Appropriation in K-Pop...? (Undergrad Capstone Project)

[@Kelisajanee]

Everybody wants our culture and style, but not our problems...period

[@Marie-cn9xq]

Kelis Ajanee SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE BACK

[@naaaaa266]

@James Henry Smith OMG shut the fuck up, when were white people of the us opressed?, we are talking about this minorities that struggled all the time because their culture "doesn't fit" and suffered all the time, and you're telling me that NOW they want ALL that things that they made us ashemed of

[@Kelisajanee]

@Sehun Min please delete this ignorant comment for your own good.

[@kajamilo7876]

No they don’t want your culture or style XD

[@kajamilo7876]

@ kpop is black culture ahhahaha, not everything is about them bby

[@kwood7582]

all the people who think I am "complaining about nothing" when I bring up this topic need to view this video. Its amazing, thank you

[@RobbieAtkinson_raytc]

My pleasure!

[@yasmins7172]

Black people do amazing things, but when others do it they’re praised so much. Honestly it’s not fair. Russel brand is right.

[@vivememorleti7117]

I wanted to first apologize for my bad English in my comment because it's not my native language so I'm sorry if you can't understand. But it bothers me too when people not only Koreans take black culture, but only the parts they like and disregard the black community. They don't include them in their music videos or even credit them. Or they don't find what they're doing offensive. I like the singer Dean a lot because he talks about being inspired by the black community and he obviously has shown favoritism for his black fans. But he stays respectful, and isn't out there wearing dreads and thinking he grew up in the hood. I think sometimes the Korean rappers only promote stereotypes of the black community. I like to sing and rap too, and I came from a not so good background, but I don't say I'm from the streets and that I hate police or that I do drugs. That's just stereotyping. I prefer to create my own music, but I am inspired by many black artists. However, I listen to their stuff, grab inspiration and then turn it off and create my own work instead of trying to imitate it. Sorry for long comment and if it doesn't make sense 😞

[@kaam..]

I was honestly disappointed when Dean got a grill

[@Cat-sh5kr]

there's this famous dude that makes grills for a lot of hip hop artists in america, he an old asian man

[@jang1463]

I feel like cultural appropriation is addressed appropriately for a lot of other cultures except for Asians. It's socially unacceptable to wear dreads and pretend to be rappers without really understanding black history or culture but butchering Korean and only caring about K-pop? No one really bats an eye other than K-pop fans that see through this BS. Orients just are "meant" to be fetishized at this point because of the influence of soft power from Japan/South Korea. Like I know it's hard for black people when people only appreciate the "fun" sides of black culture but do K-pop fans really care about the deep depressing history of Korea? No. Do they care about the soldiers that continue to be blown up or drown in ships today so Korea can be a free country and produce great quality entertainment like this? Likely not. If anything, I found K-pop fans are strangely more likely to be sympathetic towards the Japanese because they are tired of Koreans being "annoying" with the constant political battle. I understand how black people feel but black people must understand us as well. There has to be something mutual. I also came to realize that you can't sell something to a bunch of impressionable youths and call "cultural appropriation". Koreans don't inherently hate black people, it's just black people have naturally built up a negative image in Korea themselves. When black rappers come to Korea, most of the comments are extremely positive. It's how you present yourself man.

[@narcissistveina7958]

Not Mr. Friendly Would really love to know what type of music you're creating with that attitude.

[@RobbieAtkinson_raytc]

@Lauri London Thank you 🙂 I started a nonprofit that addresses racial trauma and racial literacy so I may continue dialogue on this subject matter through that.

[@tsin002]

As a Korean, I am grateful for black music. It certainly the foundation for Kpop!

[@johanruiz3422]

Half of it yeah

[@shooterforumji4891]

Did y’all hear about Henry and how in his music video he had Koreans in box braids and Afro ponytails, yet there were no African Americans in the video. In addition to that, in a statement he said that blackface was no different than wearing a blond wig from a Thor costume. He apologized but it was deleted

[@kaam..]

Whitney Titus if u recall correctly Henry is Canadian. So he is faulted

[@kaam..]

Whitney Titus Canada is the closest country culturally to America they have almost as much diversity and a lot of the sane pop culture. He has lived in a diversified country long enough that you can't just simply say "oh he didn't know" because he had every opportunity to know. He chose to be ignorant. Black face is a known evil in America and Canada and you can not equate it with blonde wigs. He was being ignorant on purpose.

[@kaam..]

Whitney Titus well than he was being blatantly racist is that better? Do you not have a better comeback or are you done defending him?

[@kaam..]

Whitney Titus I honestly don't give a shit about any of this I'm just saying that what he said was wrong, it was, and it would be perceived differently from someone who is completely ignorant about the ramifications of his words, but he isn't. He completely knew what he was saying and he most likely knows the history of black face to some extent and yet he still decided to say some dumb shit like that. It's not about being a victim it's about the fact that black people are deemed as ugly by these people and the braids and natural hair are deemed as unprofessional and dirty. To equate that with something that is socially acceptable like blonde hair. Let's not forget that compared to white people Koreans think we're poor, stupid, scary, and unattractive. Yet they borrow our culture. I don't have a problem with the borrowing per se. I just have a problem with the fact that they aren't always respectful about us. They want to be like us, but they don't want anything to do with us. That's a shame.

[@kaam..]

Whitney Titus it's disrespectful to his fans that are black...

[@euminkong84]

If hate is learned then hate must be unlearned.

[@RobbieAtkinson_raytc]

And that unlearning must be replaced with re-education.

[@lunathemoon64]

It's all about the understanding & respect. Clearly, BTS has it down.

[@JJ-cm6il]

moonsunxbp they didn’t at first💀

[@laylatf]

uhh no

[@lexi.0378]

Kpop Cancelorr yeah they didn’t at first but bc of ahl now they do

[@LadborkeSwaginton]

@@lexi.0378 they still don't

[@frog9340]

@@LadborkeSwaginton explain

[@SweetTea742]

I can't believe I'm only now seeing this video. You did an excellent job with the documentary, the narration, script, fluid flow of the video clips was on point girl! You got the message across as well without being offensive to anyone and you ended the video on a very light note instead of one which fuels hate. Great Job!!!

[@beaandsanghoon]

I loove the fact that BTS went around to learn black music by actually engaging with real people...!!

[@Awmsies]

Yet they're still repeat offenders

[@karneissiawest82]

@@Awmsies watch adeola ash video about bts

[@Awmsies]

@@karneissiawest82 I have.

[@karneissiawest82]

@@Awmsies I love bts but they ain’t no better either

[@Awmsies]

@@karneissiawest82 Yeah😕

[@fatumatabinta7633]

these type of videos deserve more views

[@latteknowsbest6365]

i feel like i just gained a brain cell lol

[@jeffvaswani]

Honestly , it’s disgusting in my opinion these young East Asian only copying black popular cultures pathetic they should add originality on themselves ..

[@stargazing6975]

jeff vaswani I HIGHLY agree. 100%

[@Imokayluv]

The definition of the Kpop genre is literally a mixture of western pop, hip hop, reggae, r&b, jazz, classical etc.. when I listen to Kpop, I hear a combination of many styles and genres from around the world. It's not like this fact is hidden. I don't really get what the problem is??

[@crazyeveryday955]

J Agreed

[@narcissistveina7958]

Sar you're very ignorant, It sounds like this doesn't even concern you. So please stay out of grow folks conversation.

[@doctoralias7943]

Totally. Really big losers !

[@desmondgatling7528]

Thank you for your video! I think this is a necessary perspective that will move the Kpop cultural appropriation debate forward. :)

[@RobbieAtkinson_raytc]

No problem--thanks for watching! If you can spark conversation then you've won half the battle! ^_^

[@kay2919]

Tbh their bashing some of us for simply liking k culture but you don't see us bashing them for liking black culture

[@bornagain388]

Bro whooooo said that. we bash those who protect their precios idols after doing something racist.

[@bornagain388]

Precious**

[@Shashi_pandey77]

@@bornagain388 not to be rude but dude you know you have an option to edit the comment??

[@myahstepney2888]

I got into Kpop because of BTS, I don't think they or any of the other artist mention set out to appropriate hip hop I just think they love it. And I liked that BTS company sent them the US to gain more knowledge about hip hop culture and what better way to learn than from real hip hop icons, I mean its something you love so why not . I feel like they only knew about artist that they idolized, idk anything about korean culture but I like Kpop, now I guess I should learn more about korea lol. But I liked the point you made and what I got from is that our people are more influential than we thought. So thank you

[@kizzysayers3443]

Bts whole debut was a rip of hip hop thank God they grew out of it

[@uhohave5366]

@Blinkeu FOREVER No but it was how they potrayed the hip hop concept.

[@uhohave5366]

@Blinkeu FOREVER Still cultural appropriation...

[@uhohave5366]

@Blinkeu FOREVER what does that have to do with your original comment about its not cultural appropriation...

[@MiSSK2078]

@@uhohave5366 Hun, does Jin dress the way he does in their first mv in real life? Absolutely not. Their style then was not a reflection of their personal style but a hip hop persona. Where does the hip hop persona come from black ppl? Therefore, it was an appropriation of someone else's culture. Heck, RM didn't know saying the n word was wrong. That's the def of ignorance and lack of knowledge. Let's say it was Indian culture and they wore Indian clothing as their style how weird would that be? They r neither Indians nor do they know Indian history. Black culture has become so popularised and mainstream that it has washed out the original history of hip hop, rap etc. Ppl out here wanting to wear durags but don't understand that our culture isn't some fashion tool but a practical head tie for black hair. I saw a black person react to their first video and they could pinpoint the exact origin of their style from black hip hop. I see so much stereotypical "black" acting by rappers in Kpop all the time. It's so cringe, they out here using a fake voice and personality that they think is cool and hip. Talking about the hood when they prob never stepped in the hood one day in their life. Cringe. I'm a BTS fan but I'm not a blind one.

[@MiaCarter7]

Really good! I bet you got an A on this project! Im glad that more Black people are speaking up about how cultural appropriation affects us!

[@Nicki-jk9th]

I think the only reason I got into kpop was the fact that they could sing R'nB But when I knew the industry was racist I gradually lost interest in kpop

[@juansecxiibihsenioorrr9764]

Videos like this won’t even get half a million view it’s sad black people don’t get their credit throughout history this happens not only music and dance the whole culture from head to toe even the soul

[@sasha5081]

I will say this about Gdragon. He’s very respectful and understanding of the culture. You even showed videos of him dancing with missy Elliot and other black background dancers. The first western artist he ever worked with was flo rida (african American). He demanded an entire black band to perform at his and Bigbang concerts and performances (the band is called the band six). He then asked them to work with blackpink as well. Look up on KZbin of the band six talking about gdragon. They also agreed with him being the king of kpop and talked about him with the most respect. Gdragons doesn’t have “one” style. All his music, hairstyles, and even clothing is always changing and very different. That’s why he’s known as one of the most versatile korean artists ever. He was “inspired” by wutang clan to rap. It’s not appropriation, because appropriation is used in a negative light. If it’s appropriation , then Eminem and BTS culture appropriate because they rap too.

[@sasha5081]

Robbie Atkinson ah, I see that now, but you only vocally mentioned what bts did...twice. I thought you u vocally give more examples of certain individuals. Plus, gd and Taeyang are very close and have similar tastes. And you added a lot of a lot of performances that had gd and Taeyang in it, so I thought you were grouping them together. But even with Taeyang, being a Nigerian woman myself, I honestly feel like he had good intentions with what he said. As I said again, appropriation is used in a negative light. He’s mentioned numerous times how much black artists have inspired him, and he’s never tried to pass off what he does as his “own” (which would have been straight up appropriation if he did that). As what you said in the video, he even said “black” genes, which is giving credit and appreciation for the black culture, with a small joke because he said genes. I think he was very honest for what he said, cause most people wouldn’t have said that. I could see how what he said looks bad, if you view it in a negative light, but I don’t think what he said was bad considering his intentions.

[@peaceminusone6580]

Yeah i agree with you...i have seen comments in some videos like how gd does black face and stuffs and never apolosized...i mean he has nevr hurt anyone right...coppying what they do is not appropriation....people need to learn that..

[@sasha5081]

Ari Kato when has gd done black face?

[@justice.01997]

@@sasha5081 he painted his whole face black for Halloween i think.ans Taeyang used a kanye west filter and said happy monkey new year....yeah ita not looking to good.

[@sasha5081]

Jessica G Taeyang been apologize for that. And he posted that during the year of the monkey, according to the Chinese calendar. He said it was a misunderstanding and sincerely apologized. You gonna hold that over his head the rest of his life? He looks up to Kanye. And who painted their face black for Halloween? Gd or Taeyang?

[@SallieAndrea]

I love this. It clears a lot of misconceptions of cultural appropriation

[@lluvlunar]

did y’all see that video of JYP dancing to something n behind him were a whole bunch of asian people doing blackface? every single one of them was doing it.

[@bbi2.052]

When I first heard of the BTS were kidnapped by black people prank, i was F'en disappointed like TF?? Like black people already have a terrible stereotypes and reputation to other races, what was BH trying to do, add to the fire?? Make BTS afraid of Black people or what? It was me embarrassed and disappointed as a black person to watch it 🚶🏾....

[@catcat-nv8rc]

I remember seeing the video (not the official video ) the comment section were filled with ‘black people are scary’ , ‘ don’t let them come to Korea ‘ , ‘ I hate black men’ , ‘ they are dangerous’. Like wth .

[@bbi2.052]

@@catcat-nv8rc ikr?? Black people can never catch a break.... 🙄...

[@bbi2.052]

@Madison Willis same

[@internationalseagull7216]

Honestly I hated that video because they looked really scared but still at the end it was just a joke. Not everyone thinks black people are scary.

[@RIQS-f8u]

Yes you right, it's a prank but actually Not funny

[@valochedesigns]

What a great video. Very insightful, and expresses very well with sound arguments everything I think about K-pop. Cultural appropriation is a complex topic and most people don't seem to understand it. There is nothing wrong with appreciating another culture or borrowing from it- it all depends of context. But I feel it becomes really problematic in the commercial sphere, where capitalism reduces/ strips everything cultural to its barest denominators for profit. It raises ethical questions when related to art forms such as hip-hop because these are not just music or a fashion style but a movement, a way of life. This should get more views!

[@melatrudes]

This video!! You hit everything on the head, gosh I really hope things improve within the Kpop scene

[@Alexandriappanimomo]

Bless you for educating the public!!!

[@nikibronson133]

The last party video where you explain how cultural appropriation can be curbed that's just cultural appropriation from two cultural appreciation they need appreciation not appropriation in your video is absolutely amazing but these are just a few people in such a vast Market I think the reason why BTS is getting big here is because they went through that training and they started to gain more respect from the music industry here in the United States

[@suzethdiaz8741]

Such a good video.Thank you so much for making it.

[@gentlyyhaven]

What they don’t realise is that their music (kpop) is built off the backs of are people

[@eyeatedissht]

I like that you are talking about this topic even if your voice is very smooth like go sis we love a smoth but educational queeb

[@o.m9514]

3:08 lol, perfect example! In those simple words, "What does turn up mean...?"

[@tisbutascratch2045]

I know this video was made a while ago but it still has relevance. But for me personally I think we need to cut South Korea some slack because their music only really became popular on an international level a few years ago and there's still a lot for them to learn about Western and African music genres and styles. Really, in order to get a good understanding of the racial tension and past musical history in countries in North America and Europe, you have to be raised there because it's honestly such a huge and deep seated issue. I don't mind them incorporating black and white style into their videos but I just think they should know where these genres first emerged. They're only getting more aware with time though, so I see some exciting new international music collabs in the future.

[@ClayMastah344]

FreedomWriter they’re not infants like everyone makes them out to be. They’re not some isolated country. They don’t need any more slack. If they want to get popular internationally then they have to get smarter than this.

[@tisbutascratch2045]

I understand your point, but at the same time I think we have to realize that Korea was an almost completely homogeneous society until the last 20 years. They never had to worry about offending someone else's culture because there was only one culture that existed there; Korean. Even today Korea is almost 90-95% Korean and they're only now learning about the complexities of living in a multicultural society. I think the fact that Korea has incorporated Western style and music into their daily lives is a good start to understanding new cultures, but these things take time. I mean half of these idols haven't even seen a white or black person in their entire lives, let alone understand their cultures. We have to be patient and try to teach Koreans about our cultures, rather than force these changes on their people. They'll learn about us with time. Until then we just need to encourage them to understand the origins of these styles and allow them to explore our cultures themselves. I wouldn't take offense to any of the insensitive things these idols do towards western culture because they honestly don't know.

[@priscilla8068]

5 years later and nothing has changed. If anything, they're more sneakier with their ways because they know people will be outraged. But for the most part, they haven't learned anything and they still don't give a damn about the people who inspired their music unfortunately.

[@o.m9514]

Oh wow, you're probably the first person to ever talk about this.

[@shamsom]

1:35 the confederate flag😱😱

[@osteikaBLACKSWANjoseph]

It really makes me upset how they can us our stuff but we still not appreciated. They use our culture for their fuckkng stuff yet we are still seen in a bad light.

[@lyfewithIzzy]

I keep saying, if you don’t support their music, buy their merchandise, go to their concert, you will definitely see a shift in their attitude and the way they they do things differently

[@npcimknot958]

not having ' black people' well the same could be said when rap takes ideas of kung fu and chinese culture.. but people say its because what they grew up with and they idolize and love kung fu, bruce lee, etc.. so thats not appropriation. But a lot of young gen have grown up with hip hop, rap.. etc.so wouldnl't it be the same thing? When i hear rap song , movies etc, mixing kungu with karate, etc.. most people aren't here to harm.. people are being influenced

[@juskheblot6422]

That comment doesn't make sense... what impact has knowledge of Kung fu e.t.c had on how Asians are accepted around the world? What about hip hop and black people? Think.

[@BlackGirlLovesAnime6]

But the difference is that black artists incorporate Asians into their asian concept videos and we don't act like the asian culture is their own.

[@Rtraywick812]

Africans created Martial (Montu)arts if you didnt know kzbin.info/www/bejne/en6oZ4StbpZnmaM

[@eloise.jackson9832]

He was a trendsetter for the world

[@BrianaChavez13]

This video was awesome it showed not only the process needed but also the progress made! Thank you

[@shanaforbes6447]

There is a young miss who has her channel on KZbin ( cannot remember the name of the channel). She visits south Korea frequently and she spoke about some of her racist experiences there. She spoke about some of the night clubs there. They are barring black ppl from entering but yet they play black ppl music inside these clubs. Overall, though, there are things to be ironed out ,I am proud that our style and music can be shared and use as an upliftment to other races including Asians. They, however, should correct the racial biases- those who are doing it and show respect and appreciation for black people and our history and present lives as human beings.

[@nataliekarawusa5679]

this is reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyy good keepp ih yuuuuuuup

[@RobbieAtkinson_raytc]

Thnx ^_^

[@Boonies]

They can never outdo the doer, but i congratulate them on their success using black culture

[@itsjiminsnonexistentjams1221]

Well if we gonna talk about kpop being disrespectful towards culture I’m throwing exo right tf in lol

[@phillynana]

This video is amazing... especially the end!!!

[@ata4ya]

This was wonderful! I hope you got an A on your capstone!

[@greenapple8883]

Very good video, I appreciate your work on this!

[@misterx4757]

Thanks for sharing this. Very insightful

[@anonymous-ll4qm]

ok that reporter got me so annoyed. wth do races have to do with talentttt

[@nunyaluv8193]

you'd be suprised, a lot

[@SonGoku-em1go]

The world doesn't move without black creativity 🙌🏿🙌🏾❤

[@awesome1990s]

This was a wonderful video

[@VampireLilith322]

Turn up mean getting drunk. Its can mean other things to different countries.

[@whoareyou6821]

Y’all heard Jennie dating Gdragon not the person who did black face🤣😭

[@OoOocafe]

I don't get what's wrong with liking Michael Jackson and doing his moves cuz when someone does that everyone knows that they are doing his moves and it keeps his legacy alive but apart from that the prblm isn't just in Korea its in almost asian countries like for eg their are rappers in Russia india korea and in a lot of MVs they act thug wear gold chains and have a certain body language and the problem with Korea is their extreme ignorance cuz u may have hear all press is good press but that's not in Korea kpop idols get kicked out of groups over the smallest negative attention kpop idols and most Koreans are just ignorant they just know about the surface of a culture not just black but all cultures they appropriate all of them middle Eastern middle black ...

[@Skw1813]

Genuinely curious, does the idea of “cultural appropriation” only work one way? Because the same can be said on the flip side as well. To this day Asians are not allowed within Black Music, but aspects of Asian culture are used all the time. Do you feel the same about acts like the Wu Tang Clan as well?

[@pilarrivera2547]

you say asians "aren't allowed" but they are and are profiting right in front of your face, look at jay park or ANY top kpop group. it's built on black culture

[@Skw1813]

@@pilarrivera2547 The idea of cultural appropriation is bogus simply due to the fact that by definition everyone does it, including the black community(s). Culture is a product of the environment that you were raised, and the mannerisms you pick up along the way. You stick Tarzan in the jungle, he’s gonna adapt to his surroundings. We are all influenced by each other’s cultures and when people try to gate-keep that’s where the problems start. I was more or so just pointing out the double standard that seems to exist. People should keep the same energy when the topic of cultural appropriation comes up. When it seems that the conversation is very one sided, it takes all the credibility out of the argument. As far as Asian being allowed in the culture. You would find it very difficult to name an Asian artist that is both successful and more or so accepted by western society. There are a few half Asians but they almost need to hide the fact that they are Asian to get a pass.

[@RIQS-f8u]

@@Skw1813 make sense

[@ronikadeng5001]

ppl only appreciate what we have. But fail to respect us for what we are

[@ericsamuelaguirre5709]

K-Pop is mostly surface without content. They took the whole story out of the equation and stuck with appearance.

[@Pearlebaby]

appropriating? ??? half of their producers and writers are black.... like some of the most prominent in hip-hop and r&b.... but that other stuff is ridiculous and ignorance

[@dl505lh]

I highly doubt even half of their producers and writers are black.

[@ClayMastah344]

You’re full of shit. Prove it. I doubt that as well.

[@kaam..]

Laila a lot of the time they buy sample tracks from black artist especially SM for example look up the original track for f(x) 4 walls and NCT Cherry bomb

[@Imokayluv]

Right? Even BTS came to America to learn from hip hop artists and became very good friends with them.

[@npcimknot958]

ya there are a lot of american writers and composer as well as european artist.

[@nkzthat6918]

I was shaking fro the oh happy day I was like no no no no no no no

[@desireecaprice3330]

Great video!

[@SleepyAntASMR]

BTS know they stuff tbh 😂

[@DidixGil]

This video is amazing!!!

[@warriorforgod5949]

I was Michael Jackson's fan, practice, a moonwalk, I never thought I have to learn about black culture for this. Black people sold their album to make money and people bought them. Now, others selling their album for a same reason but, some people are saying, you have to learn black culture and they are making money? Should we say, before you sell your album, you have to know our culture first or else, you just want to make money?

[@shanece722]

I lost braincells reading that

[@warriorforgod5949]

@@shanece722 When some say, stuff like, "I lost brain cells reading that," only shows how uneducated they are (Brain cells can not be lost by reading, also, as a figure of speech, it's just bad.) It's just an opinion without any intellects. Therefore, how can he/she claim that they lost brain cells, a while he/she is making an uneducated and a nonintellectual opinion. But, it is typical, for uneducated, low IQ person to make this type of comment.

[@charmainelogo3256]

@@warriorforgod5949 I think it was sarcasm love you sound like the kid who reminds the teacher we have homework in class 🥱🥱🥱😂😂

[@warriorforgod5949]

​@@charmainelogo3256 "I think it was sarcasm love you sound like the kid who reminds the teacher we have homework in class"

[@charmainelogo3256]

@@warriorforgod5949 hmm yeah when the teacher is gonna send y’all off to home and forgets to give u homework but that one idiot wants to remind them cause they love ruining peoples days🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ I read clearly

[@kys8528]

Jennie said the n word lisa mouthed the n word

[@jatkinson6843]

Love the #voice over!

[@Pearlebaby]

but this good though

[@RobbieAtkinson_raytc]

Pearle J Thanks! 😄 Share it with as many as you can!

[@xia2830]

it's Inspiration not appropriation.

[@RobbieAtkinson_raytc]

If you really admire those who inspire you then do your research about what shaped them--including their history and the culture they were surrounded by. Don't just copy them because you'll deal with the consequences of public scrutiny if you're not careful.

[@charmainelogo3256]

Not inspiration babes

[@sailorvegan4654]

El problema no es que corea no se educa sobre la cultura negra corea no se educa sobre ninguna cultura, estoy cansada del "latin concept " siempre hacen lo mismo, vestidos rojos, guitarras y una que otra palabra en español

[@RobbieAtkinson_raytc]

Si! Pienso que en hoy en dia la educacion de cultura es tan importante y desfortunadamente parece que casi nunca estan creyendo de esas cosas...

[@fanxxxy4997]

Corea no es el único país que no se educa sobre los rasgos peculiares de cada cultura: un latino promedio no puede diferenciar entre un suizo, un francés o un belga, un europeo o norteamericano tampoco diferencia claramente entre lo que es chino, japonés o coreano. Existen alrededor de 20 países que hablan el castellano, es difícil diferenciar entre cada una de nuestras culturas mientras que la mayor parte del tiempo nosotros pecamos designando de chinos a todos los que poseen rasgos orientales sin pensar que sus idiomas y costumbres son distintas.

[@sailorvegan4654]

@@fanxxxy4997 Estas describiendo las apariencias de la gente yo estoy hablando de cultura no de como se ven

[@neweraboss5728]

they take the best parts of hip hop and rnb and leave out the worst parts...which is the lyrics...lyrics about sex, drugs, alcohol, and booty. thanks for making this video.

[@lloydjames1751]

Booty? I've seen so many sexualised KPOP videos. Don't lie. Plus dancing around in skimpy school uniforms which is like pedophilia

[@edgesidontknowher4997]

Have you SEEN, khiphop? LMAO.

[@kooma7190]

Shit, if you all think this is cultural appropriation, I'm going to throw a fit the next time I see a non-Asian using chopsticks.

[@mangasforlife7794]

That's stupid , if i follow what you said asian people shouldn't use forks , knife, ans spoon as well 😒😒

[@charmainelogo3256]

Yeah that was dumb because no one is ripping off Asian culture with chopsticks or getting better pay for using that and more adoration dumbest thing I’ve heard but ok

[@mangasforlife7794]

@@charmainelogo3256 thank you so much

[@Abel_Makkonen_Tesfaye-0]

This how I Act Thats a fact

[@shilalove3631]

Honestly it is simple, if you don't want to get hated for loving a Korean culture don't hate Koreans for loving your culture. You go around saying they don't know the history of black culture, well Korean culture has it's own history as well, tragic history and good history but you wouldn't care. And some saying "but why is it not okay if white wear it." Its okay, but just too many white artist changing the culture to a different name, that it is risky to let white wear it. Koreans are raised with respect of culture more, so its not something they can do easily. And those saying 'they wear black culture but don't have black people in music video." Dude! Come on! And to those saying "They always act like thug if they are hiphop, it gives wrong reputation to black." Hmm excuse me.. Last time I check, hiphop has always been talking about ass, Bitch and acting like a thug. Its just like saying "you can do ballet without wearing bellringer cloth. Sadly, but being a tug, cursing is the hiphop culture. It is what black themselves portrayed. My own worries is " if you ever put a black person, don't only put us in thug video kpop idol, that shit is your choice to be thug.

[@RobbieAtkinson_raytc]

truthhurts bitches I actually hate when Americans borrow from other cultures and do it ignorantly. Seen it way too often. Nothings wrong with loving a culture but if you love it, at least understand it. As for stereotypical representation, figured music videos are at least a start for Korea when familiarizing themselves with the concept of inclusion. Then that can be diversified to better representation. Yeah. Some black artists fit into the destructive, degrading mold that the entertainment industry has already established for them. Some don't.

[@Yes-bn6yy]

Is that a confederate flag lmao 1:35

[@eloise.jackson9832]

No you learn to respect and learn not learn the stereotypes.

[@vroomy619]

ye are gods and ye are the salt of the earth

[@imalexaliaandkpopsnatchedm7948]

Ummmmm taeyang i think your african roots are showing

[@felitzitasmay6257]

who tf is taeyang??

[@snatchingeveryone4929]

Ahead of its time

[@cassy9330]

I saw your video and I truly think that people who think like you don't have culture tbh live your life and leave them because I don't see them disrespecting anybody and I don't see the point of doing this video, first speak about those white people trying to be black for example saying nigga or starting to say that they behave like black by listening to rap or hip-hop songs and swear a lot or fighting or joining gangs , those type of people are disrespecting black culture, second, they can wear whatever they want as we live in a free world. You can buy any shirt or clothes you want and wear them but don't disrespect the culture of others that is what they do, I never saw gdragon saying that he wants to be black so he would be a better rapper or taeyang that I want to be black or tan his skin darker, taeyang has a dark skin since day 1 and he always wear this type of clothes since day 1 look his audition and YOU will see. And even dreads they can wear it what is your problem. I am a black African ok I was born in Africa and I live in England and I don't mind about what they do since they never offended my culture, at contrary I like that the do a good music and consider this culture so I don't want to disrespect you but this video made me so mad that I want to block it so u don't upload it again because you are encouraging an unnecessary hate between black and Koreans that is showing how racist you are and please don't tell me that you don't wear wig because that is a cultural appropriation as well by copying white culture so stfu please and do other type of video

[@feminine8766]

I think you should stfu and she is not saying that Koreans are racist she is trying to educate and talk about the problem and if you can’t handle this type of videos then don’t watch it you dumb ass

[@Starlett68]

You can disagree with the video without being disrespectful.

[@bruceim3290]

Everybody got 2arms 2legs dance always have some similarities unless somebody has 3armand 3legs

[@RobbieAtkinson_raytc]

Ain't nothing wrong with that. These artists literally mentioned Michael Jackson as a source of inspiration for their videos in various interviews though, so I thought that was pretty cool.

[@agarjakendu]

Using that logic it is inevitable that a random tribe in the Amazon that has never interacted with the world will start twerking and making hip hop videos. Think.

[@wcp4jc]

@@agarjakendu they're offended, so they're not thinking, but it's ok for them to be offended and validated but not for us.

[@Claykidx]

Beautiful

[@youngbae3966]

Honestly the only kpop group that did cultural appropriation is Big Bang they never stole nobody’s sound or copied their original

[@BB4ever]

Seriously only bigbang....you must be joking

[@bluetc1474]

Upload more videos ;)

[@swanrene.-.770]

I LOVE YOU

[@heekheejins1368]

LOONA did it the correct way.

[@mirellenada7943]

How?

[@warriorforgod5949]

So, where are home grown Asian Americans music artists at Grammy, billboards, and etc? If black people are so inclusive? Your video is so thoughtless.

[@warriorforgod5949]

@@RobbieAtkinson_raytc There is no anger here. Just pointing out the hypocrisy and, a ridiculous claim. They want to be inclusive yet, they do not even care about Asian community. Yet,, they want a credit because, K pop is doing well. We all share and use other people's cultures. All black people have done was sold music records to Korean people. That's it. They made money off it. And, the rest was done by Korean K pop artists and, others.

[@felitzitasmay6257]

Black people most certainly do not run the Grammys my friend

[@warriorforgod5949]

@@felitzitasmay6257 For sure, they are part of the Grammy. People shouldn't complain and, cry over ridiculous claims. Especially, when they are not being inclusive to others. If you want to complain about other people using black cultures; then, don't use other cultures as well, if you want to complain about black people are being exclusive by others, then, first to be inclusive to others (Show them what is right.).