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Rita Panahi not impressed with the new Toronto Raptors Nike Pro Hijab

Plenty, including the Women’s March, rejoiced when Macy’s announced it was introducing a hijab-friendly fashion line to its online catalog (but then again, they were boycotting the chain over its affiliation with the Trumps, so …).

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That was last year. Now Nike is introducing its official Toronto Raptors hijab, “inspired by those brave enough to change the game.”

Color Herald Sun blogger Rita Panahi unimpressed:

It’s true that Iran recently announced it was unleashing 2,000 “morality police” in response to protests in which women were taking off their state-mandated hijabs. We have seen a lot of celebration of the hijab in Western media, from Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue featuring a model in a hijab and burqini to the hijab-wearing Barbie doll to rap videos about wearing it.

But to a lot of people in the West, it’s tough to see the hijab, even made by Nike, as anything but a symbol of oppression.

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Probably about the same time their elementary schools start teaching their kids an LGBT-friendly curriculum.

That’s why we’re forced to respect someone like Rep. Ilhan Omar who says wearing the hijab on the House floor meant “power, liberation, beauty, and resistance.”


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