article_snippet: (T.J. Maxx has pulled a T-shirt from
article_snippet: T.J. Maxx shelves after a shopper tweeted an image of the shirt featuring the phrase "Hang Loose" and an illustration of a noose, leading to an uproar on social media.
article_snippet: Beachwear company Tavik made the shirt, hence the surfing term "Hang Loose," but the inclusion of the noose led posters on social media to draw connections to lynching and suicide.
article_snippet: In which a t-shirt company manages to be completely tone deaf in not one, but two ways," one tweeter wrote.
article_snippet: This item was released without going through proper protocols and is not related to anything other than surfing."
article_snippet: "At T.J. Maxx, we take product matters very seriously and appreciate that a T-shirt was brought to Beachwear company Tavik attention," T.J. Maxx spokeswoman Doreen Thompson said.
article_snippet: Tavik is taking steps to make sure a T-shirt isn't sold elsewhere.
article_snippet: a T-shirt will not be sold by TAVIK or any other retailer," McElroy wrote in an email.
highlights_snippet: T.J. Maxx pulled a T-shirt many found offensive from shelves after social media complaint .
  
highlights_snippet: The shirt, made by Tavik, says "Hang Loose" and features an image of a noose .
  