i know i'm a small acct and this might not get a lot of attention but i'm posting anyway bc this situation is making me frustrated, sad and angry at the same time. i just want to start off by saying i am a black atiny.

i also know what's going on these days with kq and ateez but i just have to say that i feel like my voice as a BLACK atiny is just not being heard at all. in regards to hongjoong's braids there was a lot of mixed feelings regarding how some black atinys felt

some were okay with it and some weren't. but i've noticed that its not even about us anymore (disagree all you want but this is how i feel) nonblack atinys have started to take some much offense on behalf of us and i kinda feel like no one asked what we want???

like the emailing was okay and the voting was fine but i think a lot of y'all are just going TOO far with this and that's not what we want. like unfollowing and blocking?? i, personally will not do this, but please don't justify whatever y'all are doing with our name.

at first y'all were speaking out with us and that was valid but you're your speaking over us and still silencing us. i know that might not have been the point but its happening, and i know a lot of black atiny might not feel the same but this is how i feel.

i love the boys dearly and i can't imagine what they're going through at all rn and the fact that we have to continuously clear searches and seeing this fandom in chaos makes me wanna cry bc atiny are better than this but whatever. unfollow if you want but I said what I said

and since this is getting some attention i'd just like to add that i am speaking for MYSELF and not all of black atiny, pls do not invalidate their feelings and just run with my opinion, all of us feel differently about this so pls be just as accepting with their feelings