CULTURE

Nike's "Betsy Ross Flag" Shoes Lost 500 Jobs Because Colin Kaepernick Knows History

How is a sportswear company a useful (or even relevant) arbiter of what a deeply fraught political symbol means?

Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid San Francisco 49ers'

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Nike, Inc. is the latest company to challenge our understanding of how to use historical imagery in today's political climate without being blindly offensive or willfully ignorant of American history.

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