I’m not on Israel’s side in the current conflict, but if you’re going to reference the 1972 Olympics and the killings use a model that isn’t from a country that’s part of the conflict.
…but honestly what the hell are you doing referencing a terrorist attack to sell shoes?
SA didn’t do something though, he did. So that logic doesn’t really work. We’re talking about someone who has been an outspoken advocate about the war and she’s in an ad for the 1972 Olympics
A more appropriate analogy would be a 9/11 memorial sneaker. Who would you put in that ad?
There will always be context in anything you do, but unless she ever made an apology of this attack, the official Israeli tweet is just racism. Mind you I am not surprised from an apartheid state, but yeah it sucks that Adidas didn’t reply along the lines that they do sport, not politics.
I’m not on Israel’s side in the current conflict, but if you’re going to reference the 1972 Olympics and the killings use a model that isn’t from a country that’s part of the conflict.
…but honestly what the hell are you doing referencing a terrorist attack to sell shoes?
The only reference made is that something called Olympics took place in 1972. It’s ridiculous as she wasn’t even born
Right but what happened in the 1972 Olympics? If you release a 1972 Olympic sneaker, you have to think about how you contextualize the release.
So do you think they would get the same backlash for using a south African person in an advert because Oscar Pistorious was from SA and did atrocious?
SA didn’t do something though, he did. So that logic doesn’t really work. We’re talking about someone who has been an outspoken advocate about the war and she’s in an ad for the 1972 Olympics
A more appropriate analogy would be a 9/11 memorial sneaker. Who would you put in that ad?
The 1972 sneaker is still being sold though.
There will always be context in anything you do, but unless she ever made an apology of this attack, the official Israeli tweet is just racism. Mind you I am not surprised from an apartheid state, but yeah it sucks that Adidas didn’t reply along the lines that they do sport, not politics.