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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNike Just Taught Trump A HUGE Lesson With This Grammys Ad
http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/02/13/nike-just-taught-trump-huge-lesson-grammys-ad/Nike just sent Trump a clear message at the Grammys by playing this new ad featuring several notable athletes calling for equality.
Is this the land history promised? Here, within these lines, on this concrete court, this patch of turf. Here, youre defined by your actions. Not your looks or beliefs. Quality should have no boundaries. The bonds we find here should run past these lines.
The ad continues, showing clips of several famous athletes, including tennis star Serena Williams and basketball players LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
Opportunity should not discriminate. The ball should bounce the same for everyone. Worth should outshine color. If we can be equals here, the voice in the ad says, referring to a basketball court, we can be equals everywhere, Lebron James says at the end.
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Nike Just Taught Trump A HUGE Lesson With This Grammys Ad (Original Post)
OxQQme
Feb 2017
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ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)1. I am (finally) gaining respect for LeBron James
He isn't taking the Michael Jordan route to mega fame be avoiding tough issues and not speaking out. LeBron is standing up, speaking out and dunking on the current administration as well as speaking about racism.
Not that other athletes aren't, Serena certainly is and always has, but top of the heap sits LeBron. (Brady is apparently yet another brain Dead jock), especially in regards to the AA community. Good for him, good for all of them. RESIST!
flygal
(3,231 posts)2. My family loves watching "the wall" on NBC which he coproduces
n2doc
(47,953 posts)3. The RWNJ 'sports' talk show was going nuts about this this morning
On and on about how 'wrong' Nike and Lebron were. It was sickening.