10:43 pm - 02/29/2012
2011 saw an expansion of the music industry into once completely unknown generes. K-Pop, as its been labelled by its stans, has literally exploded all over the scene. Supposively catchy tunes, dazzling stage costumes and precise choreography invaded our eardrums and brains at a rapid pace. But after seeing these Korean names on theatre marquees or even the Billboard charts, do we really know what they're here for? What is the message Korea is trying to convay to us? What do they stand for??
It takes just a quick Google search to uncover some shocking racially offensive incidents these companies work so hard to mask from the public. Sordid histories full of black face, racial slurs and other forms of negative anti-Black stereotypes have plagued the Korean music industry. Yet with the current Asian invasion, the severity of these moments has been smoothed over by the puppet-masters behind these acts and their rabid fans alike, in order to provide a safe passage from East to West. And right into our wallets. Before you purchase a K-Pop album, you might as well save your time (and your ears) and just make a direct deposit into the bank account of the KKK.
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Written entirely by ME, Tay Symone (
ifuaskedmeto).
Video source: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
K-POP or KKK-POP? Covert Anti-Black Music Scene Sweeping America
2011 saw an expansion of the music industry into once completely unknown generes. K-Pop, as its been labelled by its stans, has literally exploded all over the scene. Supposively catchy tunes, dazzling stage costumes and precise choreography invaded our eardrums and brains at a rapid pace. But after seeing these Korean names on theatre marquees or even the Billboard charts, do we really know what they're here for? What is the message Korea is trying to convay to us? What do they stand for??
It takes just a quick Google search to uncover some shocking racially offensive incidents these companies work so hard to mask from the public. Sordid histories full of black face, racial slurs and other forms of negative anti-Black stereotypes have plagued the Korean music industry. Yet with the current Asian invasion, the severity of these moments has been smoothed over by the puppet-masters behind these acts and their rabid fans alike, in order to provide a safe passage from East to West. And right into our wallets. Before you purchase a K-Pop album, you might as well save your time (and your ears) and just make a direct deposit into the bank account of the KKK.
( TRIGGER WARNINGCollapse )
Written entirely by ME, Tay Symone (
ifuaskedmeto).Video source: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
but maybe it's just these SPECIFIC artists and their management who are fucking racist. It's not quite far to label EVERYONE involved in K-Pop as racist.
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I don't even want to add my two cents in here
ooooo you understand why there’s tons of racism in kpop
ooooo you understand how all those poor korean people just don’t know any better cause they’ve never seen black people ooooo
ooooo it was like that time when slavery and blackface and the N-word were commonplace in the US and we should have some understanding
shit on a motherfucking stick, way to turn it around and make it about them poor ignorant koreans rather than about the people they are exploiting and hurting.
i expect koreans to be as smart as the people of every other country. i expect them to read up before they pay homage to black music, because holy goddamn shit that ain’t hard.
stop thinking koreans are dumb ass motherfuckers. they aren’t. they say dumb ass motherfucking shit and should be called out on this like adults.
between the k-pop apologists and the people who had he gall to make some heinous anti korea/asian remarks in retaliation, I just CAN'T.
and tbh korean (and east asian) racism goes deeper than blackface and general fuckery, so don't act like they're innocent bc they're not