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Everyone in the kpop fandom seems so quick to call out cultural appropriation of all other cultures such as the recent scandal with Ateez’s Hongjoon, yet many don’t seem to care about Hawaiian cultural appropriation.
I’m not sure if it’s just because Cherry Bullet is not a huge group compared to some in the industry or if it’s just because Hawaiian cultural appropriation is so common in the media where everyone just mocks hula and wears stupid fake flower leis. But how is our situation
any different from yours! We have been advertised, oppressed, and mocked for decades because we are just a “theme” or a freaking type of pizza. (btw if you like pineapple on pizza, you’re disowned because ew).
There were so many more options for summer themes for this comeback but I’m not sure why the person who wrote this thought it was appropriate to use Aloha ʻOe because I would assume they knew at least part of its background, given the fact they used the original song’s...
chorus fir parts of the instrumental. Therefore, this may just further prove my point that Hawaiian cultural is just disregarded and commercialized in the media if everyone thought this comeback was a great idea.
I do realize that there has been instances where this song has been used in other tv shows or movies but does that really make this one acceptable? Plus, Train to Busan’s use of the song seems a little more appropriate since the little girl is mourning.
I know this won’t get any attention because I have like no following lol and this thread is pretty long. But, if at least one person sees this and understands, I would be happy because I just needed to get this off my chest.
Honestly there’s much better threads with much more informative links and posts so pls go check them out too. This is just a short snippet to hopefully help y’all familiarize yourself with just the tip of the iceberg in the history of Hawaiʻi and it’s people.
Here’s a thread created that has a bunch of threads of good stuff so check it out 
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Let’s just try to clear up the air because some people are so quick to jump to conclusions and judge people
I am not anti black nor did I intend to say anything in that matter. I simply compared MEDIA attention of one situation to another. Y’all are the ones that tried to twist it into me being against any black movement or black CA.
My point was to show that if so many people can get behind a call out of CA by liking, retweeting, and commenting. Why can’t it be the same for others? This is NOT A COMPETITION. I can see how my words were misinterpreted but y couldn’t everyone just ask instead of getting mad?
It’s not one person against another it’s about EVERYONE supporting EVERYONE, and if you can’t see that, I seriously don’t know what to do. Some see our situation as us putting down other cultures instead of a cry for help and I’m sorry if that has discredited our fight.
I seriously don& #39;t understand why people are being so selfish and protective. Like yes, we understand that you fought through this, why can& #39;t you help others do the same. Although you may not have heard or seen our help because we are so small , Hawaiians have supported you!
If you fall but pick yourself back up and then see another person to fall, why would you just walk away and laugh and mock them when they reach out a hand (a hand to anyone not just you).
IMPORTANT: my wording was horrible and i did not seem to get my main point across so i will be rewriting this thread but leaving this up to reflect on my mistakes. I again apologize to anyone who i have hurt, troubled, angered, or confused.
