Nike shoes featuring "Betsy Ross flag" reportedly pulled over concerns from Colin Kaepernick - CBS NewsSources told WSJ that Kaepernick reached out to Nike after photos emerged of the shoes, saying the design could be seen as offensive due to its association with an era of slavery. The flag first emerged in 1792 at a time when lawmakers advocated for the expansion of slavery and formally declared that those born into slavery were slaves for life.
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