Adidas said Tuesday that 30 per cent of all its new hires in the US would be black or Latino people, amid anti-racism protests that have rocked the country for nearly two weeks. Adidas employees had recently criticized the company for not doing enough to combat racial discrimination. Adidas also promised to fund 50 scholarships for its black employees each year for the next five years. In an unusual move, the Adidas Twitter account recently retweeted an anti-racism ad released by its rival Nike that says, “For once, Don’t Do It. Together is how we make change,” Adidas wrote in its tweet.

Source: Punch June 10, 2020 01:41 UTC