In a moment that lays bare the unresolved wounds of American racial history, Converse this week removed an Instagram advertisement after observers identified imagery evoking the Ku Klux Klan and lynching in a promotional image featuring K-pop artist Karina. The company apologized swiftly, but the speed of removal could not quiet the deeper question: how does an image carrying such resonance pass through every layer of institutional review before reaching the public? It is a question that implicates not just one brand, but an entire culture of commerce that may, in its hunger for attention, be