{"id":852581,"date":"2026-09-18T22:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T22:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/852581\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T22:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T22:24:08","slug":"a-converse-sneaker-ad-provokes-horror-and-backlash-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/852581\/","title":{"rendered":"A Converse sneaker ad provokes horror and backlash &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxQeGRtdDhiOUNMLWV6NDN5YTc3ZTEwZWRKSU13LUJINHd5bmdqODlGTzhrQmt5aVI3TW11dUkyUmpJX29peThyQ0pCSUE1SkprZEJITk5lVUtLSlE1NWlOajE2RnFtX0ZoVGRod0dkMTVCeTUxNUpTdzZCb2daa0NsR1d2bXRoeTlEUlZNLTRnOHJ1dlJLNVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Converse apologizes for ad campaign image that resembled a Ku Klux Klan hood and a hanging body<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxNMV9aRUhjQmZvZFVhN0E0Mi13NGNvaUN5X1hHWGlpckc5a2g2UnREdmctV2swMm13em1oSm0waWxYR0FGRTVUVUE2NGFHY1RPUFdyM1ZFSG5jOW5wY2NjUkpkdnRjNEVEcXRmNXNkTmFLSEhvQ1Z2MEFvWC1NR2FfMTBPZm4yYmpaWUtLUXQwN0dnZ3B2MUkwdFV1VVhUQUhBMFdOdlVoTXhUMlk4ZGNKU3dwSkZmcmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Let\u2019s Converse about Converse\u2019s Controversy AKA Racism<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;dailykos.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPeFRkbVpnQ2JjbWNuVW1BM1Q2c1NMaWU0aGZMTEltaHFOVmdQM1RLRTV6ajl2UWVGR2ZUZHR3QkJfQ2xKanR4c0pvLVJ4cGx2M0JsblJkT0lTNEFuTl80WUdxZFVWVUVhOWNwSy14c3VmandReTZkSGd6LVFGYTdpVVZfTXRScW1WOWdLbTk4NDFOcFFtc01Eb2R3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Converse\u2019s Chuck 70 Campaign Sparks Backlash\u2014These Are the Brands You Can Shop Instead<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;EBONY Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Converse sneaker ad provokes horror and backlash&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington PostEXCLUSIVE: Converse Responds After Campaign Ad Draws KKK and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-852581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}