{"id":88543,"date":"2019-07-02T13:08:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=88543"},"modified":"2019-07-02T13:08:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:08:31","slug":"colin-kaepernick-claims-nike-shoes-with-betsy-ross-flag-as-offensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=88543","title":{"rendered":"Colin Kaepernick Claims Nike Shoes With Betsy Ross Flag as Offensive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nike pulls shoes with 18th Century US Flag. (Prince Williams\/Wireimage;Nike)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nike distributed shoes that had the Betsy Ross designed American flag on them. However, the company recalled these shoes after it received complaints.<\/p>\n

Colin Kaepernick was one of those who complained. As you recall, he kneeled during the anthem in protest of the “negative” treatments of African-Americans in the hands of the police. According to him, the flag on these shoes had ties to the period of slavery.<\/p>\n

To the rest of us, it was one of the flags that the patriots used in the fight for independence. Nike tried to get this released in conjunction with this year’s Fourth of July. But, that will not be the case. Nike couldn’t “just do it.”<\/p>\n

From CNN business:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the athletic-wear company delivered the sneakers to retailers, but asked stores to return them to Nike after the company received a complaint from former NFL star Colin Kaepernick. The Journal indicated Kaepernick said he and others found the shoe offensive because of its ties to America’s era of slavery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It wouldn’t be surprising if those who find the Betsy Ross flag offensive… Due to its association with the era of slavery… Are the ones who consistently vote for the political party that fought to preserve the institution of slavery. The same party who, when they returned to power after reconstruction, instituted Jim Crow laws, segregation, and had set the filibuster record in the Senate when fighting against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.<\/p>\n

CNN Business<\/a> has more details. People<\/a> has additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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