Doing this only because I'm mad none of this has been addressed by yg entertainment or the group (bp) and because there has never been an apology
But desi cultural appropriation and bp a thread :
Let's start with the latest mv : religious appropriation. Ganesha is a god worshipped by hindus. This right here is extremely disrespectful and very wrongful. The deity shouldn't be kept on the floor with someone else sitting on a throne above it with shoes on much less in an mv.
This is from ktl
Jennie wearing a matha patti as an aesthetic and a part of her costume when it clearly has cultural significance and she is not indian. Again very disrespectful. Idk how many times I have to say this but my culture is not an aesthetic.
This is from d4 : Jennie wearing a bindi. A bindi is not meant to be used as an aesthetic when it's not your culture. It's cultural and signifies warding off evil, opening of the third eye, or a symbol of a married woman.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/bindi-investigating-true-meaning-behind-hindu-forehead-dot-007272
This is during ktl: Jennie wearing a maang tikka for aesthetics. Again this is culturally very important to us and when we wear any of these outside of our home country we are ridiculed mocked and made fun of.
Video: bp mockingly dancing to a song that has been used several times to mock indians with hand gestures stereotyping us. This is highly offensive and disgusting tbh. Stereotyping us with head bobbing just for a meme is really offensive.
Tunak tunak is an iconic bhangra song and it was reduced to a meme here which isn't what it's for at all. Using cliches and stereotypes to represent something is just not it.
Video:Jennie and rose mocking bharatnatiyam mudras and dance moves. People dedicate years to this craft and to see a highly revered artform reduced to this is demeaning. Despite being indian and learning this form of dance I would never mock it like this.
This is another interview where rose mocks indian mudras.
There are tweets in this article that will tell you why that's offensive.
https://www.kpopmap.com/indian-blackpink-fans-criticize-jennie-for-disrespecting-their-culture/
Lisa wearing a Ganesha and Shiva jacket. Again these are Gods. This jacket shouldn't exist in the first place.
This is only the extent of Desi appropriation
They have appropriated other cultures too.
I've only mentioned things related to Desi culture in this thread because I am desi.
This in no ways is a means to hate on the girls it's just to spread awareness at how many +
+ times this has been done before by the same company and artists.
We have never recieved an apology. And we rightfully deserve one. Saying you're educating your idols and covering up for them is speaking over the ones that are rightfully offended. +
+ the girls have stated before that they know about ca and that they are directly involved in their styling. None of our emails have been sent to yg entertainment and just erasing the deity from hylt mv and not issuing a statement or an apology is erasure & invalidation +
+ we're just asking to be heard and not continuously ignored while they use our culture and continue to profit off of it.
We're only asking for an apology and a 'we won't do it again next time'. It's not much given whats been happening.
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