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Old 11-21-2020, 06:06 PM
khouri
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Re: Drop #2 - Rez Limited Drop
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Originally Posted by Nuxx79 View Post
Doesn’t mean that in English though, does it?
It does, actually. Here in the States, "rez" is well known slang for "reservation," and is used derogatively by the extremely and systematically marginalized Native American population. Certainly there's a chance someone could observe the t-shirt and take good faith offense.

That said, the word has obviously been kicking around for quite some time in Underworld fandom, and I personally don't object in principal to any of the merch. Taking Dubman's point, though, I'd probably think twice about a t-shirt if one lives in the US; but one knows one's respective community best, of course.