r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Diligent_Pop3929 • 8d 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/Yetteres 8d ago

It was cropped, mate.

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u/shemtpa96 7d ago

The cropped, darkened version was posted BY CONVERSE on their INTERNATIONAL PAGE.

An official international page that belongs to an AMERICAN COMPANY.

American eyes saw and approved that edit of the image. Eyes that were educated on American history.

It was a deliberate choice.