They've Done This Before

We checked 32 major companies' racially insensitive ad campaigns from 2006-2026 against what happened after they apologized. 25 of 32 (78%) show no verified policy change -- just an apology and a deletion. Only 5 made a documented change, and only one of those (Prada) came with outside enforcement rather than a self-reported announcement. Two 2026 cases (Target, Converse) remain genuinely unresolved. Real, sourced images accompany every case in this piece.