Posted on 07/14/2019 10:37:31 AM PDT by bitt
The Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) called on Nike Thursday to end its relationship with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has a prominent endorsement deal with the athletic company.
Rev. William Owens, president of CAAP, said his organization is responding to Nike’s decision to pull an athletic shoe celebrating the Betsy Ross flag after Kaepernick expressed objections to it.
“It has been clear for a long time that Colin Kaepernick’s views represent hard Left anti-American politics,” said Owens, a civil rights movement activist who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“They don’t represent most Americans, and they don’t reflect the outlook of most African Americans,” he added. “By caving to Mr. Kaepernick’s negative opinions of America, the Founding Fathers, and the woman who designed the first flag, Nike has aligned itself with a radical anti-American viewpoint.”
CAAP has launched a petition urging Nike not only to sever its business relationship with Kaepernick, but also to produce a special run of the Betsy Ross shoe to benefit veterans groups and organizations that assist military families.
“Many find Mr. Kaepernick’s positions to be ill-informed and offensive, especially to veterans and others who have served this country,” Owens explained. “How can we support a company that caters to this kind of thinking?”
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“Because Kaepernick is actually white, not black?”
Another halfrican, I think, like Obama. Not sure, though.
Buy the sneakers the Gatlin Brothers are putting out to support military charities. After Larry Gatlin was on Fox a couple days ago, the shoes sold out in a few hours.
https://www.facebook.com/foxandfriends/videos/2112053568905043/
Thank you Pastors. God bless you all.
In light of whats happened another shoe company ought to announce a new Betsy Ross model. Even if it never comes to being, it seems like they could gain some good PR with many Americans outraged at Nike.
Exactly. The dimocrap party only used Black AMERICANS. They don’t care about them at all. Come on Black AMERICANS you should be PROUD of what you accomplished UNTIL the deamoncrats convinced you to be VICTIMS for DECADES and destroyed your lives and family structure. Many of our ancestors paid the price to get here. Don’t throw their struggle away just to be used by a political party. I remember when Black Americans had a family structure and even if you were poor, you had your family. White people were poor too in the community I grew up in. I remember when we helped each other out.
Black Pastors Call on Nike to Sever Relationship with Colin Kaepernick
I agree with these pastors.
Nike will refuse.
Dey gonna ushah in de next revlushun!
Take to the streets, kill whitey, where Nike while you are doing it!
Next new model: “Air Terror” with a defaced US flag.
Approved by Robert Mugabe and Colin Kaepersnick
Good effort on their part.
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