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Converse pulls 'deeply upsetting' advert after backlash
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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, A photo posted on Converse's Instagram account was described as evoking KKK imagery
American footwear brand Converse has pulled an advert that social media users said evoked Ku Klux Klan imagery, saying it recognised "that we got this wrong".
The photo, posted to the company's Instagram account, received backlash online after critics described lighting in the image as looking like a white pointed hood.
A pair of shoes, dangling in the picture, were also likened to an image of a lynching victim by social media users.
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