I never knew, but can’t say I’m surprised to read that Nike has been doing Black History Month awareness sneakers and accessories over the last decade. That’s cool. I can understand it. Not to mention the vast majority of Nike’s target audience is probably African-American, and all that corresponding jazz, it makes sense, and is obviously done with the best of intentions.
However, seeing what the 2016 BHM collection of sneakers and accessories looks like, I can’t help but wonder – was trying to look like all of Bill Cosby’s sweaters really the goal in mind?
I get it, ultimately the patterns and designs aren’t necessarily “Bill Cosby designs,” but based on actual African heritage artwork, it’s just the fact that for the better part of two decades, Bill Cosby was wearing such patters and designs on his patented Cosby Sweaters, that they’ve inherently become more symbolic with the man that ended up being a serial rapist, and not so much of an entire culture.