I receive letters all the time.  And it’s fun to read and respond to them.  The two letters I’ve listed here I received back-to-back, and it pretty much represents the variety of things I receive from one extreme to the other.  I just wanted to share them.  Feel free to post your comments and thoughts.

LOVE:

Greetings

Just wanted to say I received my order today and I’m very pleased with
the product. I know I will be bombarded with folks asking where did I
get my t-shirt. Don’t worry I will drive a lot of business to your
website. That’s what we do. One suggestion I have been looking for the
slogan if I’m not mistaken of the Memphis garbage strikes . “ I am a
Man” I thought I saw it worn by a guy up in Kentucky but couldn’t ask
where did he purchase. Let me know something at your earliest
convenience. Much success to your business.

My response:

I’m glad you liked your T’s and thank you for your kind words about my
business.  Word of mouth is by best advertisement, so telling people
about my website is greatly appreciated.

I’m not familiar with that particular t-shirt, but we have a LOT of
new t’s on the drawing board which will deal with all kinds of Black
history.  Please stay tuned.

HATE:

Some of your messages are supporting ignorance and hatred.  The shirt
NOT WHITE is filled with antipathpy.  If a person had a statement
NOT “a minority” would you find that offensive?  If you did than there
is a double standard that you possess.  Do some homework on some
history on the Black Holocaust.  First of all that term has been
erroneously been used when concerning the Jewish ethnic group itself. 
The word refers to an offering unless that was the piont that you were
attempting to make which I doubt.  The number that you state on the
shirt is quite ridiculous, where do you come up with such a figure. 
Are you including all the Africans that were killed while being
forcibly marched to their deaths by thier fellow African adversaries. 
These tribes did not keep records of their own for the most part since
the majority of the tribes were illiterate.  I read that more Africans
were killed in transport from the internior of the continent by
Africans than on!
the middle passage; which in itself should not be excused.  Why do
not include Mr. Civil Rights himself?  Thurgood Marshall did more for
the movement than even MLK.  I respect Mr. Marshall except when it
came to the end of his life and he turned to anti-semitism to explain
his conflicts with the Jews in the judicial system.

My response:

Thank you for your comments. 

Artistic expression (Ex: “Not White") and historical accuracy (Ex:
Black Holocaust) will always be subject to interpretation.

MLK and Thurgood, among others, will eventually be added to the
website.  But they must be authorized reproductions.  Very few, if any,
exist currently on t-shirts.

My t-shirts are meant to cause discussion, and controversy is a great
tool for accomplishing this purpose.  The fact that you took the time
to write means I’m doing my job well.  Thank you once again.