Nike chief executive John Donahoe denounced the “senseless tragedy” of racial bigotry in a statement released June 5 and said that Americans needed to educate themselves on “systemic racism.” One year prior, Nike announced that it was recalling a pair of shoes with the Betsy Ross flag after football player and corporate partner Colin Kaepernick deemed the flag racist.
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