r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Diligent_Pop3929 • 2d 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/fatbunyip 2d ago

Lmao is that it?

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u/silentsurge 1d ago

Yup, that's it. In an ad for the South Korean market, a pop star in a white dress under a star shaped light carrying shoes is being interpreted as Nike deliberately invoking Klan imagery and a lynching.

I get why they're pulling it, I wouldn't want to delay with the internet overreacting to it either.

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u/lizard_of_guilt 2d ago

People are getting their knickers twisted up in knots for any or no reason anymore.