Right here’s what they honestly assume.
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Just lately, increasingly more idols have been moving into scorching soup with worldwide followers, attributable to their feedback about pores and skin colour. SHINee‘s Key and Taemin just lately bought into controversy for mentioning Minho‘s pores and skin tone after he bought tanned from {golfing}. Taemin and Key have since uploaded apologies to their official Instagram accounts. Alternatively, this isn’t the one occasion. ITZY‘s Lia as soon as got here underneath scrutiny after making feedback about Chaeryeong‘s pores and skin. Chaeryeong had indicated a want to tan, whereas Lia discouraged her from it, claiming that she wouldn’t find yourself tremendous tan (thus giving off a horny picture) neither would she be fair-skinned.
In fact, this isn’t restricted to idols. Single’s Inferno‘s Moon Se Hun got here into controversy for his feedback on Shin Ji Yeon‘s pores and skin tone. The contestant had commented on a woman’s pores and skin, saying that her impression was “white and pure.”
After current controversies blowing up in worldwide waters, Korean netizens have additionally been taking inventory, debating in regards to the significance of sensitivity with such issues. As K-Pop takes the worldwide stage, some could really feel that they should cater to the sensitivities of worldwide audiences, whereas others really feel that it doesn’t matter as a lot. A put up with a number of examples of such issues went viral on a web-based discussion board. The put up identified that celebrities did tend to say such feedback about pores and skin colour, largely with out malice.
Seolhyun as soon as expressed in an interview that the half she doesn’t like about her seems is her darkish pores and skin.
Women’ Era‘s Sooyoung additionally jokingly talked about that she doesn’t love seeing Taeyeon attributable to her pale pores and skin.
Alternatively, Korean netizens additionally really feel that many foreigners are inclined to impose the impression that every one idols are compelled into turning into paler to suit Korean requirements. Additionally they take concern with the idea from Western waters that Southeast Asians or Asians are usually not naturally pale. One instance introduced up was BLACKPINK‘s Lisa. As Lisa turned paler comparatively after making her debut, Western followers usually assume that she purposefully underwent whitening therapy to suit into Korean requirements. Whereas lighting and publicity to solar can dramatically affect pores and skin tone naturally.
Some netizens additionally felt that overseas audiences have been asking for an excessive amount of, provided that they silently imposed an opposition to using the Korean phrase “niga.” The phrase merely means “you” within the language, however was usually misheard because the extremely offensive n-word. Korean idols started switching to “neoga” as an alternative, which is another for “niga.” Some extra excessive worldwide followers beforehand even insisted that Koreans cease utilizing the phrase “niga.”
- After I take into consideration how they kicked up a fuss about “niga,” I believe that we actually must nip them within the bud as soon as and for all. I’m so aggravated how idols just lately all switched to “neoga” as an alternative. Why do now we have to destroy our personal language only for them, whereas minding how they really feel? They only use phrases like “a number of” (feels like Korean swear phrases) with out care.
- i-Roaches are so hypocritical. They fuss about whitewashing whereas saying “it’s best to love your self” about yellowed pores and skin, however additionally they declare that [comments about] darker pores and skin is an issue on a separate concern. However I additionally assume that there’s nothing dangerous to come back from being cautious about saying issues like “I’m darker so I don’t prefer it, you’re paler so good for you,” and “if you happen to flip off the lights, you solely can see your eyes and brow.” However I’m not saying that if you happen to say that, you’re colorist.
- America and Korea is completely completely different, so we simply can’t perceive one another. We’ve solely lived seeing Koreans, so after all we’d assume in another way from People, who lived seeing all kinds of races of their lives. However it’s nonetheless proper for us to respect them. However I hope that they cease fussing about whitewashing.
- In my bias group, the opposite members additionally preserve selecting on the palest member within the group, however the overseas followers particularly preserve saying that we shouldn’t whitewash, and so they additionally uploaded edited photographs the place that member ended up trying extra yellowed than the others. If it’s actually true in actual life, nobody would say a factor. However that idol doesn’t have yellowed pores and skin in actual life. They’re really those being racist, assuming that asians have yellow pores and skin, whereas they edit the photographs like that. They need to repair their very own biased ideas first, pondering that asians can’t have white pores and skin.
- I believe that if somebody feels uncomfortable, we needs to be thoughtful of them. If I used to be of their sneakers, I’d make related requests.
- Nicely, do they assume that every one now we have to go with folks about is their pores and skin colour? Additionally they say shit like “melanin~ pure pores and skin is gorgeous~” once they see photographs of idols the place they arrive out trying particularly darkish and yellowed. Particularly these up within the South, they edit the idols to the purpose of adjusting their race. Whereas being so obsessed about pores and skin tone, they name pale footage ghostlike, or corpselike, and say it’s disgusting. Seeing what they’ve been as much as, you’ll be able to inform they’re so illogical and mentally ailing. I can’t depend what number of fansite masters closed after they bought mass-bullied so dangerous by these i-Roaches obsessed about pores and skin tone.
It seems like opinions stay fairly blended, with some agreeing that Koreans ought to start to be extra delicate about some points, whereas others stay stout that they haven’t confronted related consideration and understanding from the overseas audiences. Korean netizens and followers are additionally extremely delicate in regards to the “whitewashing” concern that has been plaguing K-Pop for years. Whereas overseas followers usually take concern with how fansites edit their photographs, Korean followers declare that the edits are usually not removed from the reality. As lighting usually performs an enormous half in how photographs come out, this appears to be a core concern that followers on each side can not come to compromise with.
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