mo4ch:>Nike ditches shoe design after being accused of appropriation by Panama's indigenous Guna | Mo4ch News

Sports giant Nike has removed its newly-designed Air Force 1 shoes from shelves after Panama's indigenous Guna community accused the company of stealing the traditional design which is “a spiritual part of the Guna people.”The special collection for Puerto Rico was expected to be released in June, before Nike withdrew sales after apologizing for copying the design related to the ethnic group.READ MORE: ‘Blasphemous and offensive’: Muslim customers lambast Nike for ‘writing Allah’ on shoe’s sole“We apologize for the inaccurate representation of the design origin for the Nike Air Force 1 'Puerto Rico' 2019. As a result, this product will no longer be available,” the company said in a statement.The multicolored 'Mola' design has been traditionally used by Guna people who live mainly on the Caribbean coast of Panama.The Panamanian people need an apology and our own sneaker. @Nike@NikeNYC@nikestore. That is not Puerto Rican Art. That is Mola Art from the indigenous nati…