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To those who say "BTS sing hip-hop so they should speak out": please understand that this statement is merely an act of infantilizing Koreans, while Koreans would die for just 10% of the justice Black people have attained.+
What place do Koreans (not Korean-Americans) have in voicing about BLM when they& #39;ve never even asked their fans to fight for their own justice? They& #39;re Korean before hip-hop artists. Black army are black before army. I& #39;m not talking about Korean-Americans who have a voice in +
American policies... I& #39;m talking about Korean-Koreans, like BTS and BH, who would add nothing to the movement anyways. So why not just focus on BLM..? Korean society is at the mercy of the US government. Koreans do not have the privilege of blatantly speaking out on American+
events bc it would cause devastating backlash from Trump that would affect the lives of everyone in the entire country. Yes, that& #39;s the position Korea has always been in. Would you like to trade places with a Korean for a day and see if you want to be +
loud against the current US president& #39;s actions? Ppl in non-white countries don& #39;t do that shit. If BTS started talking about social issues on Twitter, which they never have, they would first need to prioritize the total lack of justice for Koreans and their victims of WW2 and +
current racism from Japanese and Chinese supremacists. Then after that, BTS would probably first address the unfathomable hardships of our fellow ARMY currently at war in the Middle East and African countries, for fellow ARMY who are currently being massacred from ethnic +
cleansing and displacement. BTS tweeting about BLM right now without ever having tweeted about army who are in the same or worse circumstances would most likely be fake and forced. BTS& #39; focus is to make change though their music, not through Twitter posts or proving they +
donated to a violent issue.
Don& #39;t compare BTS to Halsey. She ain& #39;t fighting at Korean frontlines for Korean genocide to be represented in Japanese textbooks. Halsey is American before Korean. She could care less about Koreans& #39; unresolved war trauma but do we harass her for it? +
Don& #39;t compare BTS to Halsey. She ain& #39;t fighting at Korean frontlines for Korean genocide to be represented in Japanese textbooks. Halsey is American before Korean. She could care less about Koreans& #39; unresolved war trauma but do we harass her for it? +
Never. People& #39;s questioning of BTS or any kpop artist& #39;s support of blm is simply a desire to control ppl who are weaker and who have a smaller voice than black americans. As popular as Korean culture, K-pop or k dramas are, at the end of the day, what& #39;s a Korean-Korean citizen +
or company& #39;s tweet gonna do to influence police brutality which exists in the country they& #39;re at the mercy of? How psychologically traumatic to even ask Koreans of this to endanger the entire country? Korea is getting better and better every day in making their own culture less+
racist against black people. This is an ongoing discussion between Koreans that& #39;s constantly growing, whether someone translated the conversations for you or not. In 1999, my mother would say "black ppl are dangerous because they commit more crimes than white people do." Today, +
at 65, she informed me that "the SK government needs to accept Ethiopia& #39;s request for help bc they helped us in the past when SK needed it." and she asks "what& #39;s wrong with your aunt? why is she racist against black ppl?" Also, please don& #39;t confuse Korean racism, which has had +
no history of violence toward black people, with the US history of slavery and police brutality. Korea is slowly but surely changing and people are getting more and more open minded. It has a long way to go, but look at your country before pointing your finger. The main issue +
here is that you are highly misinformed that Koreans have the privilege to publicly oppose the American government. Roh Moohyun, the best Korean president in history, wanted too much independence from the US, and many believe it was the reason he was assassinated. BTS +
is a powerful force, so BTS standing up against Trump means BTS is sacrificing their entire country. It& #39;s called blatant suicide but Americans will never grasp this. They think Korea is as free as themselves. (Or else, they& #39;ll bully them to act like they are.) Koreans aren& #39;t +
Korean-American. they don& #39;t have a voice in this. Even the very question of "should K-pop idols speak out more?" is bullying and privileged. K-pop idols are Korean before anything. Please know their place in the hierarchy of this world. If you don& #39;t believe in such hierarchy, +
you need a dose of reality outside your American bubble of being able to say whatever you want. We all know that any artist will nearly always be humanitarian and support BLM. But DEMANDING Koreans to speak out publicly is going too far, and even if they did, it& #39;s probably fake+
and forced as they don& #39;t even do it for their much more immediate issues(for their own, legitimate reasons)! How can they do that with right conscience? Many of the kpop idols who have publicly voiced their support have lived extensively in Western countries. Please be more +
aware of your tendencies of paternalizism toward Koreans--thinking you have a valid opinion on what you think Koreans, including K-pop idols, should do. And please understand what it means for a Korean celebrity to specifically speak out for BLM.
When BLM voices come from Americans, half of white Americans will support and protect against any govt retaliation. If they come from Korea, Trump will squash the entire country w/o i-army ever knowing bc k-army know even YOU can& #39;t do anything about what Trump does with Korea.
