{"product_id":"golden-boy-tee","title":"\"GOLDEN BOY\" - Oversized Faded Black Tee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"GOLDEN BOY\" - Oversized Faded Black Tee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA mask of gold hides all deformities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - Thomas Dekker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI grew up in Winnipeg looking at the Golden Boy as a symbol of Manitoba, something polished, proud, and almost untouchable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecently, I have learned a substantial amount about Canada’s residential school system. The children taken from their families, the abuse they endured, the lives lost, and the generations of trauma that followed. What disturbed me almost as much as the history itself was how little of it I remembered being taught growing up, and how recent so much of it actually was.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"GOLDEN BOY\" \u003c\/b\u003ewas created from that discomfort.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe scratch across the statue’s face tears through the gold to reveal a skeleton underneath, serving as reminder that something can appear honourable on the surface while concealing something much darker beneath it. The black bar across the eyes represents censorship, silence, and the ways governments and institutions can control what is acknowledged, remembered, or forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBehind the statue, the Flip The Script mark and globe are printed in orange, a colour that has become inseparable from remembrance of the children impacted by residential schools and the message that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery Child Matters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI created this piece as a white Canadian who knows that this is not my history to claim or my story to tell on behalf of Indigenous people. My responsibility is to learn it, refuse to look away from it, listen to the people whose families and communities continue to live with its consequences, and stand beside them when the truth is uncomfortable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis shirt is not meant to turn that suffering into an aesthetic. It is meant to question what we choose to celebrate, what gets left out of the story, and what might exist beneath the version of history we were handed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- G\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShirt Stats\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOversized fit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeavy weight, 6.5 oz, 16-singles, 100% cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDropped shoulders, side neck ribbing with twin stitching, stone wash finish with a worn look, side seamed, shoulder to shoulder tape, double needle hems, acid wash look, preshrunk to minimize shrinkage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Flip the Script Apparel","offers":[{"title":"Faded Black \/ S","offer_id":44461169213543,"sku":"c7dd08aa9c5911f1b96b026136ff2ece","price":70.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Faded Black \/ M","offer_id":44461169246311,"sku":"c7dd0e549c5911f1b612026136ff2ece","price":70.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Faded Black \/ L","offer_id":44461169279079,"sku":"c7dd141c9c5911f1a1e0026136ff2ece","price":70.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Faded Black \/ XL","offer_id":44461169311847,"sku":"c7dd19449c5911f1889a026136ff2ece","price":70.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Faded Black \/ 2XL","offer_id":44461169344615,"sku":"c7dd1f2a9c5911f18280026136ff2ece","price":70.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Faded Black \/ 3XL","offer_id":44461169377383,"sku":"c7dd24e89c5911f18019026136ff2ece","price":70.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/7355\/2999\/files\/dp-62987-job-2862382-req-7-pl-2-ps-272-default.jpg?v=1787250178","url":"https:\/\/flipthescriptapparel.ca\/products\/golden-boy-tee","provider":"Flip the Script Apparel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}