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TW Blackface: Raina’s Musical ‘I love Tonj’

Honestly I’m sick of there being no action taken in regards to Raina’s music ‘I love Tonj’ and their unapologetic blackface/appropriation. 

So I’m making another post about it. 

Basically Raina’s new musical ‘I love Tonj’ premiered on 16.07.15. 

Before the musical, there was an interview by Raina that was translated before the first show and its basically her talking about the blackface in the musical. Her main worry was that she would be perceived as uglier due to the color of her ‘skin’  Source: (x)

Of course since this was the only source of translations at the time, we weren’t sure about the validity of the interviews content. So there was lots of shit like people saying that it could be fake. 

But then, come the first showing of the musical, and the fantaken/press/instagram photos were all we needed:

Photos (PLEASE LOOK @ THESE) : 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5, 6

Anyways, there’s been absolutely nothing said about thing besides a few blogs posting about this like omonatheydidn’t.

So I’m hoping we could bring more media attention to this because there has been NO apologies released or acknowledgements. 

Things you can do:

Send tips to 

1. allkpop​: go here

2.  soompi: go here

What to write in the tips (literally just copy and paste this):

Raina from Orange Caramel/After School and the rest of the cast of her musical ‘I love Tonj’ did blackface and appropriated black culture. As an international kpop fan, I am outraged and disappointed at their behaviour and unwillingness to acknowledge their wrongdoings. 

Here is an article of Raina admitting to blackface: http://news.nate.com/view/20150711n11078 

Here are photo sources:

http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/16221366.html

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=ms.c.eJw9y8ENwEAIA8GOIgM~_A~%3B03FgVxeY60W0IIRsL6pJ5aZxxv9HVCJSfWrunFdfj41O~%3Bvr7Zrzu~_xJsaWL2lyGaA~-.bps.a.860360017352922.1073741924.541137789275148&type=1

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.945708038801931.1073742332.239868949385847&type=3

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Dear people harassing artists in the Korra fandom about whitewashing, you need to stop right fucking now.

Do you even hear yourself? Do you realise how ridiculous you are being? There are so many things WRONG with what you are doing and more importantly how you are doing it. You’re acting like a child and I’m going to tell you why.

This is Korra. 

Straight from the official Nickelodeon website.

Do you notice something right off the bat?

Korra’s not black, numb nuts. She’s from the Southern water tribe, a tribe based off various aspects of Inuit, Aleut, Tlingit, Eyak, Haida, and other native tribes. You know why I know that?

I’m Eyak, Eagle clan specifically. I’m not full-blooded, not even half-blooded, but the last full-blooded Eyak, Chief Marie, died nearly four years ago so that means about fuck shit in today’s society.

So you know what? You need to stop acting like you’re being fucking personally victimized when someone draws a character and shades them in  a way you don’t like, because you know what? It has nothing to do with you.

The artist drew and shared their work with you, for your benifit, and you don’t even have the decency to be fucking grateful?

The way someone colors a picture does not give you the excuse to go around and pawn off all your pent up aggression and hate on them. You have constructive criticism fine, tell them privately and be polite about it. You DO NOT post shit on tumblr about it.  

Grow up.

Let’s review shall we?

Korra isn’t black

You don’t need to be a dick because you don’t like the way some one chooses to do things, if it bother you that much, AVOID THE PERSON.

Hate and constructive criticism are not the same things.

Now are you going to grow up and learn to deal with it?

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Kaxbe: Hey. Moron. When did any of the people calling out the whitewashing say that Korra was Black? Why do you assume that everyone calling out the whitewashing is Black? Since when do people have to be “personally victimized” in order to point out a problem with how a character is represented in fan works? When have any of the people calling out whitewashing been rude to the artist in question until the artist themselves outright defends their whitewashing instead of actually listening to what is being said? Because a lot of these people address the piece only, not the artist, and/or leave constructive criticism and even skin tutorials.

You are stupid.

When are you going to grow up and realize that addressing a problem is not equatable to hate?

[razzledazzy]

Here’s when they said Korra was black.

“will be mocked”

Mocking people, especially in a place where they won’t see it, is not constructive criticism. It is not trying to help people. 

Taking something from deviantart and posting it on tumblr and ripping it to shreds without the artist’s consent, is not okay.

And further, attacking the co-creator of the show for rebloggin an alleged whitewashed piece is not okay.

If anything Korra is tan/caramel at most. 

And a personal attack on my intelligence, really mature.

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LMAO!!!

Translation: DON’T DARE CALL KORRA BROWN BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE ARE BROWN AND EWWW AND I’M NOT RACIST.

You’re evidence is full of shit. 

“If anything Korra is tan/caramel at most. “

LMAO!!! Tan isn’t a colour. Tan the colour refer to the tanned skin of white people because the tanned skin colour of those that have naturally brown skin, like Korra or people of south Asian descent is a nice dark brown. The reason why people class tan as a colour is because white people are normalised as the default for everything and in this case, the colour of tanned skin.

The reason why people say Korra is brown is because she is. You’re really showing your disgust for all things that aren’t white and how basic you are. As for “caramel”  describing people’s skin tones after food is fetishing. Not only have you supported white supremacy by insisting white tanned is the default for all tan skin (so erasing most people of colour) you’ve also fetished Korra’s skin colour and you’re wondering why your intelligence is being questioned. 

The fact you’ve completed glossed over the fact the mocking will only take place IF they defend whitewashing or derailed is real classy. You have zero comprehension skills and you’d rather defend something as disgusting as whitewashing.

No has ever said Korra is Black but some how you lot keep bringing that up. You children find being Black that disgusting you find a way to bring it into a conversation where it was never brought up in the first place. I guess because being brown=being Black so makes some you basic little shits skin crawl. Like Black people are the only brown skin people in the world. I wonder where all the “BUT KORRA ISN’T BLACK” people go when Korra get whitewashed? 

Your argument is one big tone policing race apologist shit pile. Stop embarrassing your self. 

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"LET IT GO, SLAVERY ENDED LIKE 200 YEARS AGO JEEZ. DON'T BLAME ME FOR WHAT MY ANCESTORS DID"

Often when the subject of slavery becomes apparent in conversation, white people will often use the counter excuse “slavery was like 200 years ago” and “you cannot blame me for what my ancestors did”. If you are upset about the subject of slavery and feel extreme empathy towards it you have all the God given right to be. When you are told the above statements it is used as an excuse to shut you up and make you stop hurting the oppressors feelings, because then they feel some type of “guilt” once having to face the privilege they know they have. I’m sorry, but there is no way of tip toeing around this fact. I’m going to go ahead and debunk/explain these fallacious statements, to the best of my ability, right now.

1st: Slavery DID NOT end 200 years ago. Slavery was declared illegal (illegal slavery was still going on though) in the United States: December of 1865, the current year to date is March 2014. Anyone with basic math has the ability to subtract these dates by year and realize this was only 149 years ago. So no, you cannot magically round up numbers to aid your ignorant argument as to why people of color have no the right to be angry/sad/disappointed. To be frank, 149 years is not that long ago. If we were to put that into perspective that is the added life span of 2 people who both lived up to the age of 74.5 years. This is also a short enough time to assume that America was and is (arguably) a slave economy built on the backs of one race and the genocide of another (Native Americans).

2nd: “Don’t blame me for what my ancestors did”. Now, excuse me if I’m wrong, but when I think of the word ancestor I think of someone or something ancient. Meaning someone who has lived and has been dead for a very long period of time. Some, if you believe in the evolutionary theory, would say it is even a descriptor of our ancient descendants like Homo Erectus, etc. What does not come to mind, is your Grandmother and Grandfather who are alive and who you get to see every Sunday at church or at annual family gatherings. When a white person or an oppressor uses this sentence it is selfishly used as an act of self defense when faced with the blatant realization of the privilege that they have. Again, using the word “ancestor” is a similar tool like adding on years to the end of slavery. It makes it seem like the incident is so far back in history that you should let by gones be by gones. The reality is that we are not blaming you for what those of your “race” have done before you, we are merely stating that you benefit from a system that socially hands you a better life, because of the color of your skin. If anger does occur, it is usually a product of the disappointment realizing that you have the ability as a free thinking human to challenge that system and point out what is immoral about it, yet you willingly stay ignorant so that you may benefit from it. No, you’re not whipping my back, but you may as well be. Why? Possibly, because you are benefiting from the same system that tells people of color they can easily succeed in it while having obstacles that can only be surpassed if you have been born with such privilege.

NEVER AND I REPEAT NEVER, let anyone with privilege tell you what to do or think? Why, because you are a human being and that automatically gives you the right to be treated with humanity and to be able to feel remorse or sadness when faced with oppression. If you feel oppressed SPEAK UP DAMNIT. (: It’s a free country….. Right? And even if it wasn’t, SPEAK UP ANYWAYS. Challenging white supremacy is NOT racist. Challenging a patriarch is NOT sexist.

- Susie the Moderator

Tune in to part 2 where I will post about why using the excuse the Jewish and the Irish were oppressed is not a valid argument, why it is NOT okay for the elderly to be racist, and how yes, racist people can change through knowledge and realization of privilege (testimony from myself about my step grandmother who is white and grew up in Nebraskan south).

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This was my VERY FIRST POST once I joined Black Tumblr and I haven’t looked back

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How y’all gonna be inspired by the entire Middle East in one makeup tutorial?

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One of thes best Different World episodes

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I wanna watch this!

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Okay I understand why many oppressed groups use “they tried to burry us, but they didn’t realize we were seeds”, however this was coined by Latinos, and more specifically Mexicans. This is very important because my people have been found in ditches. We have been buried by cartel, government, law enforcement very literally. Thousands of bodies have been found all across Mexico in mass graves, in ditches and random holes along highways and roads. The term is very literal and holds heavy metaphorical meaning too. Please leave it just to the Mexican community to use, out of respect for the specific struggle we have gone through.

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