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Raheem Sterling is the new face of Nike’s campaign

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Giulia Guido

It seems that Nike continues to recruit athletes for its campaign which began in September with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. This time, the face of the sportswear giant is Manchester City player Raheem Sterling.

Again, the choice is not accidental, because Sterling has just been in the middle of a media storm due to his commentary on the British media and on how they speak and portray young black footballers. The subject, moreover, is by no means foreign to the player, since he was the victim of racist insults during a Premier League match.

The new campaign was published on both Twitter and Instagram by Nike Football profile and also by Sterling himself and consists of a detail of his face with the phrase “Speaking up doesn’t always make life easier. But easy never changed anything” and the iconic Swoosh.

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Good morning I just want to say , I am not normally the person to talk a lot but when I think I need my point to heard I will speak up. Regarding what was said at the Chelsea game as you can see by my reaction I just had to laugh because I don’t expect no better. For example you have two young players starting out there careers both play for the same team, both have done the right thing. Which is buy a new house for there mothers who have put in a lot of time and love into helping them get where they are, but look how the news papers get there message across for the young black player and then for the young white payer. I think this in unacceptable both innocent have not done a thing wrong but just by the way it has been worded. This young black kid is looked at in a bad light. Which helps fuel racism an aggressive behaviour, so for all the news papers that don’t understand why people are racist in this day and age all i have to say is have a second thought about fair publicity an give all players an equal chance.

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Written by Giulia Guido

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