Author Topic: Bestie Ross Nike shoe cancelled because of ties with Slavery  (Read 1394 times)

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Offline Omni

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I understand why the shoes were pulled. I'm just saying that the logic used to justify saying it's offensive is rather questionable.

It would be like if someone said that using the term Upper Canada or Lower Canada was offensive because those terms were used at a time when First Nations were treated poorly.

Or using the Union Jack in a Canadian flag is offensive because it speaks to a time when the British Empire did condone Slavery.

Slavery is/was offensive and all 13 colonies at the time practiced it. Hard to separate that issue from the reality.