My brother could probably be the poster child for Nike. I vividly remember seeing him head off to his first day of college, fully decked out in Nike paraphernalia: “I’m That Dude” emblazoned black tee, mesh Nike shorts, high-rise swoosh-adorned socks, black basketball sneakers struggling under the weight of huge swoosh marks. While I tend to gravitate towards slouchy grandma sweaters more fit for retirement homes than a collegiate environment, I do not judge his aesthetics; our tastes are blatantly different. What I can judge is that Nike has a dark history; in 1998 the multinational corporation was the subject of a major lawsuit, alleging that Nike had manipulated consumers by advertising false corporate responsibility.
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My brother could probably be the poster child for Nike. I vividly remember seeing him head off to his first day of college, fully decked out in Nike paraphernalia: “I’m That Dude” emblazoned black tee, mesh Nike shorts, high-rise swoosh-adorned socks, black basketball sneakers struggling under the weight of huge swoosh marks. While I tend to gravitate towards slouchy grandma sweaters more fit for retirement homes than a collegiate environment, I do not judge his aesthetics; our tastes are blatantly different. What I can judge is that Nike has a dark history; in 1998 the multinational corporation was the subject of a major lawsuit, alleging that Nike had manipulated consumers by advertising false corporate responsibility.
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Contributed by: Lindsey Sitz As an outsider looking into another world from the comfort of your own cultural upbringing it’s easy to make bold statements like—“What they really need to do is make their system more like ours!” As Americans, we’re a patriotic bunch (I know I am)—and this train of thought seems to happen fairly often. What I’ve come to find is that it truly pays to dig a little deeper—find out more—do a little extra research—especially before making judgments about a society that you know little about. After learning more, my initial judgments begin to shift, and I begin to notice that so much in our world fits into the grey area—and so little is truly black or white. |
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