i hate to be the person giving them exposure, but at the point where they went through bbc and nyt, i don’t think that few people on lemmy make a difference…

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crwyzj53pl1lo

Converse pulls ‘deeply upsetting’ advert after backlash

American footwear brand Converse has pulled an advert that social media users said evoked Ku Klux Klan imagery, saying it recognised “that we got this wrong”.

The photo, posted to the company’s Instagram account, received backlash online after critics described lighting in the image as looking like a white pointed hood.

A pair of shoes, dangling in the picture, were also likened to an image of a lynching victim by social media users.