Mexican authorities accuse Adidas of cultural appropriation in their sandal design

AP News ^ | Updated 12:28 PM CDT, August 9, 2025 | FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ

[Secret Agent Man]

They dont have rights to it.

Can we demand the same thing for them creating western shoes and pants and shirts and cars, trucks, air conditioners, beer, any non-mexican food they eat...?

Lets just flip the script on them.

[TexasFreeper2009]

I demand that all Mexicans stop using computers, cars, planes and basically all technology as well as blue jeans and sneakers because that would be culturally appropriating American stuff!

[metmom]

Liberals have no purpose in life but to take offense at something.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"Cultural appropriation" is a word used by libs to exfiltrate money from your wallet.

[sjmjax]

“Cultural Appropriation”!

Another concept that needs a stake driven through its evil heart!

[bk1000]

Nobody is falling for the “cultural appropriation” schtick anymore. Mexico needs to shut up about everything until they get their s*** together.

[rigelkentaurus]

Interesting. Do they have a patent on the design? Oh well. Soo sad, too bad.

[PeterPrinciple]

Mexican authorities

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with authorities saying this is not the first time traditional Mexican handicrafts have been copied.

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Citing these concerns, local authorities have asked Adidas to withdraw the shoe model.

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do these authorities have certificates?

[GingisK]

...cultural appropriation...

Patent pending? No? What's the issue?

[Tai_Chung]

Isn’t nuclear weapons part of the American culture?

We should ask the Russians and Chinese to stop the “Cultural Appropriation” of American.

[KansasGirl]

This is idiocy.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/adidas-designer-sorry-for-shoes-appropriated-from-mexico/ar-AA1KfCzs

[9422WMR]

“ I demand that all Mexicans stop using computers, cars, planes and basically all technology as well as blue jeans and sneakers because that would be culturally appropriating American stuff!”
And tooth brushes!!

[healy61]

Absolutely. Wearing sandals in any style is as old as mankind. Mexican authorities need to clean up their own act, take back their citizens and provide factory jobs of which they have plenty.

[Waverunner]

I thought Cultural appropriation was just another term for looting during riots.

[jjotto]

Is that the official position of Mexican President SHEINBAUM?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Is that the official position of Mexican President SHEINBAUM?

"Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday that Adidas was already in talks with authorities in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca to provide 'compensation for the people who were plagiarized,' and that her government was preparing legal reforms to prevent the copying of Mexican handicrafts."

[jmacusa]

I despise Mexicans. Their criminality, their over weaning sense of entitlement , especially for benefits and rights in the US to which they have no claim as they have and contribute nothing to our economy and in fact are a huge drain on it.

I see this human garbage in my hospitals ER every night sucking up all the benefits everyone of us on this web site has to pay in taxes.

[SpaceBar]

Mexican word of the day: Extortion

[Larry Lucido]

"We're going to knock off the Masai Bushmen."