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Converse advert axed: Backlash over ‘deeply upsetting’ image
The footwear giant scrapped the advert that social media users compared with Ku Klux Klan imagery,
Popular footwear company Converse has apologised after it pulled an advert that critics compared to Ku Klux Klan hoods and lynching imagery.
The Nike-owned brand said it acknowledged “that we got this wrong” following a social media backlash over an ... [928 chars]
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