Sydney Sweeney faces backlash over American Eagle campaign
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Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle campaign is reminding fans online of Brooke Shields' controversial Calvin Klein ad from the 1980s.
It was the vocal fry heard and mocked ’round the internet: “Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality, and even eye color.” A pause, as a lounging Sydney Sweeney zips up her jeans, then looks up with her big blue eyes: “My jeans are blue.”
Critics from MSNBC, Salon, and The Washington Post claimed Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle ad represents a cultural shift toward "Whiteness" and regressive themes in advertising.
American Eagle’s “great jeans” advertising campaign with actor Sydney Sweeney is at the center of the latest political firestorm online, drawing accusations of racial undertones in its messaging. NBC News' Angela Yang breaks down the controversy.
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