If you need filling in, Urban Outfitters, an American clothing company recently offered for sale a Kent State sweatshirt that appeared to have blood spatter on it.
In 1970, National Guardsmen shot into a crowd of student demonstrators, killing four and wounding 8. The incident became one of the most important of the anti-war movement of the period.
For those who are not familiar with the incident, and it's cultural legacy, would someone please explain why it still has resonance today in America?
Because of the "Kent State Massacre", when members of the Ohio National Guard fired on civilians during a demonstration by an agitated crowd. In view of recent police violence against unarmed citizens, the sale of a shirt which evokes the victims' suffering is both exploitative and in very bad taste.
are you saying that you actually don't understand how some might find the national guard shooting students on a college campus upsetting?
i realize this isn't a great top-level response, but man, if that's the case, this isn't a /r/AskHistorians issue, it's an empathy issue.