no amount of explaining british humour will make these comments okay. belittling them with comments that have very racist/xenophobic implications, or being passive aggressive when they& #39;ve done nothing wrong, is rude. none of it is funny. + https://twitter.com/emilybell/status/1308962552626524162">https://twitter.com/emilybell...

and if people actually took the time to think "hey why is this band giving a speech at the UN, maybe there& #39;s a reason", then we wouldn& #39;t be having these conversations. too many people belittle korean groups under the guise of +

"they& #39;re manufactured!!" while not even taking one minute out of their day to look at them as human beings. they complain about the industry "manufacturing" them while they themselves treat them as a product, not as people. +

in the case of bts, the people who make these comments don& #39;t even want to know why they& #39;re up there at the UN. they don& #39;t care. if they did, they would google them, they would ask people for info, before even thinking of making passive aggressive/xenophobic/racist remarks. +

you don& #39;t have to like their music, nor do you have to listen to it. all it takes is a google search to find out what their impact is and how much they& #39;ve inspired and uplifted people, especially poc, around the world, and how they& #39;ve created a community that tries to help +

make the world a better place every day. a community that largely consists of people of colour. you don& #39;t have to like them in order to understand that. and when people call out these remarks and explain why they& #39;re harmful, you should listen. +

I left that + in there by mistake, end of thread.