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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tkM53I5bTY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2xci...eature=related

and yes its a real ing shoe lol . God help anyone who buys these and wears these though i cant lie id love to see a pro basketball team wearing them.

Racist overtones aside, it looks ing awful and I weep for the lower class if this manages to take off like Jordans.


EDIT: Nevermind. It looks like Adidas has already pulled the plug. Provocative as an art piece, stupid as an actual shoe.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/n...,4795256.story

yeah man i hate the damn shoe but i have to be real im very curious if people will go off on it or if they will crazily accept it and it becomes popular. youd think its obviously a no but with how crazy people get over sneakers who knows. its like some kind of odd social experiment.

Eh, the look itself is more offensive than any kind of reach you want to take with a slavery comparison. Looks plastic.

The shackles are a good idea. Helps make sure you don't lose your shoes.

Originally Posted by whoknows The shackles are a good idea. Helps make sure you don't lose your shoes.

See I'm glad somebody else gets it instead of being "herp derp dats racist cuz it haz shackles" Get over it already and quit bitching about slavery. Yes it happened and was ed up but no one is forcing you to buy the shoes if you don't like them. Hell slavery is still around as it is.

That's what these shoes remind me of.

Somewhere, Justin Bieber cries.

Originally Posted by Spanky See I'm glad somebody else gets it instead of being "herp derp dats racist cuz it haz shackles" Get over it already and quit bitching about slavery. Yes it happened and was ed up but no one is forcing you to buy the shoes if you don't like them. Hell slavery is still around as it is.

guess you typed this on your iphone on a way to a klan rally. who actually complained about slavery the shoes do have a slavery theme of sorts but who was complaining about slavery? and they say we minorities are over sensitive yeesh.

He was referring to the public outcry. The sneakers got pulled, because dummies were bitching about slavery. Because the slaves wore designer sneakers...

Originally Posted by bigdaddybruce44 He was referring to the public outcry. The sneakers got pulled, because dummies were bitching about slavery. Because the slaves wore designer sneakers...

It's not the sneakers that's the problem, it's because they have chains. Orange chains.

Originally Posted by lokizz guess you typed this on your iphone on a way to a klan rally. who actually complained about slavery the shoes do have a slavery theme of sorts but who was complaining about slavery? and they say we minorities are over sensitive yeesh.

Read the article please.


Adidas pulled the shoes because like everything else in this world a few found a way to tie it back to slaverly and racism. These shoes are ugly but they are no more racist (Offensive) then the nike air's 15 years ago that offended the muslims because "air" supposedly looked like allah


http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/we

Originally Posted by whoknows It's not the sneakers that's the problem, it's because they have chains. Orange chains.

Do slaves wear orange chains in the U.S. today? I'll make sure the next time I see a slave I pay closer attention to his feet.

Orange, rubber shackles...

Those would have come in handy in the early 90s when people were getting killed over shoes. Sure, you'd be dead, but would have the last laugh when the robber couldn't get the shoes off you.

Since these shoes were stopped before they hit the market, does this mean the underage sweat shop workers in Taiwan(or wherever they're made anymore) get a free pair of them and those shackles get used to keep them at their machines?

See I get Nike and the Back to the Future shoes, but this is ridiculous. What, was some exec at Adidas watching Roots one day and thought "Heeeyyyyy".

Call them Ankle Necklaces, or "MUBS" (Mad Ups Bands).

Problem solved.

Originally Posted by GBAstar Do slaves wear orange chains in the U.S. today? I'll make sure the next time I see a slave I pay closer attention to his feet.

Orange is just one of the colors they use. Helps to lighten the mood and keep the workplace fun.

Originally Posted by crunchb3rry That's what these shoes remind me of.

Which makes sense because that's what the designer quoted as the source of his 'inspiration.' Doesn't look like he altered the original very much.

http://observer.com/2012/06/jeremy-s...ster-06182012/