COINCIDING WITH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY NIKE HAS ANNOUNCED
THAT IT IS GOING TO BE PRODUCING A SPORTS HIJAB FOR MUSLIM
WOMEN WHICH IS AMAZING
AND THEY'VE GOT A FAMOUS MUSLIM ICE SKATERS ZAHRA LARI
MODELING THE ICONIC SWOOSH BECAUSE OF COURSE, IT'S NIKE.
WE HAVE MORE PICTURES FOR YOU TOO.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT A LOT OF ATHLETES NOW THAT THEY HAVE
WHO ARE MODELING IT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD,
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL ROLLOUT THERE
BEING PAIRED WITH OTHER NIKE APPAREL.
WE HAVE A QUOTE FROM THE ATHLETE WHO SAID I WAS A THRILLED
AND A BIT EMOTIONAL TO SEE NIKE PROTOTYPING A JOB.
TRIED SO MANY DIFFERENT JOBS FOR PERFORMANCE
AND SO FEW OF THEM ACTUALLY WORK FOR ME.
ONCE I PUT IT ON AND TO GET FIRST BEEN ON THE ICE,
I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE FIT AND THE LIGHTWEIGHT.
OF COURSE TO SOME EXTENT, THIS IS A SPOKESPERSON
FOR SPORTSWEAR SO THEY'RE GOING TO SAY STUFF LIKE THAT.
EVERY SHE WAS AMAZING, BUT THINK ABOUT IT.
IF THESE WERE ACTUALLY BEING MADE AN ICE OR JUST ASSUME
THAT THEY MUST BE BECAUSE WE SEE IRANIAN SOCCER TEAM AND WE SEES
DIFFERENT TEAMS, BUT THEY ARE APPARENTLY JUST ADAPTING THINGS
FOR NORMAL WEAR BUT ALL CLOTHING CAN BE CUSTOMIZED FOR ATHLETIC
USE AND SO THINK ABOUT HOW AMAZING IT MUST BE TO SEE ONE OF
THE BIGGEST SPORTSWEAR COMPANIES IN THE WORLD SUDDENLY TAKING
AN INTEREST IN YOU AND PRODUCING THING SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU.
YEAH, SO A LOT OF FOLKS WHO LOOKED AT IT THOUGHTIT KIND OF
LOOKS BAD ASS JAYAR, YOU WERE A TRACK STAR AT USC.
REACH YOU SAY IN THE MORNING MEETING THE GUYS MAESTER
WEARING THIS NOW?
THAT ARE NOT AS WELL
BUT THERE ALWAYS THINGS LIKE STREAMLINE THINGS.
SWIMMING, YOU WANT TO TAKE DOWN THE DRAG.
SAME WITH RUNNING.
MORE STREAMLINED, MAYBE HAVE MESSY HAIR YOU KNOW.
IF YOU HAVE TO WEAR HIJAB AND IT IS NOT DYNAMIC, THAT IS
GOING TO SLOW YOU DOWN.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE IN A SPORTING EVENT
WERE .01 SECONDS MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF THE HIJAB.
I THINK THAT IT IS A PART OF THE MUSLIM CULTURE THAT I WISH
WASN'T THERE BUT THAT IS MY OPINION AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD WHERE THE JOB WHO THINK IT IS PART OF
CELEBRATING ISLAM, I THINK THAT IS THE WRONG INTERPRETATION OF
THE QURAN PLUS I'M NOT RELIGIOUS SO I GUESS IT'S NOT MY PLACE TO
SAY, BUT EVERYTHING IS MY PLACE TO SAY, BUT I WISH THEY
DIDN'T HAVE TO CREATE A HIJAB.
BUT THERE ARE 1.6 BILLION MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD AND SOME OF
THEM ARE FEMALE ATHLETES SO HERE IS WHAT I THINK IS THE BEST PART
OF THE STORY AND WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE THE RIGHT WING HEADS
EXPLODE BECAUSE IT IS AN INTERNAL CONTRADICTION THAT I
CAN KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT IF YOU WANT TO DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST MUSLIMS, YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE, WHY?
BECAUSE COMPANIES RUN AMERICA, THEY RUN THE WORLD.
NOW, I TELL YOU ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THAT A LOT OF TIMES
BUT ONE OF THE UPSIDES OF THAT IS COMPANIES HAVE TO SELL THINGS
TO 7 BILLION PEOPLE ON THE PLANET,
SO THEY ARE GOING TO INSIST ON DIVERSITY.
WHY?
IS THERE A 1.6 BILLION MUSLIM CUSTOMERS IN THE WORLD.
WHENEVER I SEE INTERNATIONAL ADS, IT IS FILLED
TO THE ROOM WITH MUSLIMS AND I TOLD THE STORY ON ANOTHER SHOW
WHERE I WAS LIKE WOW, THAT COKE AD HAS 1 MILLION MUSLIMS IN IT.
AND THAT WAS LIKE OF COURSE IT.
THEY ARE SELLING COKE THAT 1.6 OUT OF 7 BILLION PEOPLE
ON THE PLANE ARE MUSLIM STOP COURSE ARE GOING TO HAVE MUSLIMS
IN THAT AND OF COURSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE OPEN TO DIVERSITY.
IS LIKE HOLLYWOOD TRYING TO APPEAL MORE TO THE CHINESE
AUDIENCE BECAUSE IT'S US TO THINK USING THAT IS
CURRENTLY IN TYPE.
THAT'S RIGHT, SO IF YOU ARE A RACIST OR BIG IT
AND YOU ARE RIGHT WINGER YOU THINK CAPITALISM IS AWESOME.
WELL, CAPITALISM HAS A FUNNY SURPRISE FOR YOU THAT IT
HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING,
IN THIS CASE, BIGOTRY EIGHT ONE OF THEM.
THEY ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE AS YOU.
ONE OF THE FEW TIMES, WE HAVE A POWERFUL ON OUR SIDE.
I LOVE TO SEE IT.
PROGRESS GETTING AN ENTIRE SOCIETY SEE HALF OF THAT
SOCIETY DIFFERENTLY IS AN INCREDIBLY SLOW PROCESS.
IT'S ONGOING
AND LITERALLY EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ARE SOME OF GONE
FARTHER IN IT BUT EVERY COUNTRY INCLUDING OURS, INCLUDING
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES STOP WAYS TO GO BUT I JUST THINK ABOUT
HOW HARD IT MUST BE IN SOME SOCIETIES IF YOU WANT TO BE AN
ATHLETE AND YOU ARE A WOMAN AND YOU ARE FIGHTING TO BE ACCEPTED
IN DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS IN DIFFERENT HOBBIES AND SPORTS.
IF THIS HELPS JUST A LITTLE BIT NOT JUST NIKE,
IT'S GREAT THAT MIGHT NIKE IS DOING IT
BUT IF MORE PEOPLE START TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN AND IF I CAN
BRING MORE WOMEN INTO IT THAN THAT IS AN AMAZING THING.
IT IS JUST ONE MORE STEPS TOWARD A SOCIETY BEING WERE SHOULD BE.