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Nike ad sends serious message about equality, opportunity and discrimination
Washington Post ^
| February 12, 2017
| Cindy Boren
Posted on 02/13/2017 6:05:32 AM PST by C19fan
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I would boycott Nike but have not owned a pair of Nike's for three decades. This is rich coming from a company that pays its production workers dollars a day while handing out multimillion checks to pro-athletes who already make seven figure incomes. This is a company who targets people to induce them to pay hundreds of dollars for a pair of sneakers that are on welfare.
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:05:32 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
WaPo = Jeff Bezos’s blog rant.
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:10:30 AM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC.)
To: C19fan
I saw the ad, but it was too “sophisticated” for me. I didn’t really get it until I realized they were just selling shoes.
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:11:38 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: C19fan
Ha! I just got my weekly email from them with the word ‘EQUALITY’ on it. I took it as being preachy about something, so I unsubscribed to all emails. They ask whether I wanted to give a reason for unsubscribing but I declined, because I didn’t want to waste anymore of my precious weekend time.
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:17:37 AM PST
by
wattsgnu
To: C19fan
So tired of this non stop carping. A ship that stays at general quarters 100% of the time stops taking it seriously. The constant revolutionary socialism everywhere is getting old. People are tuning out.
To: C19fan
To: C19fan
comes from images of LeBron James, Serena Williams, Kevin Durant, Victor Cruz, Gabby Douglas, Megan Rapinoe, Dalilah Muhammad No Latinos????? No gay men????? No transgender people???? No disabled people????? Can you believe the bigotry and privilege on display in this ad? Nike ought to be ashamed of itself of being so anti-inclusive in its ad campaign. They need to be fined by the PC police!!!!
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:24:59 AM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: C19fan
Do they really mean “equal”? if so, then their execs have to start by paying themselves the same amount they pay their janitors.
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:30:22 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Liberalism is a mental disorder without a cure.)
EQUALITY for me not for thee
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:32:04 AM PST
by
Nailbiter
To: I want the USA back
If they truly believed in equality they should have 78% white players, men and women, on their teams.
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:34:39 AM PST
by
ladyjane
To: onedoug
Guess you just ain’t “nuanced” enough for them huh? LOL! Equality and inclusiveness are simply awesome. Unless you disagree with their screed. Then you aren’t included and you sure ain’t equal. Do they see the reality of this or just choose to ignore it because, by golly, they’re right and we’re not. REALLY getting tired of these assclowns
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:41:34 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: onedoug
The little bit I saw of the ad in TV coverage this AM showed all blacks. It was filmed in Cleveland. If it only features blacks, that ad is very disturbing. Cleveland is a diverse city which cannot survive if it doesn't embrace the full spectrum of its ethnicity. What I saw of that ad is disturbingly racist.
Correct me if that impression is incorrect, please.
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:43:47 AM PST
by
grania
To: onedoug
All I got out of it is that Nike likes to spray paint a white line wherever they like. Vandalism and graffitti basically.
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:44:45 AM PST
by
xp38
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:48:22 AM PST
by
ecomcon
To: rktman
Equality and inclusiveness are simply awesome. Unless you disagree with their screed. Then you arent included and you sure aint equal.
We have let them define equality.
Just for the record, how does Free Republic define equality?
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:52:05 AM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: C19fan
To: C19fan
I’ll just by more Under Armor products.
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:55:40 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: C19fan
Did we not go through a tumultuous and ultimately successful civil rights movement fifty years ago?! What is with the sh*t?!
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posted on
02/13/2017 6:59:07 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: C19fan
I’ve never worn Nike athletic shoes because their comfort leaves much to be desired compared to the New Balance shoes I normally wear (I have three pairs of New Balance shoes and plan to get a fourth soon).
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posted on
02/13/2017 7:00:43 AM PST
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: C19fan
I buy SAS...American made
Nike has too short a lady to be comfortable
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posted on
02/13/2017 7:02:49 AM PST
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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