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Texas Farm Bureau and Mississippi Dept. of Public Safety Ban Employees From Wearing Nikes
In a devastating blow to the apparel giant’s bottom line, two organizations comprised of people who never wore Nikes anyway, announced a ban on employees wearing Nikes because they love the flag, the troops, the national anthem and everything America has to offer except for the First Amendment of the Constitution. Well actually, they love…
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College of Caucasity: A Peek into the Missouri School That Dropped Nike Over its Colin Kaepernick Ad
The College of the Ozarks, a school you’ve probably never heard of until right this moment, has done the institutional version of setting its Nike gear on fire by terminating its contract with the company, citing Nike’s controversial Colin Kaepernick ad. The ad, which appears in print and on video, prominently features Kaepernick along with…
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Black Cops Tell National Police Organization: Nah, Bruh. We Support Kaepernick
One day after a national organization representing police groups across America called for its members to boycott Nike for its support of Colin Kaepernick, a group of black police officers responded by telling the apparel company that they will keep copping the new Nikes. On Tuesday, the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO), a collection…
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Air MAGA: Trump's Base Is So Pissed at Nike's Kaepernick Ad, They're Burning Their 'White Supremacy 7s'
First, there were the tiki torch marches by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va.; then there was the Roy Moore, Sean Hannity-inspired coffee smashing protest, and now there is the “cut the Nike symbol off socks you already own” protest of 2018. On Monday, Nike announced in typical Nike style that Colin Kapernick was the face…
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Nike Addresses Racial Inequality in New Ad Featuring LeBron James, Serena Williams
Nike has a few things to say about equality and inequality, and the company brought out its biggest stars to make a point. Nike’s new “Equality” campaign launched Sunday with an ad featuring LeBron James, Serena Williams, Kevin Durant and many other black athletes. According to Nike’s press release, the campaign “encourages people to take…