Nike stores in South Africa reopen following backlash over racist video

[TomSea]

Nike stores in South Africa reopen following backlash over racist video
Reuters Staff

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nike (NKE.N) stores in South Africa were all open on Friday, the company said, after some were closed following a backlash over racist comments by a man said to have links to the U.S. sportswear company.

Some stores were closed on Wednesday after the comments, in a video posted online, caused a public outcry. Nike was not mentioned in the video but Times Live online news service said the man in the video was married to a merchandising director at Nike.

Nike said the man was not an employee of the company.

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Nike stores in South Africa reopen following backlash over racist video

Peter says people are not born with hatred and it is insane that someone like Adam Catzavelos can come with a media spin apology. He used a derogatory word, the K-word to term the black people and since then people on social media were enraged. After infuriating the country for days and being condemned on so many levels, the white South African has issued a statement on the incident.

South Africans on Twitter are mocking racist beachgoer Adam Catzavelos after his racist video went viral...

Having now watched the video, he says he feels total shame. It is not clear where it was filmed.

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[mountaineer]

the man in the video was married to a merchandising director at Nike

Good grief. A race car driver loses a sponsor because of something his father said before the driver's birth, and now something this stupid. If you have some real knuckleheads for relatives,  it appears you may well pay the price for something - anything - they've said or done.