14 DAY TRIAL // Zakia Clark and Makia Underwood lost their mother to breast cancer after a 4-year fight with the disease. This past weekend, they were kicked out of the King of Prussia Mall for wearing anti-cancer hats, as they were shopping for funeral dresses, ABC 6 reports.
The sisters’ hats read “[Expletive] Cancer” in pink sparkly letters, with the C in the F-word replaced by the well-known symbol for breast cancer awareness, the pink ribbon (pictured above).
Security approached them and asked them to remove their hats, which they eventually did. They were still kicked out for protesting against the request.
“The mall is first and foremost a family destination. Certain words and images, whether obvious or suggested, spoken or written on clothing, are considered profane and can offend many people,” management of the Mall says.
Ironically, the Urban Outfitters T-shirts they’re selling come with even more offensive (and uncensored to boot) messages, as one of the sisters also points out.
After the story went viral, the Mall apologized to the sisters, offering to donate a sum of money to a cancer charity of their choice.