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Now we have "blackface" shoes
« on: February 12, 2019, 05:46:22 PM »
Move over Gov Northam

Katy Perry-Designed Shoes Pulled from Market over ‘Blackface’ Concerns
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/11/katy-perry-designed-shoes-pulled-from-market-over-blackface-concerns/

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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2019, 06:13:41 PM »
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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2019, 06:21:40 PM »
Shall we go to Sambo's and celebrate our new product line?
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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2019, 06:26:56 PM »
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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2019, 06:43:52 PM »
Damn for once I think the SJW's are on to something...those look like old school blackface if I've ever seen it lol
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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2019, 06:46:37 PM »
I am offended beyond words, they pull the "blackface" shoes but leave the "paleface" one alone. That causes great pain in my heart. I think I need a lawyer!! I am going with HeroHog to Sambo's and see if I can rustle one up!!!







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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2019, 06:59:59 PM »
Shall we go to Sambo's and celebrate our new product line?

I used to work up the street from the original Sambos. Went there for breakfast a couple of times a month. It's still up and running.

https://sambosrestaurant.com/#home
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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2019, 07:07:57 PM »
We had one here in Shreveport, LA for several years in the late 70's/early 80's.
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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2019, 09:01:10 PM »
*expletive deleted*ck black face, they should be pulled because they're hideous.

Normally, when I see "designed by" next to the name of a celebrity, I assume that they were "ghost designed" by someone with actual talent.

But in this case, I'm pretty sure that they actually were designed by Katy Perry. :facepalm: [barf]  
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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2019, 09:54:38 PM »
Damn for once I think the SJW's are on to something...those look like old school blackface if I've ever seen it lol

Yeah, I guess like a blind squirrel, an SJW will find a worthy cause every once in a while...
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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2019, 09:36:44 AM »
Shall we go to Sambo's and celebrate our new product line?

I drank out of a Sambo's mug for breakfast!

And those shoes are hideous!

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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2019, 09:43:35 AM »
Why can't they just be black person shoes, as opposed to [gasp] blackface?

The SJW's do know that there are high melanin folks with blue eyes, right?

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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2019, 09:45:45 AM »
Why can't they just be black person shoes, as opposed to [gasp] blackface?

The SJW's do know that there are high melanin folks with blue eyes, right?

But then they can't be as offended
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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2019, 09:50:27 AM »
Wow.  Those look like something a four-year-old would LOVE to use for dress up!  

How anybody over four could possibly even consider wearing them is so far beyond my comprehension that my mind just goes blank at the thought.  

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Re: Now we have "blackface" shoes
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2019, 10:45:44 AM »
I really want to find the (hopefully) few people who bought those shoes and beat them for having no taste.

Hideous...  [barf]
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