trigger warning: racism, suicide, mentions of people getting lynched, profanities, graphic images.
this is an update/continuation regarding my previous post.
if anyone is still confused as onto what is going on, this post talks about the issue that has surfaced less than a week ago surrounding the kpop idol group, enhypen. in one of the clips that they posted, a snippet was cut out and the background audio of the short clip caused a hot debate to occur between engenes, the mentioned kpop group’s fandom name.
it was heard that one of the members was singing a song entitle ‘love galore’ by sza, in the lyrics that they had sung, people were pointing out that the member uttered out the n word while singing.
it became a hot issue because a lot of people were complaining that they did not hear the n word in the audio, at the same time a lot of other engenes pointed out that they heard it. personally, i am not going to give out my opinions on whether i heard it or not because just like the previous post,
i already stated that i am asian and i have no rights to discuss about any matter regarding the n word.
now back to what i was going to say.
a lot of ‘engenes’ were attacking black engenes, saying that this situation was not serious at all and this shouldn’t be a concerning topic in the beginning, which was wrong because black engenes have all the rights to know what was really happening in the video and whether the person that was singing the song said it or not.
i am still traumatised by the comments and remarks that i read on the weverse. people were posting pictures of black people getting lynched and was complaining to bring it back because black engenes were deemed nuisances to them. to people that are still unaware of the severity of this situation, these pictures are for you.
it took a lot of nerve for me to write and post this because i am scared of getting threats but there was little to none of people that will address the suffering of black engenes in the tumblr so i am going to just post, if anyone wants to come forward and attack me you are welcomed to do so, i won’t give a shit.
and today, i found out that there was an engene that committed suicide because of the constant attacks she received from other ‘engenes’. it was said that enhypen was her only motivation to keep on continue living, and to know that she had passed away because of this was heartbreaking. i did not know the engene personally but i could not imagine how heartbroken she must have been getting attacked just because she was stating their opinions as a black engene.
imagine getting attacked just because you stood up for your own rights.
rest in peace to the op, lets all send our warmest regards to their family.
i truly hope that by me posting this, a lot of people are aware that this situation is nothing to be made fun of anymore. this is fucking serious. someone committed a suicide because of this, if you still can sit back and acted like you didn’t see nothing then something is wrong with you.
and finally, belift has finally made a move after a long time. they had released their email address and through this, we can contact them regarding this issue. let them know that things have gone out of control and they needed to take actions as fast as possible.
here’s a template if you need help. this template is available in both korean and english. the original creator of this template is @ENbackup_ at twitter.
lastly, to any black engene that is in need of a place to vent out their frustrations, and is currently stressed out because of the current situation do know that my inbox is always open and i will be right here to give you mental support. or you can vent out to the person that you trust the most.
we’re all here for you, and we are aware how terrifying this situation can be for you.
do repost to spread this around.
also, i’m sorry if there is any grammar mistakes or any wrong usage of vocabulary. i wrote this in a hurry, there was no proofreading and english is not my first language.
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