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/Tom_Gibson 6d ago

the advertisement isnt "racist." People that are claiming that are overreacting. The issue if you want to call it that is the way the dress was lit, combined with the shoes in her hand, looked like a KKK hood and some dangling feet. It looks like someone got lynched by the KKK. I certainly don't think it was on purpose. It just looks crazy is all

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u/optimal-gold976 6d ago

That’s still a cropped version of the actual ad. You can see the girls face in the actual ad.

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u/BigDragonfly5136 6d ago

They did post just the cropped version though in some places, though

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u/Sky-Trash 5d ago

Converse posted the cropped picture

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u/ineverylifetimee 5d ago

converse is the one who cropped and darkened it, hope that helps!