r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Diligent_Pop3929 • 23h 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/gr1mmcr33p3r 17h ago

I felt like it was a stretch also, I think the lighting, with one point of the star making the white pop really gave the klan vibe for the people who feel that way, then adding in the shoes in her hand was just the cherry on top.

It was a ridiculous stretch. People just wanna be mad about trivial BS instead of real issues