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American Eagle's Sydney Sweeney Ad Reveals White America's Racism
Racists always out themselves.
American Eagle’s campaign featuring white, blond, blue-eyed actress Sydney Sweeney with the tagline SYDNEY SWEENEY HAS GREAT JEANS, has triggered explosive national conversations on race, with assertions made by many that the ads elevate whiteness as an ideal and center Nazi eugenics.
This morning, a post sat atop my X feed, featuring a white man’s commentary on a video posted by a black woman claiming that she is not welcome at the store.
What followed was a swift and fierce parade of ignorance and bigotry by white commentators.
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