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Problematic Idols [a thread]
Because people forget and pull out the amnesia card.
Bigbang G-DRAGON
-Mutiple blackface
-Multiple cultural appropriation
-Ableism
-Used black children as props in the 'Crayon' video
-Mutiple blackface
-Multiple cultural appropriation
-Ableism
-Used black children as props in the 'Crayon' video
-Too much cultural appropriation
Result: No blacklash and never got dragged.
Reason: Male, 'Oppa didn't do anything wrong'
Result: No blacklash and never got dragged.
Reason: Male, 'Oppa didn't do anything wrong'
Bigbang Taeyang
-Did brownface
-Multiple cultural appropriation
-Used the N word
-Used dreadlocks in 'Sober video'
-Did brownface
-Multiple cultural appropriation
-Used the N word
-Used dreadlocks in 'Sober video'
Result: No blacklash
Reason: Male, 'Oppa didn't do anything'
Reason: Male, 'Oppa didn't do anything'
Bigbang Seungri
-Culturally appropriated Native American headdress in 'Bang bang bang video'
-Violently misogynistic
-Allegedly harrassment
-Culturally appropriated Native American headdress in 'Bang bang bang video'
-Violently misogynistic
-Allegedly harrassment
Result: Swept under the rug
Reason: Male
Reason: Male
BTS Jin
-Said/Mouthed N word
-Asked if Taehyung was wearing stockings because his skin is too dark.
-Said/Mouthed N word
-Asked if Taehyung was wearing stockings because his skin is too dark.
BTS Suga
-Said/Mouthed N word during Bangtan Bomb when dancing to an A$ap rocky song
-Joked that Hoseok looks like a homeless person
-Said/Mouthed N word during Bangtan Bomb when dancing to an A$ap rocky song
-Joked that Hoseok looks like a homeless person
-Asked Taehyung if he was wearing stockings because his skin is too dark.
BTS Rapmon
-Immitated the way he thinks black people talk on Shimshimtapa (other members were laughing about it)
-Said the N word
-Immitated the way he thinks black people talk on Shimshimtapa (other members were laughing about it)
-Said the N word
-Had dreads
-Said/was involved in predebut tracks that use the n word (Rollin, The Swagger)
-Said/was involved in predebut tracks that use the n word (Rollin, The Swagger)
-“When I first saw V and Jhope I couldn’t see them because they were too black. When the nights got dark I couldn’t see them.”
-Entire 농담 (Joke) mv is an ableist mess
Mamamoo
-Did blackface
Result: Gets dragged
Reason: Female
-Did blackface
Result: Gets dragged
Reason: Female
Apink Bomi
-Did blackface
Result: Temporarily got dragged
Reason: Female
-Did blackface
Result: Temporarily got dragged
Reason: Female
Exo Baekhyun
-Said that Kai’s defining feature was that his “face is most dark”
-Liked some blackface edit on instagram
-Said that Kai’s defining feature was that his “face is most dark”
-Liked some blackface edit on instagram
-Made jokes about autistic children
-Saved Kai as Blackie in his phone contacts
-Wore a White Power shirt
-Teased Luhan about his acrophobia
-Saved Kai as Blackie in his phone contacts
-Wore a White Power shirt
-Teased Luhan about his acrophobia
-Allegedly posted someoffensive/misogynistic comments to his Cyworld accnt predebut including things such as “Tayeon is ugly” and (1)
- “Look at Park Bom freaking mouth, she’s so ugly”(2)
-When D.O got a tan,Baekhyun said “He smells burnt”
Result: Temprorarily got dragged
-When D.O got a tan,Baekhyun said “He smells burnt”
Result: Temprorarily got dragged
Exo Chanyeol
-Asked Kai “Do you want to go for skin whitening”
-Assigned gummy bears to Exo-K members and said the darkest one was Kai
-Asked Kai “Do you want to go for skin whitening”
-Assigned gummy bears to Exo-K members and said the darkest one was Kai
-Said that Kai was in charge of skin color in the group
-Allegedly called SNSD ugly without makeup on, on his Cyworld account predebut
-Allegedly called SNSD ugly without makeup on, on his Cyworld account predebut
-Said “I thought the lights were not entering over there”
Result: Temporarily got dragged
Reason: Male 'oppa never did anything'
Result: Temporarily got dragged
Reason: Male 'oppa never did anything'
Exo members did so many things:
-Blackface
-Colorism
-Cultural appropriating (continues)
-Said the N word
-Made fun of autistic children
-Blackface
-Colorism
-Cultural appropriating (continues)
-Said the N word
-Made fun of autistic children
-Ableism
-Misogynistic
-Body shaming
-Colorism jokes (they did so much of this. Like. Can they stop?
)
-More cultural appropriation
-Misogynistic
-Body shaming
-Colorism jokes (they did so much of this. Like. Can they stop?
)-More cultural appropriation
Result: Gets dragged for 1 day (Like..seriously?)
Reason: Male. "Because Oppa didn't do anything" (Oh my god...meninist)
Reason: Male. "Because Oppa didn't do anything" (Oh my god...meninist)
Got7
-Blackface
-Colorism
-Homophobic remarks
-Said the N word
-Cultural appropriation
-Jackson wants his group to be called "Black Kids"
-Blackface
-Colorism
-Homophobic remarks
-Said the N word
-Cultural appropriation
-Jackson wants his group to be called "Black Kids"
-Colorism jokes (Got7, Season 3 episode 1)
Result: Got dragged for a couple of days.
Reason: "Because Oppa didn't do anything" (Scram off)
Result: Got dragged for a couple of days.
Reason: "Because Oppa didn't do anything" (Scram off)
Blackpink
-War cry in their hook Boombaya (Cultural appropriation. How? Stereotypically portray Native Americans as savage or wild ppl.
-War cry in their hook Boombaya (Cultural appropriation. How? Stereotypically portray Native Americans as savage or wild ppl.
-Their Boombayah lyrics is insulting as it perpetuates the stereotype. None of them have any native linkage and they aren't American born-
so to use this cry is a cultural appropriation. It's like a slap to the Native community.
-Boombaya included "Indian yell" (Another cultural
-Boombaya included "Indian yell" (Another cultural
appropriation. It's someones roots and culture is being mocked again.)
Result: They didn't get dragged.
Reason: Ignorant stans (inc. me)
Result: They didn't get dragged.
Reason: Ignorant stans (inc. me)
Twice Momo
-Said the N word
Result: Minimally got dragged
Reason: ONCE's swept it under the rug.
-Said the N word
Result: Minimally got dragged
Reason: ONCE's swept it under the rug.
Seventeen Seungkwan
-Said the N****r
Also, when the group was playing a game where you connect the syllable to a word or phrase, a member-
-Said the N****r
Also, when the group was playing a game where you connect the syllable to a word or phrase, a member-
was heard to have said the N word where everyone laughed. Stans defended it by saying it was "ma naega" rather than the N word but it makes-
no sense in the context. However, it would make sense if they were trying to joke and say "my n***a" but while using Korean. Then the rest-
of the group started yelling "ma naega", laughing about it, reinforces that they knew what it sounded exactly in English and enjoys it.
Result: Only got dragged for a couple of hours
Reason: Male, "Oppa didn't do anything wrong"
Reason: Male, "Oppa didn't do anything wrong"
Loona Choerry
-Cultural appropriation
Result: Didn't get dragged
Reason: "Because it's the company's fault and the stylist. She's just a-
-Cultural appropriation
Result: Didn't get dragged
Reason: "Because it's the company's fault and the stylist. She's just a-
kid and she didn't know." (Seriously? Exo'ls gave the same excuse with his dreads. Ah! I forgot to add that Loona stans wants to get rid of-
evidence so they don't get dragged or attacked. 
Instead of educating them, they want to brush it off.)
Instead of educating them, they want to brush it off.)
Red Velvet
-Cultural Appropriation
Result: Didn't get dragged
Reason: Their stans thinks its cute. (For real girly?)
-Cultural Appropriation
Result: Didn't get dragged
Reason: Their stans thinks its cute.
(For real girly?)
