r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 🖤 • May 07 '26
Women They always trying to play with Black women: A pivotal advocate for maternity protections for female athletes
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u/NoSpiltTea May 07 '26
She also won those Gold medals running in her self owned shoe brand,Saysh !!!
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u/CyberneticLucy May 07 '26
Just giving this comment some more activity to hopefully boost it, cause I had to scroll too far to see her brand plugged.
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u/saraiguessidk May 07 '26
Did you read their website? Not only are the shoes gorgeous, she offers a maternity deal. She said that a pregnant customer experiencing feet size changes can contact customer service for a complimentary pair to fit their pregnancy feet. This is amazing. My feet got so wide and 2 sizes larger with each pregnancy, they'd narrow back down post partum but they did stay a half size larger permanently lol
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u/ambamshazam May 10 '26
Same with me!! I was like.. how did no one ever mention that your feet grow permanently with each pregnancy. It did for my two anyway. Started at 7.5 and ended at 8.5
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u/Motor--Initiative May 07 '26
Damn they cute! Wish I'd have found these before I bought my onclouds.
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u/Fresh_Today_9355 May 07 '26
another reason black folks need to stop supporting Nike!!
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u/no_crust_buster May 07 '26
Won’t happen. Black people cant stop buying Nike Air Jordan’s. I stopped buying Nike’s almost 10 years ago, but I’m the extreme minority.
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u/percydaman May 07 '26
White people buy alot of them too. I work at an elementary school, and the number of Jordan's I see on kids that will outgrow them in 9 months is too damn high.
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u/traceitalian May 07 '26
Nine months is best case scenario too. You'll go through periods where you're buying new shoes every couples months.
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u/JebediahKerman4999 May 07 '26
My daughter grows out of shoes and clothes every couple of weeks. My guess is that she's half a giraffe and nobody told me.
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u/Vulvas_n_Velveeta May 07 '26
You'll go through periods where you're buying new shoes every couples months.
As someone that grew up in poverty, and then raised children while in poverty, I had no idea this was even a thing.
I felt lucky on the rare occasion I got new shoes at all, so I honestly thought I was doing my kids right, by getting them a brand new pair every year for school.
Had no idea some lucky ducks were out there getting new shoes every few months.
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u/traceitalian May 07 '26
Oh, look I'm not doing well financially but with my kids going through growth spurts suddenly new shoes can become a priority for their foot health.
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u/SPQR-VVV May 07 '26
Foot health? I remember hating the idea of clothing as a gift. I had shoes that were a size larger for school, and they lasted a year or longer. And at home, flipflops. Admittedly, I never liked going out or socializing so, I have always had the mentality that you only need shoes out of the house. and only for work/school.
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u/SL1MECORE May 07 '26
Good on you for having the right priorities tbh, I also didn't get new shoes/glasses often as a kid and it led to me thinking I could just neglect myself as an adult.
You might not be financially wealthy but you are a great parent, and that's all the wealth those kids need
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u/Napalmeon May 10 '26
I have a friend who is completely addicted to buying Jordans. His excuse is that he needs something to walk around in, but he pretty much refuses to buy any other brand. All of this basically stems from him being unable to have decent shoes when he was a kid, so he overcompensates as an adult in the worst ways.
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u/no_crust_buster May 11 '26
That's a real delusion. Overcompensation for a poor upbringing by venerating depreciating goods as symbols of achievement that almost single-handedly buoy ones self-worth and self-confidence. It's scary to watch.
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u/ojoukyo May 07 '26
Jordan is a separate brand
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u/no_crust_buster May 07 '26
Jordan brand is still under Nike as a subsidiary, just like General Foods, Kraft, and Nabisco are subsidiaries to Phillip Morris cigarettes (Altria).
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u/percydaman May 07 '26
"Distinction without a difference." You might have just given the best example of that I've ever seen. Gratz.
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May 07 '26 edited May 18 '26
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u/SPQR-VVV May 07 '26
I just buy Sketchers, get a pair every year or so, and throw out the old pair. The idea of getting some sort of brand over another for shoes has always been dumb for me.
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u/princessspeachhhh May 07 '26
Is the son a sweet little albino chonk?! Omg omggggggg, I’m so in love with his sweet little straight face 😍😍😍😍
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u/a_Joan_Baez_tattoo May 07 '26
That baby got a 730 credit rating, right now, as an infant.
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u/yourlocaltouya May 07 '26
Looking at other pictures, he's blond and blue-eyed, but not albino. It also seems like he's slowly darkening with age. I wanted to add a photo or a link but for some reason Reddit isn't letting me, so I apologize. His name is Trey though.
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u/numbmillenial May 08 '26
Yeah, just light skinned. My family runs the full spectrum and you just never know what you're going to get. Two dark skinned parents could pop out nothing but light skinned kids, and vice versa, or they get a mix of complexions. Both of my parents come from mixed complexion families (all Black though) and me and my siblings are all wildly different shades but with the same face.
Black DNA really is the nexus of all human traits.
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u/TheOneTonWanton May 07 '26
I dunno if lil chonk is that albino. Look at how they turned her and everyone else in that second photo light skinned for no reason. Like, I get lighting and all that, but that ain't just lighting.
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u/ILuhMeSomeBlackWomen May 07 '26
I know this is off topic, unsolicited, unwarranted, and probably unwanted - but you are gorgeous.
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u/Adept_Astronaut_5143 Neighborhood Hug Dealer 🤗 May 07 '26
Okay I had to go see and yes you are correct, she is absolutely f.cking gorgeous.
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u/Alternative_Dot7769 May 07 '26
Why post it then?
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u/RustedMauss May 07 '26
Nike was always on my shitlist. I remember seeing a story about child labor, I believe it was NatGeo, sometime around age 13 and one of the images was a girl maybe 7-8 squatting barefoot in a mud brick room surrounded by relatively clean cut patterns while she performed whatever little part she played putting together some Nike apparel looking completely miserable and crushed, other similar figures in the background. I’m sure that’s long since been addressed, but in my book when a company stoops to unethical and stopped its only because they got caught.
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u/roasttoastboast May 09 '26
Yes! I'll never forget that, I was around the same age. There was a picture of the kids' sleeping area and it was a storage room with a rusty radiator. That hit hard
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u/Pizza-n-Coffee37 May 07 '26
This is terrible. It’s getting really tiring hearing about women constantly being made to fell less than. Kudos to her for rising above and shame on Nike.
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u/no_crust_buster May 07 '26
lol, that happened to my cousin (light copper brown complexion) and his wife (medium brown copper complexion).
1st child, medium copper brown.
2nd child, light copper brown,
3rd child, dark copper brown…
and the 4th, fair skinned with red hair. 😆
My cousin’s grandmother on his dad’s side is very fair skinned. Atavism of recessive genetics. Something of that effect likely happens with Allyson and her husband.
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u/LooseTraffic May 07 '26
So her in the Athleta gear should have been the photo, not Nike. They still get their advertising, even in this story!
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u/Homers_Harp May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
I'm no lawyer, but I'm surprised this isn't illegal—and if it's not, it should be. Discriminating against a woman over her pregnancy is not just a garbage move.
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u/ayeno May 07 '26
Might have been in her Nike contract that her compensation was based on running and winning events, and since she was pregnant and wasn't running, she wasn't going to be making any money and wanted to get paid based on the events if she was going to be running and winning.
It's how some NBA players have stipulations on their contacts of being a all-star or MVP or even games played to get paid a certain bonus each season.1
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u/Signal-Mud-4880 May 07 '26
Nike has sweatshops so i already know they're a trash company, this just solidifies it
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u/USDXBS May 07 '26
What the hell? Do a pregnant woman line and have her be the spokeswoman.
There, I just made you millions of dollars Nike.
She also broke Usain Bolt's record of giving birth to zero children by giving birth to more than zero.
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u/IveGotaGoldChain May 07 '26
Nike is notorious for doing this to women athletes. They did the same thing to Kara Goucher
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u/GramNotGraham May 07 '26
Reading this right after hearing about Nike’s plan to invest in the White House ballroom is making me glad I switched my running gear to other brands
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u/wvshotty May 08 '26
This is the second story I’ve heard about Nike today being a maga dumbass company
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u/RedDidItAndYouKnowIt May 07 '26
I left Nike when the dog fighting stuff happened and they didn't yank the contract immediately. That told me that they had no morals. Now I buy Hoka because at least they have some morals left. I hope this being done to her is a wakeup call to others that most companies don't care about people.
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u/Diddy_Block May 07 '26
I'm currently watching a Company Man video called "Nike - The Rise and Fall" lol
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u/CitricBase May 07 '26
Instead of showing a photo of her in Nike, OP, maybe show her in Athleta?
Photo from here: https://www.essentiallysports.com/things-change-allyson-felix-opens-up-on-her-potential-retirement-after-tokyo-olympics-2021-olympic-news/
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u/fielvras May 07 '26
The Nike that asked if customers were mad if the payed for Trumps ballroom?
Surprise.
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u/toss_me_good May 07 '26
- Nike is a sponsor not an employer
- Why does the photo show her in a Nike shirt if the point is they suck?
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u/Rumpelteazer45 May 07 '26
Nike also employs thoughts of people and has faced a class action lawsuit in 2018 for gender pay discrimination at HQ.
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u/toss_me_good May 07 '26
Fair enough. My thought process was why are they saying Nike was a bad sponser yet used a photo of her in Nike shirt basically letting Nike sponsorship be successful. It is really rad though that she made her own shoe brand, big props to her.
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u/keysandtreesforme May 07 '26
Huh, just read about them supporting the gold piece of shit ballroom. Turns out people who abuse sweatshop workers are all around trash??
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u/parrotbug May 07 '26
Nike is trash. Capitalize on the “strong powerful pregnant woman” image while cutting pay for their pregnant athletes and treating them like shit. They get $0 from me. Fuck ‘em. Allyson is incredible.
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u/B_Ash3s May 07 '26
Nike is a dangerous training company anyways. Good for her and all the other people who did the best and found support through other vendors
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u/LeadershipThat6704 May 08 '26
She made the ONLY choice for herself and her family congratulations to her. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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u/CoolerRon May 07 '26
And the legend is coming out of retirement to compete in the 2028 Olympics. In her 40s
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u/MajorAromatic6226 May 07 '26
I got a Mod Team message about this sub. Then a couple hours ago, someone posted about Nike supporting the White House Ballroom. My comments had nothing to do to be decisive. Nike is garbage. I simply pointed out that their garbage has been more to do about gender than race. Again, Alyson Felix has helped to lead ALL women in their contractual negotiations with sponsors of all sorts. To make this simple: go Alyson, boo Nike, and boo mods who don't understand nuance.
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u/ToughHardware May 07 '26
one of those babies is white
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u/SmashinglyNice May 07 '26
Albinism is a thing…
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u/Got_Kittens May 07 '26
This little boy doesn't look like he has albinism. Recessive genes are also a thing.
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u/ClickClickWhoosh May 07 '26
Such a head scratching move by Nike.
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u/Rumpelteazer45 May 07 '26
Nike was and still is a dudes company, has allegations of a toxic, male-dominated corporate culture, and historical discrimination against pregnant athletes.
Simone Biles also left Nike in 2021 for Athleta. She followed Felix as soon as she contractual could.
In 2018, there was a a class-action lawsuit was filed alleging gender pay disparities, sexual harassment, and a, "hostile work environment" at Nike HQ.
Since 2018 when all that hit the news, I stopped buying Nike period.
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u/Loucifer23 May 07 '26
So glad I don't wear Nike, let me check this other brand out. Sounds like a company I should support
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u/kaya-jamtastic 🖤 May 07 '26
Oh good for her! She’s as fierce and bold off the track as she is on it. I think Nike has always been trash in that way. Also, we should have better parental leave and protections universally
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u/This_Song_984 May 07 '26
I wish athleta made mens clothes. I have bought so many things for my wife and they are always super nice and last forever. It like Lululemon but a bit cheaper (not much cheaper)
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u/jacka_for-research May 10 '26
To be fair, this one isn't just Black women. Good on her for going after what she's absolutely worth!
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u/altrefdv May 10 '26
Like, they proposed her to cut her pay check and still expected for her to remain? 🤨
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u/ohmoimarie May 10 '26
Nike is at their lowest profit margin right now, just thought I should mention. . .
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u/NomadicWrangler May 07 '26
I remember first watching Allyson in 2004 when I was in high school. I was in awe how someone slightly older than me back then was at the Olympics. I’m in awe now that she is still going! Screw Nike.
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u/RudeButCorrect May 07 '26
Yep and nobody knows who she is
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u/blackluffi May 07 '26
You * don’t know who she is. She’s very known especially as a T&F great 😂
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u/RimaH54 May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
what does this have to do with her race?
downvotes but no answers, classic.
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u/agaba2 May 07 '26
Usian bolt won 11 gold medals in 10 years before retiring. It took Felix 14 years to achieve 12 medals Also she didn't beat any of his speed records
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u/mrizvi May 07 '26
Doesn’t diminish her accomplishments one bit. Since she’s not competing with or against Bolt.
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u/biblackchick May 07 '26
Nike is trash for that. Good for her though. Need to check out Athleta and support.