Nike’s controversial ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick has sparked a lot of controversy and blowback, but Vox says that Nike doesn’t need those critics anyway. Here’s why:
Nike doesn’t need older Republicans, conservatives, or Trump supporters to buy their products if the company has the eye of younger, nonwhite Americans living in urban areas with cash to spend. https://t.co/U2dkWcxhCd
— Vox (@voxdotcom) September 10, 2018
Is that so?
Isn’t your entire gig that wages are stagnant, people are poor and we’re in an age of unprecedented income inequality? https://t.co/jbKaXNdZS9
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 10, 2018
Wait. WUT? Inner-city non-whites are who have the money to buy expensive Nike products? I thought you wanted me to believe inner-city non-white people are oppressed and don't even make enough $$ to eat. Dudes, pick a narrative because those two can't simultaneously exist.
— Michelle (@MichelleCAGirl) September 10, 2018
I do love how @cjane87 betrays the Vox narrative to win this argument.
Nike, a capitalist cooperation, making profits is good.
Apparently there are a lot of “high earning young people”…
AND inner city youth “with cash to spend.”So much for income inequality.??♂️ https://t.co/DUXLhF5v8d
— George Kaplan (@En_vis_age) September 10, 2018
LOL! Thanks, Vox, that sure was helpful.
@Twitchy.com Vox just out-Voxed itself. The non-white oppressed people in inner-city who suffer low wages and can't afford to eat or pay rent all of a sudden are Nike's target market because they're the ones who have the $$ to afford Nike's pricey products. What the huh?
— Michelle (@MichelleCAGirl) September 10, 2018
It’s all so confusing.
That’s funny I thought all younger nonwhite Americans living in urban areas were poor and downtrodden and needed my hard earned tax dollars to survive https://t.co/snvk0SP6Vh
— Redneck Ben Franklin (@Libertarian2a) September 10, 2018
Oh. The same people complaining about a living wage? Lol Vox is the outlet for people who failed preschool. https://t.co/L0FTZai6ic
— Joe B ???? (@TheRealJoeBuf) September 10, 2018
By the way @voxdotcom, I think you might want to credit @realDonaldTrump for the extra income in these communities. You know, unemployment rate among the target audience here is enjoying record low numbers…
— DKruse (@ChipBuffalo) September 10, 2018
A whole bunch of narratives just got flattened in that self-inflicted steamrolling.
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