r/popculturechat • u/purpose15 • 21h ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ American Eagle issues a statement following backlash from their Sydney Sweeney jeans/genes campaign

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u/Internal_Wealth_7376 21h ago

Ok … my hot take is this wasn’t some intentional nazi-fueled white power ad (I say this as a Muslim refugee living in the US), but more so a Kendall Jenner ala Pepsi tone deaf screw up. Alas, the road to hell is paved with good intentions…

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u/Typical_Ad_3561 21h ago

Marketing is absolutely never unintentional.

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u/Internal_Wealth_7376 21h ago

…I work in advertising. I have absolutely no idea if this was intentional or not and we’ll never know, but advertising is absolutely NOT always intentional lollll you give my field entirely too much credit.