A FOX News host is under fire for suggesting Donald Trump’s new sneakers will win over Black America. Raymond Arroyo was on the air and talking about Donald Trump‘s “gold” kicks which cost about $400 and he said something controversial namely, implying all Black people love sneakers, and because of that Trump’s new endeavor will bring them over to his side in droves.
A FOX News host is under fire for suggesting Donald Trump’s new sneakers will win over Black America. Here’s what he said “This is connecting with Black America because they love sneakers. This is a big deal, certainly in the inner city. So when you have Trump roll out his sneaker line, they’re like, ‘wait a minute, this is cool.’ He’s reaching them on a level that defies and is above politics.”
Naturally, Arroyo’s comments sparked outrage online with many calling his sentiment outright racist and playing into harmful stereotypes that just aren’t true. As many rightly noted Black people are NOT a monolith, and neither is any other group for that matter.
And yet Peezy who’s got a pretty big following appeared to back Arroyo’s argument hopping online to explicitly plug Trump’s “Never Surrender” shoes, and even saying he’s trying to get his hands on a pair. Indeed, he endorses Trump here and slams Biden as well.
Peezy put out an APB for a size 13 for the sold-out sneakers while making his political affiliations clear saying “F* Joe Biden, I’m rocking with Trump,” before adding a “f* Kamala Harris” for good measure. He also said “Free Trump” so yeah, he’s a fan
Of course, Peezy is in no way speaking on behalf of others here he only represents himself and his own views but it is interesting that he’s coming out swinging on behalf of Donald Trump and his kicks.
A FOX News host is under fire for suggesting Donald Trump’s new sneakers will win over Black America. Big picture though Arroyo’s remarks are being viewed as problematic, but by the same token there’s clearly some Black people who actually dig Trump and his merch. Again not a monolith so no surprise there, really.
We’ll say this if Trump is able to sway more African Americans to vote for him this year it probably won’t be because of these shoes, specifically despite what FOX News thinks.
With that said these Trump sneakers have actually sold out. It was a limited edition release, with only 1,000 pairs dropping and people snapped ’em up pretty quick.
