I’m a black woman whose ancestors were enslaved in Georgia and South Carolina under horrific conditions. The original flag of the 13 colonies is not racist. Our original flag symbolized 13 states united as one nation. For Nike and Colin Kaepernick to suggest that selling the sneakers decorated with America’s original flag would be offensive or traumatic to black Americans is political correctness gone wild. What Nike did by abandoning the original American flag on its sneakers was to set back the seriousness of the racial diversity and inclusion movement.

Source: Fox News July 05, 2019 19:30 UTC