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Richard Cranium
06-18-2012, 04:34 PM
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DM – Adidas has sparked outrage and been accused of ‘promoting slavery’ by creating a new pair of trainers which have bright orange ‘shackles’ that fit around the wearer’s ankles. The clothing giant is under fire for its August scheduled release of the JS Roundhouse Mids, which many have compared to the devices worn by black slaves in 19th Century America. The seemingly innocent promotional material, uploaded to Facebook earlier this month, asks: ‘Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles?’

Hal-9000
06-18-2012, 08:49 PM
slaves in the 1800's wore Puma, not Adidas :hand:

Southern Belle
06-19-2012, 12:37 AM
Can you say T A C K Y ???

Richard Cranium
06-19-2012, 03:20 AM
Adidas apologizes, nixes 'shackle' shoe plans (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/06/adidas-apologizes-nixes-shackle-shoe-plans/1#.T9_v3ZHsaq0)

redred
06-19-2012, 09:57 AM
it has nothing to do with slavery :roll: it's to stop them getting stolen when you're having an afternoon nap on a park bench

deebakes
06-20-2012, 02:35 AM
i wanted some :(