Nike speaking out against trump

HAF2

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Dear all,
Nike believes in a world where everyone celebrates the power of diversity. Regardless of whether Or how you worship. where you come from Or who you love, everyone's individual experience is what make us stronger as a whole. Those values are being threatened by the recent executive order in the U.S. banning refugees, as well as visitors, from seven Muslim-majority countries. This is a policy we don't support. And I know we're all asking what this means for our future. for our friends. Our families and Our broader community. Today. I'm thinking of everyone who is impacted. like Sir MO Farah. Mo. four-time Olympic gold medalist. now lives in Oregon with his family. He was born in Somalia and moved to Britain when he was eight. He has dedicated his life to competing for his adopted country. And yet, MO fears that he may not be allowed to return from his training camp in Ethiopia to see his wife and children in Portland. I was moved by the powerful statement MO shared this morning. What MO will always have — what the entire Nike family can always count on — is the support of this company. We will do everything in our power to ensure the safety of every member Of Our family: Our colleagues. Our athletes and their loved ones. Nike stands together against bigotry and any form of discrimination. We've learned that On the field Of play. where fairness and mutual respect are the rule, not the exception. Now. more than ever. let's stand up for our values and remain open and inclusive as a brand and as a company. We are at our best when we recognize the value of our diverse community.
Thanks,
Mark Parker Chairman. President and CEO, NIKE, Inc.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Breaking911/status/825858420490268672
 

schuylaar

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Dear all,
Nike believes in a world where everyone celebrates the power of diversity. Regardless of whether Or how you worship. where you come from Or who you love, everyone's individual experience is what make us stronger as a whole. Those values are being threatened by the recent executive order in the U.S. banning refugees, as well as visitors, from seven Muslim-majority countries. This is a policy we don't support. And I know we're all asking what this means for our future. for our friends. Our families and Our broader community. Today. I'm thinking of everyone who is impacted. like Sir MO Farah. Mo. four-time Olympic gold medalist. now lives in Oregon with his family. He was born in Somalia and moved to Britain when he was eight. He has dedicated his life to competing for his adopted country. And yet, MO fears that he may not be allowed to return from his training camp in Ethiopia to see his wife and children in Portland. I was moved by the powerful statement MO shared this morning. What MO will always have — what the entire Nike family can always count on — is the support of this company. We will do everything in our power to ensure the safety of every member Of Our family: Our colleagues. Our athletes and their loved ones. Nike stands together against bigotry and any form of discrimination. We've learned that On the field Of play. where fairness and mutual respect are the rule, not the exception. Now. more than ever. let's stand up for our values and remain open and inclusive as a brand and as a company. We are at our best when we recognize the value of our diverse community.
Thanks,
Mark Parker Chairman. President and CEO, NIKE, Inc.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Breaking911/status/825858420490268672
Mo doesn't have anything to worry about, Ethiopia is not on the list.
 

HAF2

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Mo doesn't have anything to worry about, Ethiopia is not on the list.
It's the principle. When one is barred from entering the United States based on discrimination; everyone feels it.
On another note the Canadian government is talking about fast tracking those refugees that were destined for the United States over the next 90 days. Approximately 20,000 of them, Through government or personal sponsorship. We are a relatively low-population country, But there's some big fucking hearts here.
 

Big_Lou

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HAF2

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nike read this?
Foreign Office confirmed Brits with dual nationalities could enter the US


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4167900/Sir-Mo-Farah-faces-BANNED-returning-America.html
And dual citizens of Canada and one of the banned countries are also exempt from the ban. Does that make it ok? What about their families? Their friends? People that have been working in the United States and living there for years?
It doesn't make it ok just because the ban isn't for every single person of said country. It's not ok, it's wrong.
 

Big_Lou

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And dual citizens of Canada and one of the banned countries are also exempt from the ban. Does that make it ok? What about their families? Their friends? People that have been working in the United States and living there for years?
It doesn't make it ok just because the ban isn't for every single person of said country. It's not ok, it's wrong.
Seems like he might be a Drumpf apologist/sycophant/cum guzzler.

Totally not an angry 'white supremacist', though.
 

HAF2

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Seems like he might be a Drumpf apologist/sycophant/cum guzzler.

Totally not an angry 'white supremacist', though.
In solidarity Americans should get dark tans and dye their hair black. It will be easier to pick out the white supremacists that way, and shun them for the shit "humans" they are.
 

schuylaar

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chemphlegm

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who said anything about right or wrong, threads about Nike, and a guy thinking he might have a personal issue one day
maybe with the new ban. He wasnt aware of the details of the ban nor was Nike until I posted I guess.
 

HAF2

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who said anything about right or wrong, threads about Nike, and a guy thinking he might have a personal issue one day
maybe with the new ban. He wasnt aware of the details of the ban nor was Nike until I posted I guess.
Did you read the letter? It's speaking about standing together against oppression and discrimiation. They used Mo as an example, just to add a face to the tradgety. But there are so many people affected. He's just one.
 

chemphlegm

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I get it, but I think using a real person, one with real fears and current issues would have been more appropriate.
 

HAF2

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I get it, but I think using a real person, one with real fears and current issues would have been more appropriate.
There are many such cases and stories posted all over the Internet. When trump began the ban, no one really knew the details. That's fucked up. Why would he push through something that has impact on so many people without a solid plan in place and without notifying the proper authorities in each country?
I can't figure it out, besides lunacy.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/29/trump-travel-ban-peoples-stories-from-us-and-around-the-world?client=safari
 

Sir Napsalot

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Nike spent millions here in Oregon to defeat ballot measure 97, which would have raised the state's disproportionately low corporate tax on "C" corporations doing more than 25 million in sales in Oregon by 2.5%, by funding a series of deceptive TV ads.
 

ttystikk

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There are many such cases and stories posted all over the Internet. When trump began the ban, no one really knew the details. That's fucked up. Why would he push through something that has impact on so many people without a solid plan in place and without notifying the proper authorities in each country?
I can't figure it out, besides lunacy.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/29/trump-travel-ban-peoples-stories-from-us-and-around-the-world?client=safari
Deliberate sowing of confusion is a classic fascist tactic.
 
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