Article written, researched and produced by Black Central Youth (OH)
Big shoe corporations like Nike come out with these yearly Black History Month shoes, but how much of the money goes back to the African American community?
All they do on the shoe is put some kente cloth pattern on the shoe that costs a couple of dollars to make, but sells for hundreds. Oh and don’t forget the stamped and stitched on letters ‘B.H.M.’.
Now yes, some of the shoes look cool, but why spend our money on some shoes when we already know that the money is not helping anyone but the companies we buy the shoes from? In 2011, 2012, 2013…year after year it’s the same thing! When February rolls around, Nike has it full court press on to convince consumers to buy their BHM shoes.
Why can’t one year Nike or any other shoe brand that makes Black History Month shoes give some of the money to organizations that help the African American community? Unless these big shoe companies decide to share the billions they make off of mostly the black community with these Black History Month shoes, I won’t buy them and neither should you.