• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    21·
    2 days ago

    I assumed it was about that recent Converse ad that looked like a KKK hood with someone hanging. When I read the headline about that I thought ‘that has to be an exaggeration or a reach’, but then I searched for it and went oh naw, the people that saw that at first glance weren’t reaching. I can see how an office full of marketing people with zero perspective could miss it, but I feel like most normal people would go ‘damn bro that kinda looks like a KKK hood’.

        • LostCarcosan@lemmy.today
          2·
          10 hours ago

          I can certainly see it, but I also really doubt Converse did it on purpose. Like, for what reason could a shoe company want to purposely show a KKK hood, and why would they go for so artful a depiction if they did? Sometimes an ad is just an unfortunate fuck up, and sometimes it’s Sidney Sweeney proudly proclaiming she’s racist. I think this ad is the former

        • Homosexual sapiens@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          11·
          12 hours ago

          This is like thinking the clouds are trying to communicate a message to you because you see a face in them. I can see how one could imagine it when primed to, but the idea that it is in any way meant to evoke that imagery is the big stretch. That’s definitely conspiratorial thinking imo.

          • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            1·
            12 hours ago

            I made no statements anywhere about the intent of the images, and went out of my way to say that I understood how a bunch of out of touch marketers might not see it. That doesn’t make it an appropriate ad that anyone wants associated with their brand.

            • Homosexual sapiens@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              11·
              10 hours ago

              That’s fine, I’m not here to defend advertisers. I’m just a little baffled by the idea that people (not you in particular) might be outraged by this ad any more than any other ad for a relatively benign consumer product.