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Nike Sells Balaclava, And you know what happens next
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:35 pm
Twitter race-baiters attack.
Media parrots "crisis" and outrage.
Nike buckles under the pressure.
The original tweet only had 603 Retweets and 1,513 Likes, yet somehow, in a world of billions of people, it was blown up into a scandal.
Story
The Tweet: LINK
Why does the media even pick up on stupid shite like this?? Otherwise it would just be some idiots/trolls on twitter bitching about crap like they always do.
Is this madness ever going to stop??
Media parrots "crisis" and outrage.
Nike buckles under the pressure.
The original tweet only had 603 Retweets and 1,513 Likes, yet somehow, in a world of billions of people, it was blown up into a scandal.
Story
quote:
Nike has removed a balaclava from its website after critics charged that the design perpetuated violence with “menacing” stereotypes of black youth and allowed the retailer to profit from “gang culture.” The balaclava was created in partnership with Alyx, a brand run by the designer Matthew Williams and known for high-end T-shirts, athletic wear and bomber jackets. A widely circulated image of the balaclava shows a black model wearing the gear, which covers his forehead, mouth, chin and chest and includes straps that some compared to holsters.
The Tweet: LINK
Why does the media even pick up on stupid shite like this?? Otherwise it would just be some idiots/trolls on twitter bitching about crap like they always do.
Is this madness ever going to stop??
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Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:37 pm to Havoc
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Is this madness ever going to stop
Not if people like you don't stop falling for it and spreading it.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:38 pm to Havoc
I'd ski in that bad boy.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:39 pm to Havoc
ISIS probably preordered a chunk.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:39 pm to Havoc
Hell, members of Congress wore black hoodies on the floor of the house and the senate to protest Trayvon Martin and that was considered "heroic", not stereotyping 
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:39 pm to Havoc
The first time I saw this I read it as baclava and was really confused.
Yes, I know it’s spelled baklava.
Yes, I know it’s spelled baklava.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:41 pm to Havoc
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Nike Sells Balaclava
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:43 pm to tiggerthetooth
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ISIS probably preordered a chunk.
I have to admit that it looks like he's wearing a shoulder holster
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:44 pm to Havoc
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Nike has removed a balaclava from its website after critics charged that the design perpetuated violence with “menacing” stereotypes of black youth and allowed the retailer to profit from “gang culture.”
quote:
created in partnership with Alyx, a brand run by the designer Matthew Williams and known for high-end T-shirts, athletic wear and bomber jackets.
Now it makes sense. Sometimes you just gotta read a little.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:45 pm to Havoc
That would be very hard to breathe in if you were running.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:45 pm to Havoc
Looks like an assault balaclava to me.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:46 pm to Havoc
To be fair, a good Balaclava that doesn't roast your head is hard to find...Could use a shemagh made out of that material too
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:47 pm to Havoc
It's probably more fricked up for the people to accuse them of being racist by saying any minority wearing things like this portray them as thugs or criminals. Any model should be able to be hired for a product like this without a second thought. Clearly Nike didn't tell their casting director to racially sterotype when deciding this. i'm sure they just went with the best model from whatever auditions or process they had to pick one. Which is how it should be.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:48 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Not if people like you don't stop falling for it and spreading it.
I don't think raising the discussion of the idiocy of the outrage and the media's role in it qualifies as "falling for it and spreading it." Really?
You think by normal folks ignoring it, it will just go away? Doesn't seem to working so far. I think silence makes it appear that there isn't opposition to the lunacy and only condones it.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:48 pm to Havoc
I can see where the SJWs are coming from.
That model shouldn't be appropriating Muslim culture like that.
That model shouldn't be appropriating Muslim culture like that.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:49 pm to Havoc
Obviously, Nike was just trying to help out our brave ANTIFA freedom fighters with some mask-and-water-holder combination devices in the fight for Communism, for a nominal fee.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:49 pm to Havoc
They don't care about your opinion, they care about your clicks.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:52 pm to Havoc
Idk, my first thought when seeing the pic is whoever gave it the OK isn't very smart.
Now, an argument could be made that it's racist to see a black man modeling a balaclava and instantly think it's promoting gang culture.
Now, an argument could be made that it's racist to see a black man modeling a balaclava and instantly think it's promoting gang culture.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:52 pm to Havoc
I wouldn't have even thought of that picture being negative until someone with negative thoughts points it out. I was totally into something like that for hunting or skiing. People are stupid. You only find racism if you're looking for it.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 3:54 pm to jlovel7
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It's probably more fricked up for the people to accuse them of being racist by saying any minority wearing things like this portray them as thugs or criminals. Any model should be able to be hired for a product like this without a second thought. Clearly Nike didn't tell their casting director to racially sterotype when deciding this. i'm sure they just went with the best model from whatever auditions or process they had to pick one. Which is how it should be.
That's a great point, and utterly lost on those racebaiting on it.
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