Shackle Sneakers!

[sniper7]

yep...just like the title says.

http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/adidas-shackle-sneakers-create-controversy-185000146.html

and they are being called Racist![ROFL1][Stooge]




apparently shoe theft is a big issue. Never dealt with it when I played but maybe my shoes weren't cool enough to steal.

[00tec]

Is it bad that when I read the title, I immediately thought of the Oakland Raiders?

[Irving]

I thought this was going to be a Bachelor party gag gift.

[Scanker19]

So they're racist because they look like slave shackles? Kind of a long shot.

I thought it would be to deter Minorities from stealing your shoes.

[rondog]

Wow, the shit people get all bent about.....I suppose I should get pissed if someone at Wendy's offers me some "crackers" for my chili?

[Monky]

This is pissing off the people who want to steal the shoes.. now they're going to have to 'work' for them.. and we KNOW that's just not cool.. not cool at all! [NoEvil]

[Bailey Guns]

I didn't think "racist" at all. I did think "eff'n ugly".

[BPTactical]

From the title I was gonna guess Sneakerd was acting up.[ROFL2]


My kid works at Big5 near the old Stapleton. He says the shoe theft is astonishing.
Crackrats walk in, try on a pair and walk right out with em on their feet.

[sniper7]

From the title I was gonna guess Sneakerd was acting up.[ROFL2]


My kid works at Big5 near the old Stapleton. He says the shoe theft is astonishing.
Crackrats walk in, try on a pair and walk right out with em on their feet.

gotz ta haz dem sneeks bra. diz iz how I roll

[BPTactical]

gotz ta haz dem sneeks bra. diz iz how I roll

Well played[Beer]

[Ah Pook]

Racist? No.

$350 for shoes made by children in Indonesian sweat shops, that's criminal. Okay, maybe not in Indonesia...

[WillysWagon]

So they prevent people from stealing your shoes, WHILE YOU WEARING THEM [ROFL2]
I must live in a good area, never had my shoes stolen off my feet in mid step.

[SuperiorDG]

So they prevent people from stealing your shoes, WHILE YOU WEARING THEM [ROFL2]
I must live in a good area, never had my shoes stolen off my feet in mid step.

They don't want the shoes you wear. [Coffee]

[Zundfolge]

High end sneakers are marketed almost exclusively to the urban black demographic, while I doubt there was any racist intent it does show that they really don't know their customer base.

Seriously not a single black person works in Adidas Marketing? Nobody saw this coming?

As a graphic designer I sometimes do designs as an in house joke. For example we used to do a map of Commerce City ... I once did a joke version of the cover with a photo collage of pole dancers and cars up on blocks ... it was only to show around the office and for us to laugh at. I gotta wonder if this sneaker design isn't one of those that accidentally got put into production.

[WillysWagon]

They don't want the shoes you wear. [Coffee]

What's a little toe jam gonna hurt [ROFL1]

[rshives]

I'd buy a pair just for GP. :)