Nike's 'You Can't Stop Us' ad, featuring a split screen stitching together footage of Black, White, Asian and Muslim athletes, is garnering praise online for its message of inclusiveness and perseverance at a time when organized sports have been upended
New York Nike's latest viral ad is garnering praise online for its message of inclusiveness and perseverance at a time when organized sports have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
The video, called"You Can't Stop Us," features a split screen stitching together footage of Black, White, Asian and Muslim athletes. Since it launched on Thursday, it has been viewed 20 million times on Twitter alone.
— Ava DuVernay July 31, 2020 Many social media users praised the ad."Exceptional," tweeted director Ava DuVernay."Awesome ad," wrote Twitter user Gabriela Piscopo.But some characterized it as hypocritical, citing past critiques of Nike as a foreign"sweatshop" operator and the company's current operations in China, where some of its leading clients and pitch people haven't said much on the country's human-rights abuses.
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