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'''Graduation Solar System''' was a card that was made for school graduations. The card was made in 2007, being discontinued in 2010 and pulled off shelves after a  [[Graduation_Solar_System#Controversy|controversy]] began to surround.
'''Graduation Solar System''' is a [[hoops&yoyo]] [[Greeting Cards|greeting card]] that was made for school graduations. The card was made in 2007, being discontinued in 2010 and pulled off shelves after a  [[Graduation_Solar_System#Controversy|controversy]] began to surround.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:GradCardCover.jpg|Card Cover
File:GradCardCover.jpg|Card Cover
File:GradCardInside.png|Inside of the card
File:GradCardInside.png|Inside of the card
File:GradCardBack.png|Inside of the card
File:GradCardBack.png|Back of the card
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Controversy<ref>https://www.ocregister.com/2010/06/14/is-this-hallmark-graduation-card-racist</ref>==
==Controversy<ref>https://www.ocregister.com/2010/06/14/is-this-hallmark-graduation-card-racist</ref>==
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[[Category:Greeting Cards]]
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[[Category:Controversies]][[Category:Graduation]]
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Latest revision as of 22:49, 19 November 2025

The card itself.

Graduation Solar System is a hoops&yoyo greeting card that was made for school graduations. The card was made in 2007, being discontinued in 2010 and pulled off shelves after a controversy began to surround.

Gallery

Controversy[1]

In 2010, Hallmark pulled the card off shelves after members of the Los Angeles, California chapter of the NAACP claimed that it contained a racist message.

The greeting card contained the phrase: "And you black holes, you're so ominous! And you planets? Watch your back!"

However, the Los Angeles NAACP members felt that the card was offensive because "black holes" sounded like "black whores" in the audio recording.

Hallmark denied that the card was in any way racist, but pulled it from its stores nonetheless which has been sold for three years now with no complaints.

Trivia

  • This is the only card with no special artwork or anything in the back.
  • The card existed since 2007.

References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZLwQv27J7g
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k--lBw8nTCk
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgmO-OA8MFI
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpc5rX-rkm4