An American Eagle ad featuring actress Sydney Sweeney drew criticism in July for its tagline “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans,” a pun on “jeans” and “genes.” For Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities,

American Eagle sparked a firestorm online late last month when the clothing company released a commercial featuring Sweeney, an actress known for her roles on Euphoria and The White Lotus.

"Jews were massacred and murdered, and they equate that to a blue jeans ad for a Hollywood actress?" he said of the response to the campaign. "What an insult."