After a kid was bullied for his homemade University of Tennessee T-shirt, his logo became official

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/09/after-a-kid-was-bullied-for-hi.html

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We are already rabbling about this one!

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Boinged: https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/university-of-tennessee-stands-by-elementary-school-kid-bullied-for-his-fandom/

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A nice update though about the proceeds. I still would have liked to see the kid get some level “profits” from this. I’d think the appropriate thing would be a free ride to UT.

The University of Tennessee decided that they would take the boy’s design and make it an official school shirt with a portion of the proceeds being donated to STOMP Out Bullying, a national non-profit organization that is dedicated to eradicating bullying of all forms.

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Thank you. I really needed to see some evidence of decency amongst the humans today.

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At that age I would have been stoked just to get a free T-shirt. (I don’t work on spec anymore though.)

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He should probably open his own indie rock shirt designing business right away.

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But think of the exposure!

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He’s already received a hat and a football jersey from UT, and I’m sure that’s only just the beginning.

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You know? As well as liking the shirt because of its backstory, I like it because that’s some pretty decent art. It makes a great shirt.

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Some days you’re the dog, some days you’re the hydrant. I love wet bully days like this.

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So they stole a kids design and aren’t paying him for it, is what I’m reading here?

:man_shrugging:

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That’s what I read anyway. They are profiting massively off of some kid’s (who can’t afford one of their tee shirts) design, and we as a society are so deadened to the cruelty of capitalism that we think this is a feel-gooder.

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The kid was just offered a full four-year scholarship. No word on whether he or his parents have accepted.
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