>>> gut check. adidas is defending its new speaker after being accused of promoting slavery. take a look for yourself. this is the sneaker. it's js roundhouse, coming out in august sometime. the sneakers feature bright orange shackles and that's supposed to go around your ankle. adidas posted a picture of the new shoe june 14th and since then it has prompted more than 2,000 comments on facebook many people saying the sneakers are racist, offensive. in fact, dr. watkins, a professor at syracuse university , wrote on the website, your black world, quote, shackles, the stuff that our ancestors wore for 400 years while experiencing the most horrific atrocities imaginable? i am offended by these shoes. there is nothing funny about the prison industrial complex which is the most genocidal thing to happen to the black family since slavery, itself. in a statement to msnbc adidas said, quote, the design of the js roundhouse mid is nothing more than the designer jeremy scott 's outrageous and unique take on fashion and has nothing to do with slavery. what does your gut tell you? are these sneakers offensive? go to facebook.com/news nation to
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