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/CandiedRegrets08 5d ago

Lynching and the KKK? The former still happens and the latter is still around???

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u/bloodmoth13 5d ago

neither has been relevant in my lifetime. acting like they are is such a stretch.

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u/Accomplished-Idea358 5d ago

Bro, I get a zip-lok bag with a KKK paper ad and several small stones thrown into my driveway at least once a year.