Nike, Nike, Nike!

[TrippyHippy]

Wrong, I'm not identifying the rejection of the Right solely by what Nike is doing. It is just one factor as I clearly identified in my post.

Start here ..

National Black Police Association Comes Out in Support of Colin Kaepernick
https://www.ebony.com/news-views/national-black-police-association-colin-kaepernick

Whether you know it or not, the needle just moved.

If Nike stood against Kaepernick, you'd have nothing to say .. but because they've taken a stand, you've got issues with it.

Hard to see how you aren't on the other side.

It is a non-factor. It has nothing to do with anything. What is Nike doing for the black community aside from bamboozling them out of yet more money? Show me what Nike has done besides run an advertisement with the face of a wealthy black football player. They have hundreds of billions of dollars, operating in a country run exclusively by those seeking wealth, they could easily make real change here if they cared to. Why aren't they? Because they don't give a shit about you. They don't give a shit about the black community. They don't give a shit about racial profiling or police brutality. They want your money. And ignorant consumers like you, while well-intentioned, are playing right into their chubby little hands.

Again, the NBP is siding with a multi-billion dollar company. They wrote a letter. To a company. Applauding them for employing a carefully crafted marketing campaign designed to make them more money, and nothing more. And you call this a victory? What the fuck, man?

If Nike stood against Kaepernick, I'd likely be mocking Republicans for the damn thing. Just as I mocked them for burning shoes they already paid for.

 

[TrippyHippy]

:0) Be unhappy, get angry, cry about it.



But there isn't a goddamn thing you can do about but whine and piss in your pants about it.

:0) anything else?

 

[blackascoal]

It is a non-factor. It has nothing to do with anything. What is Nike doing for the black community aside from bamboozling them out of yet more money? Show me what Nike has done besides run an advertisement with the face of a wealthy black football player. They have hundreds of billions of dollars, operating in a country run exclusively by those seeking wealth, they could easily make real change here if they cared to. Why aren't they? Because they don't give a shit about you. They don't give a shit about the black community. They don't give a shit about racial profiling or police brutality. They want your money. And ignorant consumers like you, while well-intentioned, are playing right into their chubby little hands.

Again, the NBP is siding with a multi-billion dollar company. They wrote a letter. To a company. Applauding them for employing a carefully crafted marketing campaign designed to make them more money, and nothing more. And you call this a victory? What the fuck, man?

If Nike stood against Kaepernick, I'd likely be mocking Republicans for the damn thing. Just as I mocked them for burning shoes they already paid for.

I repeat .. hard to see how you aren't on the other side.

Black police officers are are far more critical to this issue than you seem to recognize .. not that you not recognizing it makes any difference.

Papa Johns stood against Kaepernick and black athletes .. point me to your post condemning them about it and mocking republicans.

Perhaps your problem is that you just don't understand how movements work .. and in case you don't know, African-Americans were already buying Nike's due to their long-standing commitment to black athletes and community programs.

Guess you didn't know that.

 

[blackascoal]

Maybe that has some meaning to you .. doesn't mean shit to me.

Guess you didn't know that either.

 

[Teflon Don]

Kap gave up his career, and has endured an endless storm of criticism and hate.

You aren't serious. Is that the narrative? He "gave up his career"?

His career was on its last legs to begin with. I suspect he saw that his career was at its end and was an opportunist. He was an aging, average QB that was coming off of injury and was having a hard time even making the team. It happens.

Prior to the whole kneeling thing, he showed ZERO inclination at supporting any BLM issues. At least not according to his twitter feed.

But, hey if you want to buy into his narrative and build him up to something that isn't real, far be it from me to stop you. I prefer to stay grounded in reality.

What is really fascinating to me in watching all of this is how lefties like blackasscancer are reacting. He is crowing like he actually won something personally. In reality, he is such an angry and bitter person who has lived a life full of resentment he thinks somehow he is sticking his dying finger in whitey's eye. The reality is that weeks from now nobody is really going to care.

In the end I have yet to see how any black person other than Kapernick has had their life meaningfully changed by what is happening with Nike and Kapernick? So they are duped into buying overpriced sneakers that are made in sweatshops and they are enriching white guys.

Maybe if Nike was giving stock to black folks and they could share in the gains? But, I don't see that happening. I don't know a lot of inner city blacks who own Nike stock. Do you?

 

[TrippyHippy]

I repeat .. hard to see how you aren't on the other side.

Black police officers are are far more critical to this issue than you seem to recognize .. not that you not recognizing it makes any difference.

Papa Johns stood against Kaepernick and black athletes .. point me to your post condemning them about it and mocking republicans.

Perhaps your problem is that you just don't understand how movements work .. and in case you don't know, African-Americans were already buying Nike's due to their long-standing commitment to black athletes and community programs.

Guess you didn't know that.

But what are those black officers even doing? They wrote a letter to a company for their successful marketing campaign. Whoopty freakin' shit. Hard to see how you're not a typical, moron consumer passively eating up corporate "activism" that only succeeds in monetizing injustices while changing nothing.

Let me correct you: their long-standing commitment to sound marketing strategy. That's all that is. Get this concept through your head. These are not people that give a shit about you or anybody.

The fact that trying to point out how corporations are manipulating very real issues in our world into profit generating schemes makes you think I'm a Republican shows you are nothing more than a partisan hack that cares more about advancing "blue team" than doing much of shit in the way of making real change. Buy more shoes, dickhead, maybe when Nike's brand net worth finally hits $500 billion all the injustices of the world will magically disappear.

 

[blackascoal]

Nike Gives Back Locally to Strengthen Communities and Get Kids Moving Through the Nike Community Impact Fund

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nike Community Stores across the country are giving back $240,000 to their communities through recent grants by the Nike Community Impact Fund (NCIF). The NCIF is an innovative approach to grant-making that engages a committee of Nike employees and store athletes from across the U.S. to directly impact the local communities where they live and work by awarding grants to organizations that give youth early, positive experiences in sport and physical activity and strengthen communities. Community Stores in Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans, Ivy City in Washington, D.C., the Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn and East Los Angeles have awarded $240,000 in grants to 48 nonprofit organizations and schools, in partnership with CAF America, to support projects that build strong communities and give kids opportunities to experience the power of physical activity, sport and play.

Since 2010, the Nike Community Impact Fund has awarded more than 375 nonprofit organizations with more than $3.75 million in grants. With this recent round of grants, the total impact for 2016 is $800,000, including grants in Oregon where NCIF began and the national expansion of the program.

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Since 2010, the Nike Community Impact Fund has awarded more than 375 nonprofit organizations with more than $3.75 million in grants. With this recent round of grants, the total impact for 2016 is $800,000, including grants in Oregon where NCIF began and the national expansion of the program.

“Our Community Store Ambassadors are passionate about getting involved in their communities,” said Caitlin Morris, Nike’s Senior Director of North America Community Impact. “By connecting Nike’s Community Stores to local grant programs, we look forward to fostering even deeper connections to provide youth with early, positive experiences in sport and physical activity.”

Grant Recipients Reflect the Health and Vitality of Local Communities

At the Detroit Community Store, one recipient for the inaugural grant program is the Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan. The club is devoted to guiding and supporting children ages 6-18 in five core areas: the arts; character and leadership development; education and career development; health and life skills; and sports, fitness and recreation. With the grant, the organization will create a co-ed basketball league.

Tim Carroll, Head Coach of the Detroit Community Store, oversaw the grant process in his community. “We wanted to focus on organizations that are striving to make physical activity, play and sport a highly valued part of everyday life for our athletes in the Detroit area,” Carroll said. “The Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan is doing just that through their co-ed basketball league.”

He added, “Our Nike Store athletes already have a strong relationship with the Boys and Girls Club, spending a few days a week volunteering there. During the afterschool program they lead young athletes in games and activities. We’re excited to deepen our connection with them through this new grant.”

“We are very grateful to our local Detroit Community Store, The Nike Community Impact Fund and CAF America for their support of our co-ed basketball league,” said Patrice Dicken, Club Director, Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan-Lloyd H. Diehl Club. “At the Boys & Girls Club, we want our kids to succeed. Through the co-ed basketball team, we’ll be able to provide even more opportunities for our youth to participate in a structured environment that will help them develop skills, increase fitness, learn strategy and practice good sportsmanship.”

At the South Chicago Community Store, Caitlyn Hickey, Community Store Ambassador, emphasized the need to hire positive role models who want to be part of the local community. “At the Chicago Community Store, we like to be a positive role model in kids’ lives. Having Nike involved at their school is really impactful to these kids.”

Prior to the grant process, the Chicago Community Store was already involved with the Gary Comer Youth Center, where Community Store Ambassadors—store employees that have received training in providing early, positive experiences in sport and physical activity--have been helping kids who may be struggling in physical education classes, by working with them to move to the next level. They also talk to kids about career development, how to develop a resume and do interviews, and what life is like after high school. When the grant opportunity came up, Caitlin Hickey personally went out and helped school administrators through the step-by-step grant process. “It was really rewarding to be involved in that portion of the grant process, helping them apply and eventually get chosen as a grant recipient,” said Hickey.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...cally-Strengthen-Communities-Kids-Moving-Nike

Anything else .. anybody?

 

[blackascoal]

But what are those black officers even doing? They wrote a letter to a company for their successful marketing campaign. Whoopty freakin' shit. Hard to see how you're not a typical, moron consumer passively eating up corporate "activism" that only succeeds in monetizing injustices while changing nothing.

Let me correct you: their long-standing commitment to sound marketing strategy. That's all that is. Get this concept through your head. These are not people that give a shit about you or anybody.

The fact that trying to point out how corporations are manipulating very real issues in our world into profit generating schemes makes you think I'm a Republican shows you are nothing more than a partisan hack that cares more about advancing "blue team" than doing much of shit in the way of making real change. Buy more shoes, dickhead, maybe when Nike's brand net worth hits $500 billion all the injustices of the world will magically disappear.

Question: Are you black? No?

Then what's it to you that Nike has a great relationship with the African-American community? Who are you?

At what point are you going to post you condemnation of Papa Johns and your mocking of republicans about it?

 

[TrippyHippy]

Question: Are you black? No?

Then what's it to you that Nike has a great relationship with the African-American community? Who are you?

At what point are you going to post you condemnation of Papa Johns and your mocking of republicans about it?

The irony of reading your posts only to read your signature about cognitive dissonance is not lost on me. The only response you've ended up having is assigning me a race (which BTW you have *no* way of knowing) and the typical whatboutism. Go buy more shoes, Nike needs your head further up it's ass before the financial quarter ends.

 

[blackascoal]

The irony of reading your posts only to read your signature about cognitive dissonance is not lost on me. The only response you've ended up having is assigning me a race (which BTW you have *no* way of knowing) and the typical whatboutism. Go buy more shoes, Nike needs your head further up it's ass before the financial quarter ends.

ARE YOU BLACK? Simple question.

What the fuck is it to you what other communites .. not yours .. choose to support and buy?

What the fuck is that to you?

You ignored my post about what Nike is doing in black communities. You ignored it because your posts are decidedly non-intellectual .. all biased emotion.

At what point are you going to post you condemnation of Papa Johns and your mocking of republicans about it?

.. thanks for playing

 

[Teflon Don]

But what are those black officers even doing? They wrote a letter to a company for their successful marketing campaign. Whoopty freakin' shit. Hard to see how you're not a typical, moron consumer passively eating up corporate "activism" that only succeeds in monetizing injustices while changing nothing.

Let me correct you: their long-standing commitment to sound marketing strategy. That's all that is. Get this concept through your head. These are not people that give a shit about you or anybody.

The fact that trying to point out how corporations are manipulating very real issues in our world into profit generating schemes makes you think I'm a Republican shows you are nothing more than a partisan hack that cares more about advancing "blue team" than doing much of shit in the way of making real change. Buy more shoes, dickhead, maybe when Nike's brand net worth finally hits $500 billion all the injustices of the world will magically disappear.

Very good post.

It is amazing that they don't see they are being played by Nike. In all of his ecstasy, I have yet to see how anyones life has materially changed relative to Kapernick cashing in. Has the issue of police brutality gone away?

Maybe BAC thinks Kapernick is going to throw him a few sheckles?

 

[TrippyHippy]

ARE YOU BLACK? Simple question.

What the fuck is it to you what other communites .. not yours .. choose to support and buy?

What the fuck is that to you?

You ignored my post about what Nike is doing in black communities. You ignored it because your posts are decidedly non-intellectual .. all biased emotion.

At what point are you going to post you condemnation of Papa Johns and your mocking of republicans about it?

.. thanks for playing

You're getting angry. And my posts are all biased emotion? Laughable. The cognitive dissonance is strong with you.

Maybe the reason I didn't reply to that post is because you didn't quote me when you posted it. As such I didn't see it. Which was probably the intention, because upon scrolling up I have found (as I thought) that it's weak as shit. We're talking about police committing murder and black people getting disproportionately incarcerated, creating a whole socioeconomic cycle of poverty (which is what Kaepernick was kneeling about in the first damn place...was is not?) and the best you can come up with is Nike putting out 0.001% of their total annual profit to...train kids to play sports. More than likely, to train the next generation of black athletes to be their pretty face on a TV ad. I asked what were they doing about injustice that is not doing anything for injustice. It's sad you are expending this much effort to defend multi-billion dollar corporate elitists that have done nothing to defend you.

 

[cawacko]

You're getting angry. And my posts are all biased emotion? Laughable. The cognitive dissonance is strong with you.

Maybe the reason I didn't reply to that post is because you didn't quote me when you posted it. As such I didn't see it. Which was probably the intention, because upon scrolling up I have found (as I thought) that it's weak as shit. We're talking about police committing murder and black people getting disproportionately incarcerated, creating a whole socioeconomic cycle of poverty (which is what Kaepernick was kneeling about in the first damn place...was is not?) and the best you can come up with is Nike putting out 0.001% of their total annual profit to...train kids to play sports. More than likely, to train the next generation of black athletes to be their pretty face on a TV ad. I asked what were they doing about injustice that is not doing anything for injustice. It's sad you are expending this much effort to defend multi-billion dollar corporate elitists that have done nothing to defend you.

I'm not trying to put words into BAC's mouth but the takeaway I'm getting from his posts is there's a line in the sand and either you are pro-Nike and a democrat or anti-Nike and a Republican. But it's trying to create a line when there's not one. It's basically saying the future of the two parties is being fought through Nike.

I'm a Republican. I bought Nike when they were an evil multinational corporation who offshored jobs and used sweatshops and I'll buy Nike after the Kaep ad. Was I bad then and good now?

Reagansghost started a thread yesterday about the evils of offshoring and democrats don't offshore jobs. If that's true then I guess Nike is run by a bunch of republicans.

But I think your point about ownership and equity is an excellent one. I have two friends I grew up with in Oakland, real cool cats, and they would call themselves militant. They are all about black power and ownership. They refuse to bank with white banks, want to start a black owned sports league etc.

Instead of Nike being the vehicle why not a black owned shoe company? That's real equity and ownership. The black community has a lot of spending power. Throw in the woke whites, Hispanics and Asians and the money is going to black folks instead of all the white people who run Nike and the largely white shareholders. Right now Kaep gets money and Nike donates a pittance to some communities.

If Kaep is protesting economic injustice well change comes from ownership. It's not coming from a bunch of people buying Nike.

 

[Teflon Don]

You're getting angry. And my posts are all biased emotion? Laughable. The cognitive dissonance is strong with you.

Maybe the reason I didn't reply to that post is because you didn't quote me when you posted it. As such I didn't see it. Which was probably the intention, because upon scrolling up I have found (as I thought) that it's weak as shit. We're talking about police committing murder and black people getting disproportionately incarcerated, creating a whole socioeconomic cycle of poverty (which is what Kaepernick was kneeling about in the first damn place...was is not?) and the best you can come up with is Nike putting out 0.001% of their total annual profit to...train kids to play sports. More than likely, to train the next generation of black athletes to be their pretty face on a TV ad. I asked what were they doing about injustice that is not doing anything for injustice. It's sad you are expending this much effort to defend multi-billion dollar corporate elitists that have done nothing to defend you.

They are being played and don't realize they are being played. Why?

BAC has told you why. He thinks that this is sticking a finger in Trump's eye. That is all this is about with BAC. Does it matter to him that Nike is enriching itself off of his community? Does it matter to him that Nike is really exploiting his community? Does it matter to him that Nike isn't really doing anything substantive about the issues he claims to care so much about and whines about endlessly on this forum?

No. None of that matter.

BAC is a joke. He is an angry black man who is harboring decades long resentments and he doesn't know how to express that anger. Now that he faces his own mortality with his colon cancer he is even angrier. He will try to look for any win he can get in his sad pathetic life.

What is really sad is that he is part of the exploitation of the people he supposedly cares about

 

[blackascoal]

You're getting angry. And my posts are all biased emotion? Laughable. The cognitive dissonance is strong with you.

Maybe the reason I didn't reply to that post is because you didn't quote me when you posted it. As such I didn't see it. Which was probably the intention, because upon scrolling up I have found (as I thought) that it's weak as shit. We're talking about police committing murder and black people getting disproportionately incarcerated, creating a whole socioeconomic cycle of poverty (which is what Kaepernick was kneeling about in the first damn place...was is not?) and the best you can come up with is Nike putting out 0.001% of their total annual profit to...train kids to play sports. More than likely, to train the next generation of black athletes to be their pretty face on a TV ad. I asked what were they doing about injustice that is not doing anything for injustice. It's sad you are expending this much effort to defend multi-billion dollar corporate elitists that have done nothing to defend you.

You're a liar. You saw the post.

You see it now .. still no reply because it demonstrates that your rants are completely ignorant of facts .. and still no posts from you admonishing republicans on this issue.

What is sad is that you think you matter on this. You don't. Np doubt that you aren't doing any fucking thing about this issue but whining about it.

C'ya later genius.

Be mad, get angry, and cry. :0)

 

[blackascoal]

I'm not trying to put words into BAC's mouth but the takeaway I'm getting from his posts is there's a line in the sand and either you are pro-Nike and a democrat or anti-Nike and a Republican. But it's trying to create a line when there's not one. It's basically saying the future of the two parties is being fought through Nike.

I'm a Republican. I bought Nike when they were an evil multinational corporation who offshored jobs and used sweatshops and I'll buy Nike after the Kaep ad. Was I bad then and good now?

Reagansghost started a thread yesterday about the evils of offshoring and democrats don't offshore jobs. If that's true then I guess Nike is run by a bunch of republicans.

But I think your point about ownership and equity is an excellent one. I have two friends I grew up with in Oakland, real cool cats, and they would call themselves militant. They are all about black power and ownership. They refuse to bank with white banks, want to start a black owned sports league etc.

Instead of Nike being the vehicle why not a black owned shoe company? That's real equity and ownership. The black community has a lot of spending power. Throw in the woke whites, Hispanics and Asians and the money is going to black folks instead of all the white people who run Nike and the largely white shareholders. Right now Kaep gets money and Nike donates a pittance to some communities.

If Kaep is protesting economic injustice well change comes from ownership. It's not coming from a bunch of people buying Nike.

Do me a favor and NEVER speak for me nor put words in my mouth. You don't know what you're talking about anymore than he does.

Only an idiot wants a black-owned sports league when the real victory comes from black ownership in sports leagues for all people ... you know, like Michael Jordan who Nike made as rich a Trump.

Whining babies.

 

[Darth Omar]

What is explicitly being done about the issue of racial injustice in our law enforcement and criminal justice system as the result of this Nike advertisement? I am not a Republican, I do not hate Colin Kaepernick for refusing to stand for the national anthem, I am not on the "other" side of this issue. I am merely questioning the fact that you are identifying with the victory of corporate megalomaniacs who are pulling record profits because they can manipulate you into buying their product by putting your deeply held views on the television pretending they give half a shit, while doing literally nothing about the issue at all. Nobody but Nike is winning. You are being played.

Nike Golf clap, except for the last part.

Kap is definitely a winner in this.

 

[cawacko]

Do me a favor and NEVER speak for me nor put words in my mouth. You don't know what you're talking about anymore than he does.

Only an idiot wants a black-owned sports league when the real victory comes from black ownership in sports leagues for all people ... you know, like Michael Jordan who Nike made as rich a Trump.

Whining babies.

Ok, I should have said here is how I interpret your comments. If you feel I interpret them wrong then you can correct me.

I'm not sure whose whining. It's a discussion board right?

Nike helped make Jordan a billionaire and it helped make a lot of white people rich or very wealthy. Do you disagree that real change, or economic justice, comes from ownership?

 

[blackascoal]

Ok, I should have said here is how I interpret your comments. If you feel I interpret them wrong then you can correct me.

I'm not sure whose whining. It's a discussion board right?

Nike helped make Jordan a billionaire and it helped make a lot of white people rich or very wealthy. Do you disagree that real change, or economic justice, comes from ownership?

I've been correcting you since this issue first surfaced. It doesn't seem to have done any good.

I'm good with whatever you think for you .. just don't attempt to speak for me because you're not learning.

Yes Nike made Jordan a billionaire as well as making a lot of white people wealthy. You have a problem with that? I don't.

Yes I disagree that real change comes from owning a black gym shoe company as long as we are moving to own other areas of economic empowerment.

2018 Is Shaping Up as a Pivotal Year for African-American Entrepreneurship

According to the U.S. Black Chamber of Commerce, “African-American businesses have grown at an exponential rate in the 21st century.” Four months in and 2018 is already shaping up to be a banner year for African-American entrepreneurship. Currently there are nearly 2.6 million African-American-owned businesses in the U.S., and now there are countless platforms, programs, initiatives and conferences in place to support such exponential growth.

Kezia Williams is a D.C.-based entrepreneur who currently leads a national program designed to cultivate the next generation of African-American entrepreneurs and innovators for the United Negro College Fund. She is also the founder of The Black upStart, a national initiative to train African-American entrepreneurs. According to Williams, “The penalizing effects of racism robs black employees of fair and equal earned income simply because they are black. Therefore, entrepreneurship is not only necessary for black employees seeking to fully capitalize from their labor but also for black returning citizens who attempt legitimate employment despite policies that restrict their economic mobility and subsequent earning potential.”

Research shows that the gap in average wealth between African-American and white adults decreases from a multiplier of 13 to 3 when you compare the wealth of business owners by race.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/313103

Nearly every single black athlete that Nike sponsors is a big time entrepreneur.

You talk like a republican who doesn't know a damn thing about black people.

 

[TOP]

Nike Golf clap, except for the last part.

Kap is definitely a winner in this.

He's getting $$...but he's not winning anything but $$ (which is fine...he doesn't have a J.O.B after all)....all focus on whatever he was "protesting" has been lost in the shuffle..
There are a hundred versions of that ad/slogan mocking it....everywhere....