Enes Kanter has always been vocal about the social injustices nowadays. The Boston Celtics’ center always criticized Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan and the Chinese government.
This time, Kanter called out NBA legend Michael Jordan and Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James.
Kanter tweeted photos of his game-worn shoes against the Charlotte Hornets. The shoes have phrases about slavery written on it. Phrases like “slave labor”, “modern-day slaves” and “Nike hypocrites” can be seen on a white and blue colorway of the shoes.
The former lottery pick asked the owner of the Nike, Phil Knight to join him on visiting slave labor camps in China. He even tagged Jordan and James on his tweet and asked them to join him on a trip to China to see the state of the workers in their manufacturing houses, calling the ‘slave labor camps’.
To the owner of Nike, Phil Knight
How about I book plane tickets for us and let’s fly to China together. We can try to visit these SLAVE labor camps and you can see it with your own eyes.
you guys are welcome to come too.
To the owner of @Nike, Phil Knight
— Enes Kanter (@EnesKanter) October 26, 2021
How about I book plane tickets for us
and let's fly to China together.
We can try to visit these SLAVE labor
camps and you can see it with your
own eyes.@KingJames @Jumpman23
you guys are welcome to come too.#EndUyghurForcedLabor pic.twitter.com/241bg887JO
Let’s see if Michael Jordan and LeBron James, whose the two biggest endorsers of Nike and Jordan brand, will respond on Kanter’s challenge.
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