Wednesday, 22 August 2018

Balaclava

What I read

According to "Nike removes balaclava accused of 'targeting gun culture'" (2018), it said that Nike has criticized by people playing Twitter from releasing their new product in online called as balaclava. Due to the picture used to promote, it shows a black model wearing their Nike balaclava and having straps and pockets also. It refers to the gang cultures and the criminals, so the stream of criticize is not only their endorsing knife crime, but also enforcing racial profiling. After that, Nike has apologized for making a big mistake and  had deleted that picture around the Internet yet.  

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My response 

From the news, creating the balaclava fashion is not the wrong idea and I also think that Nike can make it if the balaclava is designed properly not to mean endorsing the crime. Because of the fact that the crime still  occurs every day, it is not surprised that people are aware of this issue seriously. Anything causing to the negative effects more than the positive one  should be considered carefully especially the well-known brand like Nike having a significant impact on global population. thus, it is not a good idea to push it up.

Moreover, this situation shows that people in the present day change their way to input information by using social media more than reading in newspaper or even watching TV. So when we post or do anything in online, every posts should be checked over 1 time in order to make sure that its message will not do mistake whether it will be passed on or not.


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My question

Are you like this fashion? Do you think that people will not accept this trend next 20 years from now? 
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Reference

Nike removes balaclava accused of 'targeting gun culture'. (2018, August 21). Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45258541

3 comments:

  1. Noon's summary interested me enough that I went to her source and read it in full. I'm not sure that I agree with the police and politicians who are blaming drill music, which I had never heard of before, for the rise in crime in London. That sounds a bit like looking for an easy excuse, and they presented zero evidence, which is not strong. Some people blame violent video games for more violence in society, but the evidence there is very strong: the violent video games do not increase violence in society, and might even reduce it.

    I also enjoyed reading Noon's thoughtful response, which I'm sure others will want to respond to in a comment.

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    1. But I wish Noon had added the photograph of the sexy looking guy in a balaclava that is on her source! It seems a pity not to have included that bit of eye candy.

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  2. I've never heard of balaclava before and have no idea what it is for, but after looking at the picture in the article it looks like some kind of military outfit. Although I like its name and it reminds me of ninjas, I don't know if an ordinary person would buy a balaclava. I can't picture anyone wearing balaclava in public but criminals or terrorists. So, those people who criticized Nike ads they had a point to concern who are Nike target customers for this outfit.

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