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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Spoiled millionaire nepo baby with a Harvard degree she didn’t deserve, gets a Nike contract she didn’t deserve, then immediately steals from a poor Black female peer. Shameful![/quote]

How did Malia not deserve a Nike contract?

Nike is for celebrities.  Most of them are mid-career and rich.  This is normal even if it's not admirable.

The incoming quarterback at my kid's university has been guaranteed more than $10M in NIL.  Universities are supposed to be about learning, not sports!!!! But hardly anybody cares about that.  This is the culture we live in.

Malia was chosen because she is aspirational.  At least she is trying to work for a living and not based on her looks or influencing.[/quote]

A rich druggy layabout deserved a Nike contract, why? What in the hell has she done to warrant a Nike contract? [/quote]

Lol...pro athletes are poor, clean living salt of the earth people?[/quote]

We’re talking about production and directing a commercial, dear. Catch up.[/quote]

You're pretty patronizing for someone who is missing the point.  We're actually talking about selling shoes through association with Black female celebrities.  Malia Obama is a Black female celebrity.  Ms. Indie Filmmaker is starting to earn some awards and business but is not a celebrity.  Nike puts a ton of effort and money into being associated with celebrities and winners.  That is a completely obvious fact.  Nike hires pro athletes who aren't squeaky-clean either (re: accusations above).

Malia was intended to be a heartwarming Black female celebrity "director" backstory to the creation of this ad.  That matters to the influencers and media who support Nike as a cultural powerhouse. It lends legitimacy and business accolades to the process of selling shoes.  The commercial, however it got made, uses Black female celebrities to increase demand for overpriced luxury athletic footwear through association with their star power.

Just go look up Obama Nike sneakers...there are lots of varieties...official and handmade. Obama and Michelle's brother are known basketball aficionados.  The name is associated with basketball due to the family's obvious interest in it.

I'm really hoping the people on here are interested in copyright and originality and bigger issues about Nike, instead of being mad that Malia took their kid's spot at Sidwell or Harvard![/quote]

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