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Nike recalls shoe after Colin Kaepernick raises racial concerns

Discussion in 'United States' started by Space_Time, Jul 2, 2019.

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  1. Stuart Wolfe

    Stuart Wolfe Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Maybe someone can explain to me how it is Colin has anywhere near this kind of stroke at Nike? He ain't anywhere near as important as he ought to be to pull this stunt off and get away with it.
     
    Stuart Wolfe, Jul 2, 2019
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    carlosofcali Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I guess it's no surprise that Nike headquarters are located in Portland Oregon.
     
    carlosofcali, Jul 2, 2019
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  3. chris155au

    chris155au Well-Known Member

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    I'm just confused why Nike used a flag which isn't the American flag.
     
    chris155au, Jul 2, 2019
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  4. chris155au

    chris155au Well-Known Member

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    A third pair?
     
    chris155au, Jul 2, 2019
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    jay runner Banned

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    Can't turn back the hands of time; those 13 stars remain present in the canton of today's US flag.
     
    jay runner, Jul 2, 2019
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  6. Steve N

    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Here are pairs one and two.
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    Steve N, Jul 2, 2019
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    Shoes have the potential to be racist, just like anything else don't they? I imagine that a pair of shoes that had a KKK theme design could be considered as racist.
     
    chris155au, Jul 2, 2019
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    chris155au Well-Known Member

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    Couldn't the first one be described as racist?
     
    chris155au, Jul 2, 2019
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    chris155au Well-Known Member

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    Apparently he IS important enough to Nike.
     
    chris155au, Jul 2, 2019
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    They could be described as black shoes. The white shoes weren’t called racist.

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    Stuart Wolfe Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I think the first ones are best described as "Ugly". How either of them made it past product development is beyond me. Who runs their art department - Mr. Magoo?

    I dunno, I could see Michael Jordan with that kind of stroke. Colin? I don't see it.
     
    Stuart Wolfe, Jul 2, 2019
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    The Betsy Ross flag is used as a symbol by several right wing white supremacist groups.
     
    61falcon, Jul 2, 2019
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    Which ones? The KKK marched down Pennsylvania carrying the American flag........should it be banned?
     
    Stonewall Jackson, Jul 2, 2019
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    I hope I will never meet a woman wearing this crap!
     
    Thedimon, Jul 2, 2019
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    Lol
     
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    A small price to pay to keep an anti-American company out of the state.
     
    Bluesguy, Jul 3, 2019
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    They are already trying, it’s failing miserably but is quite hilarious during the mean time.
     
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    The story is stupid because if Nike canceled the shoe design because of Colin's input, why didn't the dummies ask him about it before going public with the design? It makes the Nike management team look like a bunch of idiots.

    So, they must have done this deliberately as a marketing stunt. IOW, it was a deliberate action.
     
    The Wyrd of Gawd, Jul 3, 2019
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    I would guess that the 9000 black men that fought for freedom under that flag would kick Kaepernick's ass. But, they fought bravely, against the other country that had slaves, in order to give him the freedom to be a complete *******.
     
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    only if they could get enough to believe in the message

    they took the swastika and the burning cross...

    the racist are having issue stealing the 'ok' hand signal, but not for lack of trying

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    yeah, like the right calling a red and white coffee cup anti-Christmas I suppose

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    And why wouldn't the Nike management team be idiots?

    maybe they actually are idiots that happens sometimes. Ever hear of New coke?
     
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    Oh I see, there are white versions! It just looked like it was designed specifically to look like blackface.
     
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    I can see how the first one was seem as a blackface reference.

    What do you mean? He spoke and Nike acted. Doesn't this mean that he has "that kind of stroke?"
     
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