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Haven't bought anything from them retail since those AM90 Red Ice's.
No Sneaker September vol. #nosneakerseptember #staywoke
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Those are completely different. They arent in any way similar to this.
Those are actions. Not buying shoes in an in-action. You being fiscally quiet doesn't bring awareness. Youll just fade into the darkness
Nike owes its consumer nothing more than a good product. You owe it nothing more than money to purchase the product.
Those are actions. Not buying shoes in an in-action. You being fiscally quiet doesn't bring awareness. Youll just fade into the darkness
Nike owes its consumer nothing more than a good product. You owe it nothing more than money to purchase the product.
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It serves 2 purposes. It makes minorities more aware of our reality. We stay patronizing these companies at our own expense. If 90% of your income comes from black and brown dollars, yet you do not acknowledge their power, isn't that showing a lack of value to minorities?
We have to be patient. If we can bring awareness to how we are valued, maybe minorities will adjust their spending habits with these companies.
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Noble idea but thats not gonna happen.
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so you are really trying to educate "black" and "brown" people on what they spend their incomes on?
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Let's change that thought process. If we can get minorities to stop spending 1000s, and maybe only 100s, it's a start. It hurt their bottom line.
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Racism is bigger shoes and shoe companies, ppl need to start at the root of the problem... Not buying shoes for a month isn't going to a damn thing
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I asked for people NOT to troll.
If you dont agree, then don't support. It's that simple.
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this
You realize, from a business standpoint, this isn't feasible.
A business making a statement about an event that is central to one race would be a PR nightmare.
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Arent minorities already aware of reality? Why does their shoe company need to tell them?
Lets make the assumption that it does make a dent and nike listens, what next? What responsibility do they have? Theyre not killing their customers.
Lets make the assumption that it does make a dent and nike listens, what next? What responsibility do they have? Theyre not killing their customers.
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If we don't patronize sneaker spots for a month...if we get enough people do commit in the movement, do you not think it will hurt the companies?
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Who do you think makes nikes op.
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how am I trolling? you said it
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They can do a lot.
Spend more money in urban areas. Build rec centers in urban settings.
We are aware, but focusing on release dates puts a lot of people to sleep.
It also allows the cycle to continue.
Past couple of weeks since MBs death has opened my eyes to how racist our NTers are towards minorities. And that includes a lot of self-hate.
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If you stopped patronizing every business that you believed wasnt raising awareness about minorities.... Youd be hungry, naked, homeless and pretty much dead.
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Ummm how about NO, ppl of all colors and race buy sneakers.. What one doesn't buy another person will. Now if ppl realize they had a voice before, mike brown and trayvon got shot a lot of things could be prevented. But they only use that voice when times get bad, where is that voice before a tragedy strikes ?
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So nike builds a rwc center, cool... Now what? What have we solved? We gave minorities a place to hang out. Have we made a dent in race inequality?
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That's a problem for China and other Asian countries to deal with. We're fighting racism in our country.
You're purposely being condescending. We get it, you're a financial aid officer, you know everything about money.
It's a movement. Just like the idiots wasting ice have made it viral, we too can bring awareness to the fact that country we call America still hates blacks and browns
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Black people beat up and rob each other over these damn shoes and Nike doesn't have **** to say about it or about Mike Brown getting gunned down in the street. I support you OP. These companies need to know we don't have to give them our money.
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you are full of fail my dude
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Lol ops heart is in the right place.
Repped.
His brain is not tho.
Repped.
His brain is not tho.
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It's one less child on the street to be racially profiled.
Though I grasp your argument, I'm asking you to dumb down your thought process.
I'm not expecting for whites and minorities to frolic on the beach Oct. 1... We just want awareness that racism is alive and well. We want our dollars to be valued the same way a white persons dollar is.
Instead of spending that money on a Nike, Adidas product, go spend that money on small business
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i am just as confused
black people buy nike shoes so he wants Nike to listen and help out the community?
Nike has nothing to do with racism or w/e you are speaking of
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you realize money is money to businesses right?
And if your argument was for blacks to support black businesses for a month instead of others, you'd have something
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