twitter called them adidas slave shackles. they evoked slavery and left adidas in the middle after public relations nightmare. here is a radio talk show host talking about these things. play it. slavery is not something i would try and make money on to replicate something. i would hope that the schools will say you can t wear these here in our schools. reporter: that host of course is an african-american activist. a lot of people came out applauding the shoes claiming they have nothing to do with racism. many who doesn t see the racism said the sneakers were in poor taste. after getting pummeled online, adidas finally came out and said it was pulling the shoe, issuing this quote saying we apologize if people are offended by the design and we are withdrawing our plans to make them available in the marketplace. the designer is a man named jeremy scott. he lives in beverly hills. he said it was a takeoff on this, my pet monster which was, a cartoon and a toy
plus, sneaker giant adidas pulling a shoe from production that never made it into stores. we ll tell you how their shackle shoe turned into a major ball and chain for the company. i m a marathon runner,