I have been
wearing New Balance walking and running shoes for at least 15 or 20 years. Why, because I'm old and they are more
comfortable. Before then I wore Nike. I did not realize there was a political implication that went along with your footwear.
" Thursday, Andrew Anglin, who founded the neo-Nazi and white
supremacist website Daily
Stormer, lost his temper when New Balance denied his endorsement of the
shoes as the “official shoes of White people.”
On Saturday, Anglin wrote that it was “time to get on-board
with New Balance now” after Matt LeBretton, who is the vice president of
affairs at New Balance, voiced his support for Donald Trump.
“New Balance is making a gesture to support White people and to
support US manufacturing. We need to support that,” Anglin wrote. “I see New
Balances now becoming the official shoes of White people.”
Then, on Monday,
New Balance released a statement saying it “does not tolerate bigotry or
hate in any form.” "
From THE GRIO.
By the way, New
Balance is one of the few, if not the only one, shoe companies that make their
shoes totally in the U.S.
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