{"id":901907,"date":"2026-09-19T17:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/901907\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:20:09","slug":"converse-pulls-deeply-upsetting-advert-after-backlash-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/901907\/","title":{"rendered":"Converse pulls &#039;deeply upsetting&#039; advert after backlash &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiW0FVX3lxTE12UEx4ZXdmY1ltNXJMYjh2SDNjWXJIeEZPUnhNS3FLT09ybk5DemxPdEI1YzNnazdZaWhRdnRBNDM4MldNdWltQy15dUtuU3hqXzVZUDJ4R1dySUk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Converse pulls &#8216;deeply upsetting&#8217; advert after backlash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxOYTg3ZnB0ZGFsdE5NUzNyczZrcnQ2RC01OTBVbkFmSWtzYUFvTWxwZ010OXVnMzRVREViOHlYMTlsYlhfR0ZQVF9oLWt1R0ZNWWV4WWp1TUJsWXM1LXUtYjRtSTRHSXRaWGFfY3BhNnFxUmtORDdnV0dCQWoyOHJ3ZExjeHA0bmlaV0FSUWp0VlNfTi1DY3N0TnBzaE9mV3lHQkhB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Converse sneaker ad provokes horror and backlash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQLU9NeEZ2X3drYVpBeHJBMndrcmNYRmdvTWxIbExLSDM0WTBscTdCNWg2Qmg1UGV6NlpTOU9IRkpKbmJQQUhscVV5Sm9pd3phc2tQQ3llX2ZZU3AtVkdGakNZQUdkVXhkZFBDanNmcjdUTUJuLWFpXy04V3NvTGRVR3FzRXZfYVZPMy00b0dDN1NaMjJsZ1hid3d4LUpHU2E0a1ZENEIzaFE3UlZL?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EXCLUSIVE: Converse Responds After Campaign Ad Draws KKK and Lynching Comparisons Online: \u2018We\u2019re Sorry\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WWD<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiUkFVX3lxTE1tdWZhazEwMzhUTmxsREF0eml5OWVBTjE0UFBhd3prcDBLTWZmWUl0Y3o5TTUtUnMyb0xaWDJfcWVTczhUTXFNVUU3WFREZExUVlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Dying Brand: Why Converse Is Playing in Black People\u2019s Faces<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;emeraldbook.org<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxNaXN1TTNraXVMd1NER0lLcGhmUU84WGxUbTZtY2NGM0VTSTNuVjdyM2ZvYklCZGI3cTFOTzdMaDJkNzdkTXR0eUlSeUlkQzNXQTZPUmtpd3VNRmF1WEhqX2lwdGFPSjhvbnRBQkdhd0VBZTNTVm5KaXdsY25KNkJmOGpLakFfYXliMWJxVWdTN0tneTQtZHJFS2lLbGF4UmNZNEhNU2tyYkVRQ1d4R21LSHFEeHlqOXg4dDBZV0JXcjZmMjZZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Converse apologizes after sneaker ad is slammed for imagery likened to KKK<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Converse pulls &#8216;deeply upsetting&#8217; advert after backlash&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCA Converse sneaker ad provokes horror and backlash&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington PostEXCLUSIVE: Converse Responds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-901907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}