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Mike D. Sykes, II

Nike’s Panda Dunk is not the new Air Force 1, but we should appreciate it much more than we do

Nike’s Panda Dunk has become a shoe people either love or hate.

It looks incredible and might be the perfect shoe for anybody’s fit-grid they want to share on Instagram. At the same time, it feels like everyone and their cousin has a pair these days. And that seems to bother a lot of people. It’s why folks are calling it the new Air Force 1 — and not in a good way.

Folks want their shoes to be exclusive. They want to be able to flex on one another and say “I have these when you don’t.” That’s a big deal in sneaker culture.

But these Dunks were never meant for that. This is a shoe everyone is meant to have. And we need to accept it as such.

We talk about all that and much more on today’s episode of Special Delivery. Tap in, y’all.

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