Converse pulls latest shoes ad after critics accuse of sharing 'racist' and 'reckless' KKK imagery

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Converse has been forced to pull an advert for its shoes amid claims it looked like the Ku Klux Klan.The ad featured K-pop singer Karina holding a pair of trainers below a star-shaped spotlight while wearing a long white dress.Converse's logo is a star.But in a bizarre optical illusion, critics said the image, which cuts the K-pop singer off at the waist, looked like a KKK member next to the shoes of someone who had been lynched.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Those involved in the pile-on include Democrat Representative Troy Carter, who raged at the Nike-owned shoemaker for causing "real harm" in a statement on Friday."Nike and Converse, what the hell were you thinking?" He said.

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Your campaign shows what looks like a hooded Klansman, framed by what appears to be the dangling feet of a lynching victim."There is nothing creative or artistic about it.

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It is racist, reckless and deeply offensive."He added: "This campaign should never have been created, approved or released.

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Converse pulled a shoe ad last week after critics said the imagery resembled a Ku Klux Klan hood and a lynching victim, prompting a public apology and statement.

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