feh... (Full title: 'How would a Jewish person feel if you put a swastika on a shoe?' Adidas under fire for unveiling new trainer with orange 'shackles' like those worn by black slaves)
Seems very appropriate footwear for those who seem to enjoy staying on the democrat plantation.
Simple question. Why do we worry if it mocks convicts, and no one cares if it mocks our POW’s who have been shackled throughout history in prson camps around the World?
IOW I hate the left and am sick of their crap.
Just rename the shoe to “The DEMOCRAT”, since it properly reflects the attachment of the AA Minority to the Democrat Party plantation.
Ironic and entirely appropriate footwear for a group of people who riot outside malls for the chance to spend $150+ on a pair of ludicrously overpriced shoes.
They are ugly.
Anyone really training wouldn’t be wearing something around their ankles.
It’s a gimmick and it will sell shoes.
And people are to damn sensitive, just waiting to be offended.
No, that would LBJ's War on Poverty.
I'm not offended...If someone's offended, don't buy 'em...
I think they would pass them by in the store and maybe never buy that brand of shoe again. Is it related to slavery or sexual bondage? The shoes are stupid but designers are not trained well in school any more. I don’t care what they market. I don’t have to buy.
Some people wake up and say, “What can I be offended by today?”...............
feh...Guess they didn’t fully think this one through.
Prisons are genocidal? Would it be preferable to have felons running around black neighborhoods? Drugs, crime and welfare do more to harm black families than prisons do.
I don’t know...I think they’re appropriate for the thug class their intended for. Kind of goes along with the baggy pants...ala prison garb...and the gang/prison tattoos these ass clowns seem to like. Black and white.
“Prisons are genocidal” is the kind of overblown, nonsensical, overcharged rhetoric we’ve been hearing regularly for the last forty years.
I think these will perfectly fit with the current fashion culture of not wearing a belt (prison style) so that the underwear is shown. These shackles would make a nice addition./sortof sarc
I might get them for my three year old son if it would keep him from losing his sneakers!
On the other hand, anyone who wears these ridiculous shoes can experience the joy of being a free man by taking them off whenever he feels like it.
Ubama should buy them. He is not descended from slaves.
So Black people are the ONLY ones who can wear these shoes, is that correct? If only Black people can wear these shoes then perhaps there should be some reflection, but if people other than Black kids are allowed to wear these shoes, someone please tell me how Black ancestry is being targeted?
We are a nation of the perpetually offended.
Simple, market- based solution: If you dont like them - dont buy them. If the idiots who like and want this sort of item purchase them— more power to the marketing dept of Adidas.