fork mated. The results are shocking. Description
I liked this shirt because it looked like it would be a positive shirt. This is an example of how people still feel that mixed families are a “grotesque thought” and that people in mixed heritage families are “shocking”
I know some people might say, but its just a shirt, its silverware not real people, but I say that it is still offensive because if you change out the spoon for my dad, the fork for my mom, and two of the sporks for my sister and I you would have my family, and you would be calling us a “grotesque thought”.
I have written them to express my annoyance/anger/disappointment.
Regarding your Silverware family Shirt:
I very much like the design of the silverware family shirt. As a mixed person, I have seen the Spork concept used before to convey mixedness. I really liked the family (as it were) as they are all smiling and such. But the description??? come on seriously… “This shirt delves into the grotesque thought of what would happen if a spoon and fork mated. The results are shocking.”
While I know that this is about a Fork and a Spoon, i think your description conveys an idea that mixed race or mixed heritage families are offensive. If this description were positive I would have bought the shirt, but I am too annoyed to do so and I think you should really consider changing this description.
I hope some changes are made. Its too bad because I liked the other shirts they have.
Update: Their response