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Cultural FAIL


12 Mar

It’s the Chevy Nova. Perhaps not as bad, because Ireland isn’t nearly as big a market as the Spanish speaking world, but since Nike was planning on primarily releasing these shoes inIreland, you would think someone could have at least typed something in to Google.

What am I babbling about? Nike decided to make two new shoes for St Patty’s day- the Guinness and the Black and Tan. Sure in the US a black and tan is a drink made with Guinness, but in Ireland, it was a violent group that attacked civilians. (There’s even a song about this.)

 

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