Posted on 07/03/2020 9:14:01 AM PDT by rktman
Nike, in an apparent bid to force the Washington Redskins to change their name, has removed all Redskins gear from its website.
Moreover, the vertical drop-down menu on the left side of the screen, which displays the names of all 32 NFL teams, does not show the Washington Redskins.
Last year, Nike omitted the team name from its annual Salute to Service collection, according to Pro Football Talk. The more recent action sends a much stronger message.
Despite Nikes apparent new-found problem in doing business with the Redskins. The athletic apparel giant does not appear to have any problem maintaining ties to regimes that use slave labor.
In March of this year, a non-partisan Australian think tank revealed that Nike was one of 83 corporations to maintain active ties to factories in China that are believed to use Muslim slave labor.
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