JustSmokeIt wrote:
Hey guys. I’m curious to get some opinions, hopefully an insult free conversation, but I know how things work around here.
Going back almost a month, Saucony chose on Giving Tuesday to donate 25% of sales to Black Men Run, Inc. , and Black Girls RUN! Now, for example I have an email from PayPal on that same day. They were asking for donations to American Heart Association, March of Dimes, Feeding America, World Food Program USA, St. Judes Children Hospital, International Rescue Committee, Save The Children, American Lung Association, UNICEF USA, Habitat for Humanity, and CMN Hospitals. Besides already having a line of shoes where 10% of sales go towards She Should Run, a nonprofit organization that supports female leadership in politics.
Today’s email Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. day shouldn’t have come as a surprise. But the suggestion of what to read, including: How To Be An Antiracist, So You Want To Talk About Race along with others, suggestion of what to watch: Black Panther, I Am Not Your Negro, along with others, Who To Follow: NAACP, Check Your Privilege, along with others was just a bit much for me.
As a white male, I’m not sure how Saucony expects me to feel right now. I’m on your email list to see what’s new and hopefully get a 20% coupon once in a while. This isn’t what I’m looking for from my running shoe, so because of that we’re done. I’m not sure when all these businesses decided they needed to have their opinion heard. Michael Jordan said it best “Republicans buy sneakers, too”