Nike coupons that have circulated online in recent days, offering huge discounts “for people of color” in the wake of the apparel giant making the controversial quarterback the face of its new ad campaign.
The barcode included in one of the coupons, which can be found on 4chan, an online bulletin board where most users post anonymously, came up as “invalid” when USA TODAY Sports took it to a Nike store in the Washington, D.C., area. Nike sent alerts to each of its retail locations in the U.S. to warn employees of the dubious coupons.
Nike unveiled the Kaepernick ads last week as part of a promotion to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the “Just Do It” slogan. The company has been criticized in some circles and animosity has inflamed toward Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who was the first to knee during the national anthem two years ago to protest police brutality and social injustice.
One of the coupons calls for consumers “To show solidarity with the things WE believe in we are offering people of color 75% off any purchase of Nike’s shoes or apparel.”
“I wouldn’t characterize this as a scam, but a full on racial epithet,” Jack Gillis, executive director of the Consumer Federation of America, said in an email. “This is nothing more than a dog whistle to a small, and unfortunate, segment of America. Another way to put it is that this is a racial statement masquerading as a scam.”
Some of the early fake coupons detailed by Snopes included a QR code that when scanned read, “This is a ROBBERY, Move slowly and put all the LARGE bills in the shoe box OR everyone DIES.”
Nike’s point-of-sale systems, however, aren’t equipped to read QR codes, so that message would not have appeared if an associate had attempted to run it. Employees at two stores told USA TODAY Sports that none had seen a customer attempt to use any of the fake coupons.
The employees asked that their names not be used because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the issue.
“Scams related to brand names generally attempt to sell something that appears to be branded by the well-known name but is a fake,” Gillis said. “This can be accomplished, for example, on the internet by setting up sites or offers with slight misspellings of the brand or company. It is a bit unusual for political issues and scams to be mixed.”
The democrats will love this. They can put fake coupons in newspapers directed at illegals that offer them the right to vote in one election on November 6th.
Have they bar coded the niggers? You know there’s CODE39, CODE128, 2D, and now CODENN (Nig Nog).
There is a difference between niggers and black men.
2/3 of the Rhodesian Army was black men who fought to preserve the status quo (white rule). They knew which side their bread was buttered on.
Then why did they lose?
Because the countries of the “free” world imposed trade restrictions on the Rhodesians denying them vital military supplies. The commies had no such restrictions. They were stabbed in the back by majority white countries,including USA.
Same as South Africa.
White is a color.
Yellow is a color.
Red is a color.
Brown is a color.
Black the absence of color.
Yeah, and Homer Simpson said purple is a vegetable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tints_and_shades
The Mockingbirds have no sense of humor. We (and the chans) laugh because we get it, but would never bother buying such a low-shelf-life “status” symbol. Sneakers wouldn’t give me any extra “status” anyhow.
My brother in law (white guy) is a prominent on air personality (I’ll not divulge what city). He is getting married and he and all of the groomsmen will be wearing tennis shoes for the ceremony.
I am white comma do I get a scam coupon? John
I’m confused. Why would they even use 75% off coupons? The usual way of trying them on and running out the store is a better 100% discount.