u/Icy-Performer2265

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I (19F) really like cat shirts. I have like four in my closet currently. One of my favorites is a cat-godzilla shirt.

It's a black shirt with a white cat godzilla mix while there are black buildings in the foreground. In the background of this is a red, stylized sun(edit: yes red sun and red rays coming off of it, 25 in total I counted). I got this shirt from my dad and his girlfriend during this past Christmas and have been wearing it about once a week. 

This has not been a problem since I live in an area where winter is rainy and cold 24/7 so I really haven’t been showing off my collection of graphic tees until recently because the weather is better now.

So today I put on my shirt, and head to class. After class, one classmate I sit next to pulls me off to the side and tells me my shirt has a hate symbol on it.

Now that I look at my shirt, it does look like the rising sun flag. I knew of the symbol, but just never made that connection between that and my shirt.

I feel so bad right now, I go to a predominantly white school, but there are plenty of people who are Asian and I cannot believe that I missed that connection.

TL:DR: A cat godzilla shirt that was on my weekly shirt rotation for months, has a background that has a sun that looks like the rising sun flag

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u/Icy-Performer2265 — 8 days ago