# Slavery kicks? (Sensitive bitches inside, Jesse Jackson)
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**Created:** [June 19, 2012, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969 "2012-06-19T08:40:17Z")
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/1 "2012-06-19T08:40:17Z")
> **[Adidas cancels ‘shackle’ shoes after outcry | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2012/06/18/us/adidas-shackle-shoes/index.html)**
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> German sports apparel maker Adidas withdrew its plans to sell a controversial sneaker featuring affixed rubber shackles.
> German sports apparel maker Adidas has withdrawn its plans to sell a controversial sneaker featuring affixed rubber shackles after the company generated significant criticism when advertising the shoe on its Facebook page.
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> The high-top sneakers, dubbed the JS Roundhouse Mids, were expected to be released in August, according to the Adidas Originals Facebook page. “Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles?” a caption below a photo of the sneakers read.
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> The June 14 post prompted plenty of criticism from around the Web, with many of those commenting saying they felt the shackle invoked the painful image of slavery.
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> “Wow obviously there was no one of color in the room when the marketing/product team ok’d this,” said a commenter, identifying herself as MsRodwell on [nicekicks.com](http://nicekicks.com).
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> “I literally froze up when I saw a new design from Adidas set to hit stores in August,” Dr. Boyce Watkins said in a post for the website Your Black World.
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> Though dismissing the criticism in a written statement by defending the sneaker’s designer, Jeremy Scott, as having a “quirky” and “lighthearted” style, Adidas nonetheless said Monday that it planned to cancel the shoe’s release.
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> “The design of the JS Roundhouse Mid is nothing more than the designer Jeremy Scott’s outrageous and unique take on fashion and has nothing to do with slavery,” the statement said. “We apologize if people are offended by the design and we are withdrawing our plans to make them available in the marketplace.”
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> One of Adidas’ most high-profile condemnations came from the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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> “The attempt to commercialize and make popular more than 200 years of human degradation, where blacks were considered three-fifths human by our Constitution is offensive, appalling and insensitive,” he said in a statement Monday, before Adidas’ decision to withdraw them from the marketplace.
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> He said Tuesday that civil rights groups had contacted NBA Commissioner David Stern, asking him to intercede. Jackson said the groups could engage in a boycott in about 50 markets if the shoes went on the sale.
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> The photo of the sneakers was still in the photo section of Adidas’ Facebook page Tuesday morning. And whether Adidas wanted it or not, the sneakers were still inspiring a spirited debate about race in the comment section of its Facebook page.
Personally I’d wear them because I think they’re funny. I don’t see any slavery connection. Maybe because I’m not black… Or maybe because I’m just not a bitch. Who knows…
Of course Jesse had to chime in:
> **[Adidas Shackle Shoe Human Degradation](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adidas-shackle-shoe-human_b_1608580)**
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> For Adidas to promote the athleticism and contributions of a variety of African-American sports legends and then allow such a degrading symbol of African-American history to move toward production and advertisement is insensitive and irresponsible.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/2 "2012-06-19T08:41:51Z")
If ADIDAS just gave to charity the first word in the article would not be German. See Germans can bitch too. 😃
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### Author:  [@1sik\_bmw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1sik_bmw)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/3 "2012-06-19T08:43:10Z")
Saw these this morning, I was hoping some were already sold, this is a rare example I would actually pay $500+ for sneakers lol
Chain gang nikka
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/4 "2012-06-19T08:46:07Z")
awesome…and I never thought slavery until reading the article…
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/5 "2012-06-19T08:54:46Z")
I thought prison chain gang, not slavery.
And lol at Jesse Jackson putting words the mouths of Adidas claiming that’s what they were trying to do. Idiot.
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/6 "2012-06-19T09:13:48Z")
so because they have shackles it automatically means they were thinking slavery. Jesus Christ people are idiots. Especially Rev. Jesse Jackson.
It was the same thing when Stevie Johnson did his airplane endzone celebration. People thought he was mocking 9/11. LINK -\> [http://deadspin.com/5863350/one-jet-thinks-stevie-johnsons-airplane-td-celebration-was-a-911-reference](http://deadspin.com/5863350/one-jet-thinks-stevie-johnsons-airplane-td-celebration-was-a-911-reference)
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/7 "2012-06-19T09:32:29Z")
Personally I thought of “my pet monster”
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/8 "2012-06-19T09:34:56Z")
This might save people from losing their shoes after getting hit by a car.
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/9 "2012-06-19T10:29:08Z")
I thought slavery, but only because ugly ass sneakers make me automatically think of the poor ghetto black stereotype. If you have that stereotype established in your brain it’s a very short jump from shackles to slaves.
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Oh well, at least now we’re saved from people wearing these to make a statement identifying themselves with slavery. That would have been awkward.
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### Author:  [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/10 "2012-06-19T10:37:51Z")
Oversensitive fucking faggots…I hate how blacks have the market cornered for anything that can even be construed as racial…it’s fucking pathetic…Jesse Jackson needs to go far, far away…
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### Author:  [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/11 "2012-06-19T10:50:14Z")
Did I miss when slaves had fucking shoes?
These are not prime cotton picking kicks. Shit would fall in them and they would be cleaning out leaves and sticks all day cutting into production. Fucktards
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/12 "2012-06-19T10:51:04Z")
I can’t wait to be a minority!
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### Author:  [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/13 "2012-06-19T10:55:26Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#):
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> I can’t wait to be a minority!
I though we where?
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/14 "2012-06-19T10:56:45Z")
I don’t believe so.
thought\* were\*
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### Author:  [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/15 "2012-06-19T11:21:31Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#):
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> I can’t wait to be a minority!
I personally look forward to the day when our goverment becomes so opressive I can float on a raft to another country, at said country I fully expect instant citizenship, free food, free health care , free education and for a television show to help me rehab a $10,000 peso home into a castle , oh and I wish to retain my culture and language too
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/16 "2012-06-19T11:23:10Z")
Does Mexico have Home Depots?
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### Author:  [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/17 "2012-06-19T11:27:39Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#):
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> Does Mexico have Home Depots?
why would they need businesses?
their largest GDP is $$$$ sent from America-
[http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/000911.html](http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/000911.html)
thank god they do those jobs that no one else will!!!
lolz edit - with the number of them illegally in the US that adds up to $5 per person
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/18 "2012-06-19T11:30:57Z")
But where will you hang out?
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### Author:  [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/19 "2012-06-19T11:32:08Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#):
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> But where will you hang out?
hadn’t really thought about that, I was mainly concerned with culturally enriching the country, I heard melting pots are the shit :tup:
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### Author:  [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slavery-kicks-sensitive-bitches-inside-jesse-jackson/223969/20 "2012-06-19T11:48:05Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#):
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> Does Mexico have Home Depots?
Yes, yes they do. As I passed one, I joked that in Mexico, Americans stand out front looking for work.
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