Kanye West boasts that Adidas can't drop him. Is he right?
While most German companies that have been around for a while have troubling pasts it’s worth pointing out that the company was founded by Adolf “Adi” Dassler, an early member of the Nazi Party, and charged with being aduring the denazification process, the second-most serious category of offense.
This should in no way suggest that anyone affiliated with Adidas today is tied to any political movement looking to wipe Jews off the face of the earth, but you might think that they’d be extra sensitive when someone so closely associated with their brand, and so visible, would start parroting theories found inThe Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 v2 “Salt,” went on the market Saturday, and appears to be...
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