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[Alrus]

This is such a terrible idea on so many level. And these shoes are so damn ugly, I don't get how someone thought "yeah that's a great design!".

 

[Alucrid]

especially considering their primary market.

asian hypebeasts?

 

[Count Dookkake]

This is about as racist as a Gwyneth Paltrow tweet.

 

[Borgnine]

It's only racist if they rub bacon grease on the soles to make you think the shoes were well fed. Also it'd be pretty easy to spot any scuffs they received for misbehavior.

 

[DominoKid]

uh...i like these.

i'd cop a pair (if they were like <$100) and wear em to parties just for the novelty factor.
they're interesting.

 

[neojubei]

Dear adidas,

This is a very bad idea.

Sincerly

America

 

[Fritz]

Risky game, but I bet it's a well calculated risk.

 

[bubnbob]

slave to the game yo

 

[Zomba13]

Out of all his choices, those may be the least offensive.

The bottom right one is like if the Saved by the Bell opening credits were a shoe. I approve.

 

[Steelrain]

"Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles?" the company asked in the Facebook post.

"Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles?" the company asked in the Facebook post.

"Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles?" the company asked in the Facebook post.

I wonder who they could be targeting with that facebook post. I wonder who it could be.

 

[True Underdog]

The bottom right one is like if the Saved by the Bell opening credits were a shoe. I approve.

Hahaha. Holy shit.

 

[blame space]

I wonder who they could be targeting with that facebook post. I wonder who it could be.

it's so when someone kills you to steal them they can't get them off your body.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

Who the hell buys this shit?

 

[PhatSaqs]

lol. Very insensitive.

 

[Steelrain]

it's so when someone kills you to steal them they can't get them off your body.

But i'll be dead man.

 

[Fritz]

Who the hell buys this shit?

Gorillas, Leopards and Americans?

 

[MThanded]

uh...i like these.

i'd cop a pair (if they were like <$100) and wear em to parties just for the novelty factor.
they're interesting.

Don't do it.

 

[Count Dookkake]

I wonder who they could be targeting with that facebook post. I wonder who it could be.

Children and some man-children.

 

[blame space]

i'm confused. do the shackles go over your pants or under them?

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

First thing I thought of

Yeah, that's just what I was going to post. The orange shackles just look too silly to take seriously.

 

[Borgnine]

i'm confused. do the shackles go over your pants or under them?

You wear them with shorts.

 

[Zomba13]

Who the hell buys this shit?

I'm not American but those stars and stripes shoes with the wings look awesome!

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

Gorillas, Leopards and Americans?

But they don't need shoes

 

[EYEL1NER]

Those shoes are ugly as sin. That's about the only problem I have with them.

 

[tapedeck]

First thing I thought of

Mind blowed

 

[Kinitari]

Is Addidas making some underlying statement about the role of consumerism in black culture, and how it further perpetuates subservience to a body that wants nothing but to profit off them and keep them in a continual state of shallow irrelevancy?

 

[Speevy]

Reached for comment, Adidas responded:

We understand the concerns expressed by our loyal customers. In light of this development, our company has chosen to refocus its efforts on hats.

Have you ever been running so fast that your hat needed to be tied to your head?

Try rope hats. Just tighten the patented hang-loop around your neck, and your hat stays firmly in place.

It gives a new meaning to hanging with your friends.

 

[Borgnine]

Damn if they would have thought of this a few years ago they could have branded them SHAQ-les.™

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

That's a ridiculous design. Not racist at all though.

 

[Steelrain]

Reached for comment, Adidas responded:

We understand the concerns expressed by our loyal customers. In light of this development, our company has chosen to refocus its efforts on hats.

Have you ever been running so fast that your hat needed to be tied to your head?

Try rope hats. Just tighten the patented hang-loop around your neck, and your hat stays firmly in place.

It gives a new meaning to hanging with your friends.

Needs more urban slang.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Is Addidas making some underlying statement about the role of consumerism in black culture, and how it further perpetuates subservience to a body that wants nothing but to profit off them and keep them in a continual state of shallow irrelevancy?

Hang Time by Hank Willis Thomas

 

[sankt-Antonio]

You people really think this is racist?

 

[thezerofire]

Who the hell buys this shit?

I've seen a pair of the winged ones in gold, and they were pretty sweet. In no way could I pull them off, however

 

[Fritz]

But they don't need shoes

They need shackles though...

 

[bedlamite]

I truly have no clue how Adidas has managed to keep on Jeremy Scott after all the abominations he's put out under their brand, perhaps these latest pair of fashion 'statements' will finally get the company to drop the fucker

 

[equap]

popular with hipsters.

 

[DrFunk]

You people really think this is racist?

Not really, just insensitive and fugly as shit

 

[The Faceless Master]

hahaha a friend of mine showed me that pic yesterday with no context and i thought it was a photoshop.

 

[Kinitari]

Hang Time by Hank Willis Thomas

Learn something new every day! Reading up on it, seems like it gets my meaning .

 

[Htown]

Damn son, nice kicks. Fuck these Jordans, I'm snatchin up those Kunta Kintes.

 

[captmcblack]

The tribal zebra-esque print on the strap and tongue doesn't do work with the shackles...and the urban streetwear market it will be marketed and sold primarily to features a number of people to whom shackles are not a good look.

But is the shoe "racist"? No. Is Jeremy Scott racist? No. Is Adidas racist? No. Is this potentially insensitive? It's hood shackles. Of course it is.

[EDIT: deeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaad @ "kunta kintes"]

 

[Cyan]

Needs more urban slang.

You evah jet wit da quickness, and yo lid falls off like Jay? Sheeeit, tie that bitch to yo neck!

 

[FallingEdge]

I don't think the concept is racist, just ugly and impractical.

 

[Count Dookkake]

hahaha a friend of mine showed me that pic yesterday with no context and i thought it was a photoshop.

Learn something new every day! Reading up on it, seems like it gets my meaning .

I've plugged his stuff in the black culture thread a couple of times before. He's great.

 

[neojubei]

I truly have no clue how Adidas has managed to keep on Jeremy Scott after all the abominations he's put out under their brand, perhaps these latest pair of fashion 'statements' will finally get the company to drop the fucker

At this point Jeremy Scott is just trolling the company now. This man needs to stop

http://www.kicksonfire.com/2012/06/15/jeremy-scott-x-adidas-js-slim-summer-2012-collection/

 

[SouthernDragon]

All those designs are fucking AWFUL

 

[Stet]

You people really think this is racist?

What do you mean "you people"?

 

[Steelrain]

You evah jet wit da quickness, and yo lid falls off like Jay? Sheeeit, tie that bitch to yo neck!

Thaaaaaats more like it.

 

[Log4Girlz]

First thing I thought of

I had one as a child!

 

[Viewt]

Deal with it.

I'm reading this guy's Twitter and it's fucking gold. The dude is LA from top to bottom godDAMN.

Oh, and those shoes are fucking hideous.