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Is it safe to assume that the couple in question is not from one of the big 3? You would think if it was one of them that they would be trying to keep it hush hush and pay off whoever wants to out the couple? Or am I mistaken?

The only mistake you’re making is expecting me to narrow down the options.

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About the Seventeen thing, I'm pretty sure he didn't mean to say the N word in that sort of sense... at first. Koreans do acrostic poems like that all the time (watch the scenes before/after the part where he says "ma naega" and you'll see what I'm talking about, you've probably seen other idols do the same thing on tv). It genuinely started off as him using his dialect, but the second time he said it and did hip-hop-esque gestures was definitely not the same.

(c) The explanation for the first time he said it is completely valid (I'm not from Daegu but I do have friends from that general area so I'm familiar with the speech) but the second time he says it he is DEFINITELY referring to the N word. Any other Korean who is trying to tell you otherwise is in denial.

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Me again, read some of the comments about my previous post and wanted to clear up a few things. First of all I'd like to say nice try to the user who tried to invalidate my identity by saying that the Korean on my blog is translator generated. Jokes on you because I run an exo blog and that is the korean title of one of exo's songs. Anyway, I'm going to explain my previous point a little more clearly and less angrily so maybe you will actually stop and think from a different perspective. (c)

(c) There was never any intent to "belittle" black culture in that post. It is just frustrating to see people get SO angry and SO worked up over every small thing that possibly involves another culture. When kpop idols wear gold chains, rap, wear cornrows, etc. there is not any malicious intent behind it. I don't understand how embracing a certain clothing style is "making a joke out of black culture" as some would say. Why is it a joke? If someone from say, Brazil, decides to wear Hanbok (c)

(c) I wouldn't be offended unless they showed outright disrespect for my culture. Most of the time idols aren't even trying to be offensive, they find "African American Hip Hop" style cool. If anything I think they look at it in a positive light. Most Koreans don't know about the black struggle, and expecting them to know about it is almost absurd in a country that has such a small foreign presence. Even Americans who live alongside black people don't know much about black culture. (c)

(c) So when people get mad because someone is wearing a grill or some silly shit like that, it irks me. Idols take waaaay more crap than they deserve for small things that are a result of their cultural upbringing. In Korea, people are more blunt when it comes to comments about appearances. Talking about weight is common, it's not really taboo the way it is in the west. So is the mention of skin color. Saying someones skin is light or dark is not meant to be malicious. Every time I go to (c)

(c) Korea I have people asking about my skin. Does that make them racist? Hell no. It's common talk. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that constantly reminding your friends of how dark they, chanyeol) but it's not something that is worth all the hooplah that it is given. Just because in KOREA light skin is glorified doesnt mean that Koreans think people who are dark are the scum of the earth. It's not even about race to begin with. We don't even really hold our beauty standards (c)

(c) on foreigners. It's not about race and it never has been. The "light skin is right" mentality exists in most ethnicities anyway; Koreans are just more vocal about it. Anyway, all I'm trying to say is that when you think of the things your idols say/do in a western mindset, you're probably going to be insulted by a lot of things. But remember that Korea is not the west, and Korean culture is vastly different from american culture. To hold those standards to them is almost unfair. (end)

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As someone who is Korean-African and has spent a large chunk of my life in Korea I honestly have to say that a lot of black kpop fans get way too uptight about "cultural appropriation" and the likes. Some of you seem like you want to burn folks at the stake because of something as simple as a hairstyle. If you think Korean idols will ever know/believe that what they are doing is "wrong" then you need to get a fucking grip. They are feeding into trends the way you do in your own country. (cont)

(c) The black side of me doesn't agree with some of the things that idols do, but the korean part of me knows better than to get angry and offended by it because they really don't know any better most of the time. Chill the fuck out.

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