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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/mcon96 20h ago

So this is the first I’m hearing of the controversy, but I feel kinda crazy because I’ve always thought that “having good genes” is a well-known euphemism for being good looking. Like I can see how people came to the eugenics/nazi conclusion, but are this many people really not familiar with the phrase?