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2 stores in the Bay Area got the shoes but are sending them back, per orders from Nike.
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This whole thread wildin' on this issue RN. This isn't a hard thing to wrap your head around on why it could potentially get pulled.
'Black & Tans' got pulled because something similar in Irish culture. Sure it was made with a drink as inspiration, but it also had other not so savory Irish ties as well. A reach on reasoning but ultimately was understandable.
WTF makes this take stupid exactly? Which end are you even disagreeing with? Slavery sucked or the Holocaust sucked? You only get two options here. Please, humor me.
Colonial flag has something to do with slavery? You're that dense? Why is the colonial imagery a problem now? Nike has used it on apparel and footwear for years. Snowflakes like you get triggered by a flag? Soft. USMNT/WNT and USA Basketball has had uniforms with colonial inspiration.
Colonial flag has something to do with slavery? You're that dense? Why is the colonial imagery a problem now? Nike has used it on apparel and footwear for years. Snowflakes like you get triggered by a flag? Soft. USMNT/WNT and USA Basketball has had uniforms with colonial inspiration.
In all fairness, we don’t know why they were pulled. Personally I think it’s a continuation of Nike’s QC issues and not meeting deadlines for production (hello Air Max Day). As it was pointed out before, all Philadelphia 76ers apparel and their logo would’ve been killed long ago if the 13 stars were considered to be in bad taste. I love this community and I haven’t been a member as long as I was a lurker, but let’s keep the love flowing.You danced around my question like you were on Broadway my guy.
Before I do this quick rationalization and correlation on the companies rationalization, I'd like to note that
Colonialism - 1858 to 1947
- A. I never said I had an issue with the shoe and
- B. you and everyone agreeing with you understands the parallels that are being made and that I'm going to point out again here:
Slavery - 1607 to 1776 (Independence for "All" in theory, practiced in about half of the states)
Betsy Ross Colonial Flag - 1792
Emancipation - January 1, 1863 (not yet)
Juneteenth - June 19, 1865
Our only point here is that we all can understand why it was pulled. That **** is nested right in the middle of southern Americans completely ignoring the freeing of black people and then had to have two completely separate events occur for those people to be forcibly freed essentially. I mean, Juneteenth legit just passed about a week ago. It's fresh. Again, if his opinion is going to be stupid you would need to completely ignore and or not care about the WHY. Nothing about his statement is irrational or even a reach. Both are perfectly reasonable.
Someone else previously pointed out that the 'swastika' symbol actually pre-dates Nazism. If Nike was to use that symbol in ties with it's original religious or early settlement civilization use, it would still receive heavy criticism as "Use of the Nazi symbol" for no other reason than association.
Sure it's not the Confederate Flag (I really hope we don't have to debate that flag, why it DEFINITELY shouldn't be apart of anything and why that 'Southern Pride' line is an absolute lie), it just happens to be created in the middle of a lot of really racially unequal **** in the US. REALLY UNEQUAL
Sneakers have been pulled for less. **** I'm wearing the 'Un-Heaven's Gate' SB Dunks RN since the original mock up got canned for reasons. Shoes get pulled all the time B.
TL;DR - I hear what you're saying with the personal attacks and I'm not sure why this shoe is setting you off so much, but it ain't that serious bro. Just check the correlation. It's there and that correlation is the primary reason for the decision.
Wish my outlet got any AM1s. Nothing but doo dooooooooooooMaryland Harbor Outlet
In all fairness, we don’t know why they were pulled. Personally I think it’s a continuation of Nike’s QC issues and not meeting deadlines for production (hello Air Max Day). As it was pointed out before, all Philadelphia 76ers apparel and their logo would’ve been killed long ago if the 13 stars were considered to be in bad taste. I love this community and I haven’t been a member as long as I was a lurker, but let’s keep the love flowing.
It wasn't production deadlines. These were shipped and in store warehouses and stock rooms. They were ready to be sold.In all fairness, we don’t know why they were pulled. Personally I think it’s a continuation of Nike’s QC issues and not meeting deadlines for production (hello Air Max Day). As it was pointed out before, all Philadelphia 76ers apparel and their logo would’ve been killed long ago if the 13 stars were considered to be in bad taste. I love this community and I haven’t been a member as long as I was a lurker, but let’s keep the love flowing.
If you don’t mind paying $500+ StockX has some. BlehI've made my stance clear on the Colonials. But let's get back to AM1 talk for real. We all feel the way we feel and have our opinions. There are places to discuss this kind of stuff but the AM1 thread ain't the place. Nobody here is going to change any body else's mind on how they feel on the subject. Let's keep it moving. I do however plan on getting my hands on this shoe one way or another I like em that much. There has to be some that don't get sent back and hit the resell market right?
Not sure if troll or srs.Does anyone know if they made fake air max 1 anniversaries?