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Melanin is not a Crime Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

Melanin is not a Crime Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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Unisex with a relaxed cut, true to size, S to 4XL. Garment-dyed heavyweight tee.

Melanin is not a crime. Four words that indict a whole system, and the public defender in the tee has read three hundred stop reports this year and can tell you what the real probable cause was in most of them without turning the page. Racial profiling and the criminalization of Black and brown skin are the target. This tee names them in four words.

Wear it to the courthouse steps, the police oversight hearing, the racial justice march, the know-your-rights training, and the family dinner where a relative says the police only stop people who look suspicious. It is a strong gift for a public defender, a civil rights lawyer, an oversight board member, and the friend who read the reports.

The tee is a Comfort Colors 1717, garment-dyed in 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, soft and evenly colored, with a heavier hand than a novelty tee and three lines that read across a police oversight hearing. Direct-to-garment. It bonds with the cotton.

Unisex, relaxed, true to size. S through 4XL. Colors: Black, White, Bay, Blossom. Also Chambray, Graphite, Ivory, Banana. It is the three-hundred-reports entry in the antiracist collection.

Designed and printed to order in the USA. Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach or iron the design.

Details

  • Comfort Colors 1717 unisex tee.
  • Garment-dyed ring-spun cotton.
  • Weight 6.1 oz.
  • Direct-to-garment print, into the fabric.
  • Unisex, relaxed, true to size.
  • Sizes S through 4XL.
  • Eight colors, Black through Banana.
  • Made to order in the USA.

Common questions

Is this the same as speaking spanish is not a crime? Cousins. That one is language; this one is skin, and the same stop report.

Would a defenders' office order these for the hearing? Offices do. Every shirt is printed to order. Any mix of sizes, one order.

Which color do people pick? Black by a wide margin. White for the march.

How does the 1717 fit? True to size, relaxed body. Order your usual.

Wear it to: the march, the school board, the city council, the family dinner.

Fabric and fit

Comfort Colors 1717: 6.1 oz 100 percent ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and soft-washed so it feels broken in from the first wear. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 4XL in eight colors. Double-needle stitching, no side seams, sewn-in label.

Measurements for every size are on the size and fit guide.

Printing and care

Printed to order in the USA, direct to garment: water-based ink goes into the fabric rather than sitting on top, so the print stays soft and does not crack or peel.

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print. More on the fabric and care page.

Shipping and returns

Every shirt is made when you order it and ships from the USA. Current production and delivery times, and how returns work, are on the shipping and returns page. Ordering for a group? See group and bulk orders.

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