New York Daily News

Kin ‘sickened’ by hater’s Cash tee

- Nancy Dillon

THE KIDS of country music icon Johnny Cash are blasting the white supremacis­t who wore a T-shirt emblazoned with their late dad’s name in Charlottes­ville, Va.

“We were sickened by the associatio­n,” a statement released by daughter Rosanne Cash said. “To any who claim supremacy over other human beings, to any who believe in racial or religious hierarchy: we are not you.

“Our father — as a person, icon, or symbol — is not you.”

The siblings said they felt compelled to speak up after seeing a video of the young man wearing the shirt and “spewing hatred and bile,” they said.

The Cash kin said the Man in Black fought for social justice and the rights of poor people, prisoners, Native Americans and victims of gun violence.“His pacifism and inclusive patriotism were two of his most defining characteri­stics,” the statement said.

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