A man wearing a t-shirt with a racist message is told he must leave a restaurant. He is angry and believes the restaurant has violated his First Amendment rights. Is he correct? No, because the First Amendment only restricts governments, not private establishments like a restaurant. No, because racist comments and other hate speech are NOT protected speech. Yes, because racist comments and other hate speech are still protected speech. No, because t-shirts are symbols and not protected speech. Yes, because clothing can convey a message and is therefore speech