This is not Khiphop but I just had to speak my mind y'all
Ok so I told myself I wasn’t going to say anything about this situation but I’ve seen so many people talking about this and being hella disrespectful I just have to. For those that don’t know I’m going to summarize the situation, basically Jackson Wang of Got7 did an advertisement for Pepsi and he had dreads. Poc (people of color) were upset, they tried to “educate him” on culture appropriation, he apologized but his apology wasn’t really an apology and he said those who were educating him were haters.
Me personally I don’t care that he had dreads you know why? Because everywhere I go non people of color wear dreads like it’s nothing it’s honestly a normal thing to me. I’m honestly disappointed and disgusted with how people are treating Jackson, did he choose the hairstyle himself ? Yes. Should it be a huge problem? No.
All these kpop stars that have had dreads and no one was being disrespectful to them, calling them names, sending death threats, etc. Those who called themselves educating him should’ve just left the situation alone because some (not all) were being hella problematic and disrespectful as fuck.
I sit there and I’m just like why say something to him about culture appropriation when you didn’t say shit to Kai, Taeyang, WinWin, Bobby, or any other kpop star that had dreads? Just let him do what he wants. Everyone up here knows (or if you don’t because you just followed me now you know) that I’m black, but I don’t take everything personally because I know at the end of the day people are going to do what they want and you can’t get mad at that.
Now I will say he could’ve taken a different approach to his apology but then again Jackson is a grown ass man and he can do and say what he wants and I know he wasn’t trying to be disrespectful to anyone. People are entitled to their own feelings but getting too into your feelings to the point where you think you’re right and everyone else is wrong is disrespectful as fuck.
Now if anyone has anything negative to say about me or Jackson write it on a piece of paper and shove it up your ass because if you’re not going to come correct don’t even bother saying anything thanks.
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