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카이리 어빙 is no longer partnered with Nike, 사람들이 확인할 수 있습니다.
One month after the athletic apparel brand announced that they would distance themselves from the Brooklyn Nets player, 30, and cancel the release of the Kyrie 8, Nike says in a statement to PEOPLE: “Kyrie Irving is no longer a Nike athlete.”
Nike reevaluated their working relationship with Irving following his post 트위터에서, where he shared a link to the film 히브리서에서 흑인으로: 블랙 아메리카를 깨우다 in October that contains antisemitic messaging.
Following the announcement on Monday, 어빙 expressed on Twitter that he and anyone who has bought one of his products is “forever connected” and called those individuals “family.”
He extended his appreciation in a 후속 게시물, 부분적으로 쓰기, “To my Tribe: ‘I am because you are.’ ”
While PEOPLE did not receive an immediate response from Irving’s representation, his agent and stepmother Shetellia Riley said in a statement to CNN, “Both parties have agreed to mutually depart ways. We wish Nike the best in their future endeavors.”
The end of Irving’s relationship with Nike comes after his team took a firm stand against antisemitism and suspended him for at least five games without pay in November.
Following his suspension from the Nets, he released a statement on social media in which he apologized to the Jewish community.
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The statement read, 일부: “To All Jewish families and Communities that are hurt and affected from my post, 심려를 끼쳐드려 진심으로 죄송합니다, 그리고 사과한다. 나는 처음에 부당하게 반유대주의자라는 낙인이 찍힌 것에 감정적으로 반응했습니다., instead of focusing on the healing process of my Jewish Brothers and Sisters that were hurt from the hateful remarks made in the Documentary.
“I want to clarify any confusion on where I stand fighting against Anti-semticism [식] by apologizing for posting the documentary without context and a factual explanation outlining the specific beliefs in the Documentary I agreed with and disagreed with. I had no intentions to disrespect any Jewish cultural history regarding the Holocaust or perpetuate any hate.”
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10 월, the NBA 올해 초 조쉬 체포 이후 following Irving’s initial tweet, writing in part that “hate speech of any kind is unacceptable and runs counter to the NBA’s values of equality, inclusion and respect.”