Posted on 07/05/2020 5:48:52 PM PDT by blam
Nike has not responded to a request for comment after Colin Kaepernick, one of their leading pitchmen, called Independence Day a “celebration of white supremacy.”
On Saturday afternoon, as 4th of July festivities were getting underway across the country. Kaepernick took to Twitter and accused America of having “dehumanized, brutalized, criminalized + terrorized” black people for centuries.
Black ppl have been dehumanized, brutalized, criminalized + terrorized by America for centuries, & are expected to join your commemoration of “independence”, while you enslaved our ancestors. We reject your celebration of white supremacy & look forward to liberation for all. ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/YCD2SYlgv4
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) July 4, 2020
Kaepernick, the NFL’s original anthem protester, has not played in the NFL since the end of the 2016 season. After a long legal battle with the NFL, in which he accused the league of “blackballing” him and fellow protester Eric Reid, the NFL eventually settled the suit with Kaepernick. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently apologized for not listening to Kaepernick and other protesters. He then went so far as to say he would “encourage” a team to sign Kaepernick.
Nike has a history of tolerating Kaepernick’s radical activism and frequent attacks on America, especially on the 4th of July. Just prior to the Independence Day holiday last year, news broke that Kaepernick had convinced Nike to ditch the “Betsy Ross Flag” sneakers that the company had produced to commemorate the nation’s founding. As it turns out, Kaepernick had reached out to Nike company officials saying that “he and others felt the Betsy Ross flag is an offensive symbol because of its connection to an era of slavery.”
Shortly following Kaepernick’s complaint, Nike asked retailers to return the shoes.
While Kaepernick is far from Nike’s #1 pitchman...
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Yep hit these mfers where it hurts and if you have any Nike stuff throw it in the trash.
He’s yours Nike. Embrace the suck.
I disagree. I think Kaepernick has hurt Nike and although the pandemic plays a role; their protege’, Keapernick will negatively affect them more.
This needs to be shouted as loud as possible.
Nike is NOT an AMerican company. They manufactur EVERYTHING they make from shoes, to hates, to clothes outside of the USA. Cheaply made crap for forced/slave labor. They do not care one bit about this country at ALL. They are a globalist money making machine with no loyality. Supporting insurrection against the USA is not a big deal to them.
hats*
It will be a cold day before I ever purchase a Nike product.
i hate their shoes. i find them cheaply made and not for running.
Cowards.....
I don’t buy their stuff. Don’t fit well, and way over priced. I like New Balance.
Pathetic. I was thinking maybe Under Armour was a good shoe company and I see rainbow “pride”’shoes on their site. “You’ll feel right at home when you step in a pile of sh** in our pride shoes!”
Their silence is approval.
Silence is consent, in the eyes of the law.
“I will never buy China again “
How about a computer ?
Dell
Dell made in USA ? That’s news to me . What % of them are made in USA ? I assume only for US market ? Mine , bought in Japan , unfortunately made in China .
I suppose your point is that Chinese made products are ubiquitous, so just to be clear, yes, if there is no other source for it, I will have to buy products like computers that may include Chinese made parts, but I will not deliberately buy products from China, now when I am shopping on eBay I avoid Chinese made products, I don’t even eat American made Chinese food anymore, I am so livid at China, I assume that American companies are pulling their manufacturing out of China and relocating for greater control, and what is your point, just to be oppositional? Just being a smart aleck?
He looks like a used Q-tip...
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