Vintage 90's Sneaker Stadium Snapback Hat - Like New
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In 1997 Sneaker Stadium was acquired by Just For Feet. In 1999, Just For Feet aired a Super Bowl commercial, produced by the agency Saatchi & Saatchi. In the spot, a group of Caucasian men in a humvee track down a barefoot Kenyan runner, sedate him with drug-laced water, and force Nike shoes on his feet while he was unconscious. When he wakes up, the runner rejects the shoes and attemps to shake them off whilst running away. The ad was widely-criticized by the media and advertising industry for its derogatory content; Stuart Elliot, advertising columnist for The New York Times, called it appallingly insensitive ", while Advertising Age columnist Bob Garfield described the commercial as being "neo-colonialist ", "culturally imperialist ", and "probably racist ". Take it back to before mega corporations and tone-deaf ad agencies got involved with this like-new snapback.
In 1997 Sneaker Stadium was acquired by Just For Feet. In 1999, Just For Feet aired a Super Bowl commercial, produced by the agency Saatchi & Saatchi. In the spot, a group of Caucasian men in a humvee track down a barefoot Kenyan runner, sedate him with drug-laced water, and force Nike shoes on his feet while he was unconscious. When he wakes up, the runner rejects the shoes and attemps to shake them off whilst running away. The ad was widely-criticized by the media and advertising industry for its derogatory content; Stuart Elliot, advertising columnist for The New York Times, called it appallingly insensitive ", while Advertising Age columnist Bob Garfield described the commercial as being "neo-colonialist ", "culturally imperialist ", and "probably racist ". Take it back to before mega corporations and tone-deaf ad agencies got involved with this like-new snapback.
In 1997 Sneaker Stadium was acquired by Just For Feet. In 1999, Just For Feet aired a Super Bowl commercial, produced by the agency Saatchi & Saatchi. In the spot, a group of Caucasian men in a humvee track down a barefoot Kenyan runner, sedate him with drug-laced water, and force Nike shoes on his feet while he was unconscious. When he wakes up, the runner rejects the shoes and attemps to shake them off whilst running away. The ad was widely-criticized by the media and advertising industry for its derogatory content; Stuart Elliot, advertising columnist for The New York Times, called it appallingly insensitive ", while Advertising Age columnist Bob Garfield described the commercial as being "neo-colonialist ", "culturally imperialist ", and "probably racist ". Take it back to before mega corporations and tone-deaf ad agencies got involved with this like-new snapback.