FUCK CONVERSE.

[popcornreel@mas.to]

FUCK CONVERSE. And fuck their apology.

This was entirely intentional. And entirely racist.

This image—from their ad campaign—speaks for itself.

Fuck them, now and forever.

Nike owns Converse.
Call them at: 800-806-6453

#converse #racism

[gildilinie@beige.party]

@popcornreel holy shit dude

[rowlandm@disabled.social]

@popcornreel that is horrific

[flaki@flaki.social]

@popcornreel for my own education (maybe this is an US thing, or I'm just too white to get it) what's wrong with the picture?

[spiritlady@mas.to]

@flaki @popcornreel In the US we have a long ugly history of the KKK (wearing white cloaks) lynching black people. This ad very much evokes images depicting that horror.

[firefly@m.ai6yr.org]

@popcornreel I’ll be calling Nike every day till I get through to someone.

[edgeworth@sfba.social]

@flaki @popcornreel This Adweek article breaks it down well IMO: https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/converse-roils-social-media-with-ads-that-evoke-a-lynching/

[flaki@flaki.social]

@SpiritLady urgh thank you!

[bluebeachsong@mastodon.online]

@popcornreel
Seriously, Nike/Converse "apologize" for an overt, blatant act of racism, an ad that went through various pitch presentations from the ad team to the client, to executives, to creatives over many months, before rooms full of adults who should know better?

Apologizing for an UNintentional act is one thing.

Apologizing for an intentional act is hypocrisy.

Apologizing for this is...just..mockery.

Converse Apologizes Over Ads that Evoke A Lynching https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/converse-roils-social-media-with-ads-that-evoke-a-lynching/

[tanyakaroli@expressional.social]

@popcornreel this is the most disgusting ad I’ve ever seen! It’s sickening. What the hell are they thinking?!