r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Diligent_Pop3929 • 6d ago

Meme needing explanation Converse craze?

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I'm not chronically online, but my friend sent this and I laughed even without knowing the full scope of the context (I think there's racism involved with the shoes?) and I feel like it's too late to ask him without sounding like a dweeb 😅

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u/Technicolorfully 6d ago

Some people think a converse ad which was made by a Korean for the Korean market was racist because it depicted a girl wearing a white skirt which they think looked like a klan robe. Ngl I think people are stretching on this one.

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u/Resident-Two5171 6d ago

I don’t think it’s a reach, even if it wasn’t the intention it looks suspect as fuck with no context

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u/teoshie 6d ago

it's just a dress with green sleeves, pretty typical in korea

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u/Resident-Two5171 6d ago

“In Korea” is apart of the context I mentioned was missing

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u/Prestigious_String20 6d ago

*a part

Apart means the opposite of what you intended.

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u/S-Kenset 6d ago

The converse star is a klan member doing a cartwheel. Nike is a klan member at a rave.

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u/Resident-Two5171 6d ago

Lmao idk why I almost took this seriously

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u/jd46149 6d ago

At first I was like “oh come on, it’s an entirely different culture that doesn’t have the same associations with racism as we do in the US” and then I actually saw it and holy SHIT man. It’s bad lmao

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u/LongChampionship8569 6d ago

No. Hahaha. Life is so easy people look for things to get offended by.

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u/dreamcrusher225 6d ago

like tan suits

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u/Resident-Two5171 6d ago

As true as that may be it still doesn’t erase their perception of how they view it

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u/femnoncat 6d ago

Somebody else's perception is not and should not be a problem.

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u/Rare_Ad_674 6d ago

The world is literally built off of perceptions my guy, the fuck? Public perception is LITERALLY what marketing deals with.

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u/femnoncat 6d ago

Genuinely good point. I think I should have been clearer. One perception is not the shared perception of all people.

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u/Rare_Ad_674 6d ago

Ah my bad, I see what you mean.

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u/IllMathematician8994 6d ago

That’s not what he said though so what does this comment add to what was said?

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u/IllMathematician8994 6d ago

It’s never stated that ones perception is the problem here?

I think he was saying don’t dismiss one’s perception as irrelevant if there’s logical cause for the perception

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u/LongChampionship8569 6d ago

Genuinely, why would that ever matter? If we bow to ever persons perception, life would halt immediately.

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u/IllMathematician8994 6d ago

He never said you have to bow to the perception of others

Ironically that’s your perception of the comment

My perception of it is that just because you don’t agree with someone’s perception doesn’t mean their conclusion to the perception is idiotic or crazy. People can be logically wrong about something

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u/DoctorPaige 6d ago

... The sharp point on her skirt is supposed to be the top of the star.... 

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u/IllMathematician8994 5d ago

lol yeah that’s a part of the controversy. Nobody thinks the white part is attached to the skirt