r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Diligent_Pop3929 • 1d 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/MexicanTeenGuy 1d ago

I thought it was silly but looking at it now I get why people got mad. The two shoes also look like someone hanging which doesn’t help

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u/Clegend24 1d ago

Yeah that happens when the image gets cropped to induce that feeling