http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160977/How-Jewish-person-feel-swastika-shoe-Adidas-unveiling-new-trainer-orange-shackles-like-worn-black-slaves.html'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
Yes, as they are not available in sandlesccrunner609;1203130 wrote:someone needs fired
So thugs don't steal your sneakers.Fab1b;1203171 wrote:So what are the shackles actually for on these moon boots?
Yeah for designing garbage.ccrunner609;1203130 wrote:someone needs fired
Trust me there will be a black group that screams of how this is such an injustice. I'm pretty sure you'll post a thread crying about their crying.password;1203134 wrote:Who cares, don't buy them if you don't like them.
Absolutely. I mean, I'm not black so I have no idea if these are offensive in that respect, but they are absolutely offensive from a design standpoint. Just awful.rmolin73;1203183 wrote:Yeah for designing garbage.
because everything is about racism.O-Trap;1203314 wrote:I'm pretty sure shackles were an imprisonment tool used for anyone breaking the law back in Europe, so I'm not sure why "shackle" would be remotely racist.
That said, someone does need fired. These are fugly.
obviiZWICK 4 PREZ;1203346 wrote:They're meant to be shackled together. Obvii a white guy designed these to keep black people from running by him.
High top sneakers and shackles definitely aren't common among whites...so yes it is lolpnhasbeen;1203319 wrote:because everything is about racism.
OHSAA's new Competitive Balance ideaO-Trap;1203349 wrote:obvii
Was there a study I didn't know about, or is this anecdotal?Raw Dawgin' it;1203350 wrote:High top sneakers and shackles definitely aren't common among whites...so yes it is lol
Yes there is a stereotype study that shows this to be true - it's in the book of common knowledge.O-Trap;1203355 wrote:Was there a study I didn't know about, or is this anecdotal?
Ah, the book subtitled "What We Know ... Just Because A Bunch Of Us Say We Know." Fair enough.Raw Dawgin' it;1203368 wrote:Yes there is a stereotype study that shows this to be true - it's in the book of common knowledge.
