Offensive K-POP

A place to vent our frustrations towards the worst that the Tumblr k-pop community has to offer. As well as cringe at the idols that just don't know when to shut their yaps. Featuring your host: Admin Sweet Medusa

[offensivekpop]

Hello All, It's been a long time since I began this blog, and circumstances have led to my inability to maintain it in the standard I believe all of you deserve. We grew this blog from a few reaction posts to a place of interaction, discussion, and understanding. I'm really honored to have provided the platform. I've learned so much from all of you, and I hope you've been able to learn from me/each other. Being a KPop fan can be challenging, conflicting, and fun. It's brought positivity and friendships into my life. I hope it has and will continue to do the same for you. Thank you for being part of this journey. XOXO, Admin Sweet Medusa

[offensivekpop]

We’re on hiatus for the moment. 

Thanks and Sorry! 

[offensivekpop]

Colorism in GOT7

So, I just watched the new Real GOT7 (Season 3, episode 1) that's posted on naver and I don't think there's an English sub of it yet, (and while I'm Korean, I cannot take the time to translate everything in detail, so this will be really simplified), but there are certain parts where BamBam's skin color is mentioned in a way that doesn't sit well with me, at all.  Basically, they're playing a game and the person who loses have to go bare faced, erasing their makeup. Jr. says BamBam's face is darker without makeup, then BamBam mentions how if he takes half his makeup off, half of his face will be like someone threw charcoal (briquettes?) on him and the other half will be white/pale, and some of the other members bring his skin tone in the conversation as well (this conversation starts around 2:45).  Near the end, when they bring out a vanilla cake for BamBam (birthday) and shove his face into it (for fun), his face is covered in the cake and Mark says (around 16:20), that BamBam's face is now whiter/paler, and BamBam says oh, yeah it is, I've always wanted to be more whiter/paler, so now I've found a way to become more whiter/paler and says, if anyone else wants to become whiter/paler, try this method (the latter part is obviously a joke, but it's still obvious that when BamBam said he wanted to be more whiter/paler, that part is true). 

Colorism affects people. This shit is real, and we already have enough of that in K-pop already. We don't need it in GOT7 too, and I'm honestly upset. BamBam looks fine, there's nothing wrong with his skin color, and the fact that he wants to have paler skin is really sad. 

[2guks-blog]

pledis’ group seventeen is going to be debuting soon so here’s a psa for all u nasties (specifically “pedo noonas”): a lot of the members are underage so don’t fucking sexulize them ok thank u

[bronzebun]

The super super pale ones are extremely hard to edit, but I do my best.

But here’s how I do the edits!!~

[clearedcat-deactivated20150710]

im so happy someone did this, i would have done it myself but i’m so busy this is some really simple ways to edit properly ppl pls take notes

[hyukienuna]

talk shit get hit

[mu-zi-yang]

Why are there still gifs of this with “funny” comment? Colorism isn’t fucking funny, especially when its obvious that the idol who’s the recipient of these comments is deeply and negatively affected by them. With N, it’s obvious by his reactions (not necessarily this one, but a lot of times you can tell that he doesn’t think it’s funny), the way he sometimes proclaims that his skin is beautiful in a really defensive way (it is though), but also by the fact that at one point he said that his skin whitening cream was his most important cosmetic item. Comments like this aren’t funny, they’re hurtful, and I don’t understand why fans of a band insist on taking things that hurt the people they claim to love and making jokes out of them.

[subminhonet]

After watching the fancam that anon provided I totally see what you mean about Minho showing some discomfort.

This is after the performance high and he is being pressured by the other members to provide fanservice (and caved in to cause that’s just his nature) and just this face afterwards:

A mix of tired and fed up. Not to mention the explosion of body objectification now on the minho tag too I just, this breaks my heart a lot :(

- admin A

[subminhonet]

Are we going g to talk about the title of the video alone? How Minho is just an object from step one. ‘sexy chocolate abs’.

Are we going to talk about how fans raging for him to flash them and pressuring him is an abuse tactic.

Are we going to talk about the double standard here, if this was a girl being asked to do a little sexy thing again, and male fans were raging in their seats until she did, it would be called out for how gross it really is.

If Minho wants to show is skin, it’s up to him, not up to being put under the spotlight and pressure to do it. /not to mention different people have forced minho in this situation before. it wasn’t okay then and still isn’t, but no one talks about it because its just minho and he’s a pervert and male so who care

[southeastsappho]

The same cis men that condemn hyorin for owning her sexuality and her darker skin and her blunt personality the same cis men that degrade her for not encompassing the male-approved passivity and “purity” they like r the same men that scream loud as fuck during an Apink comeback stage and don’t think we notice that they run whole blog’s where they talk sexually abt female idols closer to the “cute” end of the spectrum they don’t think we notice that they speak sexually abt female idols who are made to look and act younger than they are they don’t think we notice that they r literal predators who are turned on by supposed purity bc they think female sexuality is something for men to own and cultivate and I hate them

[southeastsappho]

and don’t even get me started on their absolutely disgusting condemnation of darker skin don’t even get me started on their linking of purity and light skin don’t even get me started on how dangerous the line of thinking that dark women are inherently dirty is for us dark women

[southeastsappho]

And it gets even more interesting when u see the contrast between hyorin and hyosung u could write a whole paper on this, straight men were pissin themselves when hyosung came on the scene look at her!!! She’s cute and pretty but omg look at her tits and ass now hyosung is aware that ppl like her tits and ass and she likes it too she lives her body and suddenly the same men who were freaking out in the tags when she was all covered up doing cute shit abt how much they wanna fuck her are annoyed that she now knows that’s she super hot it’s like men only want women to be sexual when it’s controlled by them and don’t even bring up the other half of men who love hyosung who is sexy and PALE but they apparently hate darker skinned hyorin for also being sexual they call hyorin a slut and all other unnecessary names that degrade female sexuality bc she’s dark she’s dirty meanwhile hyosung is the one who models lingerie?!! The literal only difference is that hyosung is pale lmaooo

[offensivekpop]

What group is singing in the car in your last post?

Uniq

[oyongguk-blog]

[b-bumb]

ok but for real they shut up for “fucking” and then shut up for the n-word ur oppas aren’t stupid stop excusing kpop idols when they say the n word

[ohtroioi]

This might be an unreasonable assumption but I feel like Korean idols such as G-Dragon or Jay Park over use the word 내가 because it sounds similar to a certain slur that demeans the black race. Like have you heard those songs that repeat 내가 over and over again? It’s not necessary. Idols could say that they’re really really emphasizing themselves but you never know.

[likeparkjaebeom]

It means I or I am so… 아랐어. Since rappers often refer to themselves. 내가 has only become an issue since someone in america assumed 2ne1 was saying n***** in I am the Best. I hear it in every song but it probably seems like rappers say it more since they say a lot more during each verse. 알았어?

[ohtroioi]

You missed my point.

[lostintrafficlights]

Same thing with 니가 and jayparkalive don’t come here acting like you’re some super expert on Korean when you couldn’t even spell 알았어 right the first time and keep using that word like an accessory and btw the first 알았어 being used there doesn’t even make sense in the context someone’s being a fauxpert here lol go back to craving Jay Park’s dick

[nappeuda-deactivated20200718]

seriously just listen to the first thirty seconds of ‘bae bae.’ 

“ 정신이 망신이야 홀렸어 네게 피가 한쪽으로 또 쏠렸어 네게 “

g-dragon obviously exaggerates the pronunciation of “네게” to the point where when i first heard it i seriously thought he said “n****a.” it’s completely unnecessary and ignorant tbh is he never going to run out of things to appropriate/exploit 

[lostintrafficlights]

My thoughts after watching Big Bang's godawful Bae Bae mv

1. Omg they totally used 네게 to sound like the N word what the fuck 2. Gratuitous appropriation of Black culture 3. Omg the lyrics are so fucking misogynistic “but you have to stay forever young and beautiful” fuck you 4. Lmao I love how GD’s slapping that plastic ass in the beginning but none of the white girls in that mv have an ass 5. Fuck white centric beauty standards and fuck putting white girls on a pedestal 6. They look ugly in hanboks rip it off

[offensivekpop]

Lee Seunghoon

Incles attack anyone who says anything about Lee Seunghoon colorist comments and makes black fans or fans with tanned skin feel they don't have the right to be offend by such comments other idols get dragged for it so should he this doesn't make me less of a fan but i'm not a delusional fan who's going to let problematic shit pass.

SH: "My real impression of Mino is... He had a little more physique as compared to now. The time when we met, Mino was rebellious." MH: Euk (laughs) (unconsciously lowers his head) SH: "He doesn't self manage and his skin was a lot darker than now... What should I say, it was horrible, horrible~ you started to diet from then on. How many kilograms have you lost?"

everyone out there KNOWS that Song Minho does NOT like to be called out for the topics TAN and WEIGHT. 

and then out WWIC Japan they asked him to draw MINO and he draw a black line...And friends don't try to make friends feel like they are underneath them so lets drop the there friends bullish.

I mean did you take nothing from what jyp said or did it go in one ear and out the other.

I'm referring to JYP speech when Lee Michelle got eliminated and Seunghoon made it to TOP4..

https://youtu.be/7Tqv3BDeLno?t=1m12s

He said, “I have one thing to tell Lee Michelle. I kept asking her (during our training) why she couldn’t clearly express her true feelings. But she just said, she couldn’t express herself because growing up she’s been hurt so many times by so many people.”

“I strongly believe that all the parents (in Korea) must continuously teach and educate their child not to make fun of someone, or make derogatory comments, just because of that person’s skin color or race. I wonder if there’s any other country than Korea that’s so close-minded and oppressed in that manner. And I would like to applaud Lee Michelle for overcoming all the barriers and showing a new possibility with her performance today.”

[shttlkng-deactivated20150817]

tmz did a really racist interview segment about EXID (see: http://www.koreaboo.com/news/tmz-does-disgustingly-racist-coverage-of-exid-at-lax-airport/) AND LOOK WHAT AMBER DID BLESS HER HEART 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[jongintuitive]

spread the fact that exp is part of a (completely gross, unethical, and artificial) experiment for someone’s thesis.  x

[black-kpop-fans]

I’m really tired and angry at the same time because i just saw this video and this is one reason i take some distance with kpop. I know korea is a far country where there are not many black people but to speak about skin every time… Oh my God… Lastly Chanyeol (AGAIN!!!) about the beautiful color of Kai and this video of Apink. I just want to say black women and women of colors all over the world you are beautiful… 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=131&v=t6150AeoiGY

Admin Edit:

girl what??????????

[black-kpop-fans]

Also in this video, 

Which reminded me of another APink incident:

It’s very frustrating to see so many times when a Korean person isn’t “fair skinned”, people call them Black, Indian, South American, etc. Not only does it simplify what it means to be one of those races or apart of one of those ethnicities/cultures, it pushes away Koreans from their own Korean identity. They can’t be Korean because Korean people are only one shade? Bullshit. These “jokes” are terrible and every time they’re told, it’s obvious it’s making someone uncomfortable and yet they continue.

[wolfmp3-archive-deactivated2015]

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