Betsy Ross Shoes

Nike rolled back Patriotic Americana Shoes, with the Betsy Ross flag, because Comrade Colin Kaepernick didn't like them.

Nike rolled back Patriotic Americana Shoes, with the Betsy Ross flag, because Comrade Colin Kaepernick didn't like them. These shoes had an American Flag, created by an abolitionist, and Colin claims he isn't againts White People or the American Flag, but he protested them out of existence anyways.

ℹ️ Info

~ Aristotle Sabouni
Created: 2022-04-17

Facts

Nike made some Patriotic Americana Shoes, with the Betsy Ross flag.
Colin Kaepernick whined to them that since the flag came from the era of slavery it hurt his black half's feelings as it was a symbol of the White Patriarchy (or White Supremacy), which explains why Obama flew it at his 2012 inauguration.
Nike took the Anti-American position (again), and pulled the shoes.
Kaepernick had previously said he was protesting police brutality, not the Flag itself... but this proved otherwise: it's symbols of America that he (and Nike by proxy) hate.

Reactions[edit | edit source]

Arizona and New Mexico pulled tax incentives for Nike manufacturing in their state
The Governor of the People's Republic of California, Gavin Newsom (D), and other Democrats (Presidential Candidates like Julian Castro and Beto O'Rourke), jumped in, and said they thought Nike was being American by bashing the Flag. No they were just behaving like anti-American Democrats, not real Americans.
Trump Jr. jumped in by retweeting a shoe more likely to fit where their loyalties lie (a soviet style shoe).

Context: Colin protested the Betsy Ross flag because there was slavery.

Betsy Ross was a Quaker.
Quakers were ardent abolitionists who opposed slavery and helped with the Underground Railroad.
She ran her own small business and never had slaves.
She is being lambasted by Nike and Colin Kaepernick who are both profiteers from a near-slave labor force of 85% female Vietnamese who are paid about $1.00 per hour for their 48-hour workweek.

This leaves the question, are they ignorant or hypocritical virtue-signaling elitists?

Conclusion[edit | edit source]

Does anyone else find it ironic that a black millionaire and an exploitative Tennis Shoe company are going to try to lecture us about social justice?

It doesn't sound to me like the best way for Nike to remain apolitical to improve customer perception/brand... but the Nike market is global, and appeals to minorities and the uninformed.