Friday, 28 September 2018

Response to Colin Kaepernick "JUST DO IT' Nike Ad

What I think about this Nike Ad that Colin Kaepernick protest is involved with is that to me it is very motivational and like some people I am confused why people are so angry against Colin's protest or this most recent Nike Advertisement since I see nothing wrong with it. The responses that this Nike Ad is getting is a mess since there are people are saying that they are against to what Nike is doing and say that Colin Kaepernick isn't a hero and sacrificed nothing. They also post pictures in social media of them destroying their Nike products, but there are also other people mocking these destroyers.
Twitter post by John Rich
                         
Twitter post by La Bronze James

What I think of this is that this is a truly unnecessary way of people showing that they boycott on Nike and it really bothers me that there are people against this protest for social justice, against someone who is trying to do the right thing for the community.

But there are other responses which are positive that had changed my mind of these negative comments. These people are saying things like, Colin and Nike did the right thing by working together to make this inspiring and motivational advertisement. There are also people who are defending this advertisement against the ones against it, like the ones who are mocking people for destroying their Nike products.
  
Positive comments from Colin Kaepernick "JUST DO IT" Nike Commercial 2018 from Youtube

From what these people are saying about Colin's Nike ad this is exactly what these people who are hating on this protest on social justice that Colin Kaepernick had took a knee for should see as the right picture. I really wish that there are more people or something better like there are always people positive instead of people who take action no reason to take negative actions against one simple message.
I have to say that I respect the people who have a good eye on what this Nike Advertisement was trying to show something good to a community.

I am going to be 100% honest that I think Nike did do this as a main goal to earn profit by hiring Colin because it made sense for them to do it since after Colin Kaepernick performed that action in 2016 and showed his message to gain rights for others, and then Nike had the opportunity or advantage over this to spread this message more and more by creating an advertisement which will make Nike gain a lot of profit from it. But also I am really sure that that even if Nike did this for the money, I still think that they really care about the racial injustice and I believe thats another reason why they had to make this advertisement.