Unfortunate but I doubt this was on purpose. It's probably just a case of designers not thinking. Like when Adidas was all set to market these overpriced shoes to hip "urban" (read: black) youth in America.
Yeah are you seeing the possible problems with the historical connotations of young black American men in chains yet?
Turns out it was an incredibly misguided attempt to "pay tribute" to this 1980s toy:
(I still have one of these btw. Unfortunately most of his chain is broken.)