What people said 18 voices · verbatim

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  Converse apologizes after controversial ad shows alleged KKK imagery https:// abcnews.com/video/136638942/?u tm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into News @ news-abc

  abc@flipboard.comMastodon2d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
• E

  Jumping to the worst possible interpretation of what someone said with zero cause. Cool. Most people aren't aware of all of the social history of other countries on the other side of the world from where they are, even for America which has been prolific in exporting its culture.

  EndoShotar/news3d agoview on r/news ↗
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  Converse and Nike deserve to lose many millions over this. Dozens of their people had the opportunity to stop this flaming pile of anti-Black racism and they stayed silent. > Converse has pulled a sneaker ad critics have accused of evoking Ku Klux Klan imagery, and apologized. ⚠️ Content warning ⚠️: linked article contains horrifically racist…

  adub@beige.partyMastodon2d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  Not sure if its intentional or not but after the American eagle, Target, and now Coverse ad controversy it does make me go hmmm I wonder if they are trying to send a message or is it to manufacture outrage, or to drive away minority customers .

  donno77r/news3d agoview on r/news ↗
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  It's been called disgusting, harrowing and racist. Now, after intense backlash that included a U.S. congressman, several celebrities, marketing experts and a wide swath of the internet, Converse has pulled the sneaker ad critics have accused of evoking Ku Klux Klan imagery, and apologized. https://www. cbc.ca/news/world/converse-ad-…

  maddad@mastodon.worldMastodon2d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  haha i finally saw the ad yeah that looks kkk-ish, but like, not in a way you're ever going to get from reading history books. I really don't know how I could teach anyone anywhere else to make that association that easily

  abyssazaurr/news3d agoview on r/news ↗
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  I wouldn’t have used the word “mishaps” here ““Who the heck approved that? Controversial Converse ad is just the latest in a string of advertising mishaps.” https://www. bostonglobe.com/2026/09/22/bus iness/converse-ad-controversy-kkk-sydney-sweeney-callaway/

  paulkruczynski@mastodon.socialMastodon1d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  I don’t see it… it’s not even a shadow that would support the “KKK hood” theory. All I see is a star, sneakers and a girl wearing a white dress. Am I blind?

  plan_with_stanr/news3d agoview on r/news ↗
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  # Converse apologizes for ad featuring # kpop star Karina that contained white cloth and dangling shoes that were compared to KKK lynching images. https://www. tmz.com/2026/09/18/converse-ap ologizes-for-ad-compared-to-ku-klux-klan-lynching/

  AnnaAnthro@mastodon.socialMastodon4d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• N

  And since when does the KKK wear this kind of shoes? I don't even know what kind of shoes American terrorists are supposed to wear.

  NextSteak6376r/news3d agoview on r/news ↗
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  Converse pulls ad, apologizes following backlash over alleged KKK imagery https:// abcnews.com/video/136658765/?u tm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into News @ news-abc

  abc@flipboard.comMastodon1d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• A

  Yeah on second glance obviously, but literally everyone I know who has seen it thought "hanging person" when scrolling to it.

  AggressiveSkywritingr/news3d agoview on r/news ↗
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  What the fuck, # Converse ? https://www. msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/other/ converse-apologizes-for-ad-compared-to-kkk-lynching/ar-AA2cx1qb

  MFennVT@mastodon.worldMastodon5d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• A

  Some of us live in places where the kkk still wheat pastes fliers into stuff. It's hard not to shake the imagery.

  AggressiveSkywritingr/news3d agoview on r/news ↗
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  # CNN # News Converse apologizes and pulls sneaker ad that critics said included racist imagery

  CNN@c.imMastodon3d agoview on Mastodon ↗
• S

  Do people usually hang with their feet on the ground…while wearing a dress? Insane that people thought this.

  SnakeGD09r/news3d agoview on r/news ↗
• Z

  Oh I'm just seeing the same thing everyone else saw to get them to cancel it and issue an apology.

  Zestyclose-Beach1792r/news3d agoview on r/news ↗
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  Why does the term sweeping judgements sound so serious and funny at the same time

  Fabulous_Celery_1817r/news3d agoview on r/news ↗