![TIL Nike made a commercial depicting a Samburu tribesman saying "Just Do it" in his native language. An American anthropologist called them out. The spoken phrase actually meant, "I don't want these, TIL Nike made a commercial depicting a Samburu tribesman saying "Just Do it" in his native language. An American anthropologist called them out. The spoken phrase actually meant, "I don't want these,](https://external-preview.redd.it/H9OTN9gByu2J_OqmY_ZtL8FTGclujidmxwAaCxTixeE.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=911c65a13dd97e799c656dabcbea4fbdb5fbf11b)
TIL Nike made a commercial depicting a Samburu tribesman saying "Just Do it" in his native language. An American anthropologist called them out. The spoken phrase actually meant, "I don't want these,
![TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman's words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don't want these. TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman's words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don't want these.](https://external-preview.redd.it/trd1RhwEZ8wPTZC42W75TnFGA7_Y_g-S21Ci4Rck3dw.png?format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4aa01a4b4407b8c1d351ce0254d445792ed6bcc6)
TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman's words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don't want these.
![TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman's words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don't want these. TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman's words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don't want these.](https://preview.redd.it/al7py3o98fe91.jpg?auto=webp&s=f6f4f9d70225d42ae66095df8c9004b698756b42)