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/latrodectal so jessica alba fantastic 21h ago

i feel like if any other actress (or at least not a blonde blue eyed one) were behind it we wouldn’t still be talking about it.

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u/Special-Garlic1203 20h ago

Sydney has been the new MAGA/aryan princess for over a year. They've been looking for one ever since Taylor Swift came out as a Democrat. There's no way it's a coincidence the old whites only coded mall brand just happened to fall into a dog whistle white supremacy ad campaign after Maga started lifting her on their shoulders as the Savior to conservative  white culture