Saw the photo before reading it all and thought they were odd looking. Never dawned on me to equate them with slavery. But then, I wasn’t looking for it either. Ole Jesse is ever ready.
It didn’t occur to me either. If anything, they’re more jailhouse than slave hut. But I’m not a racial radar porcupineā¢ like some are.
You would think their target clients would be used to wearing leg restraints. Even comes in “prison orange”
And also in SEIU Purple.
Hell, those shoes are merely a perfectly reasonable response to the habit of today’s “urban youth” stealing shoes from each other.