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K-Pop and anti-Black Racism: Lee Gi-kwang (famous K-Pop artist) doing blackface.
I believe this video was aired in 2015 on South Korean live TV. In the video, famous K-Pop artist Lee Gi-kwang, a member of the boy group 'Beast,' is doing black face and also performs black caricatural acts such as eating a watermelon. K-Pop, and pop in general (and practically many other well-known music genres), is heavily inspired by African American music and culture. It's so disrespectful--on par with spitting on someone's face and slapping them--to be a K-Pop artist and doing blackface. Their revenue practically comes from the cultural appropriation of African American culture in which they give no credit to.
I don't know how this person still has fans, nor even has a career still. It's so disheartening to see. I am sure many of you have also seen former NCT member Mark Lee also proudly wearing a shirt with the Confederate flag on it. His main discography is quite literally rap ๐ญ, and he was born in Canada no less.
It's crazy how people excuse their disgusting racism with statements such as "they didn't know" or "they had no choice." Bruh if they didn't know then why is it so funny? The punchline is racism, particularly against black people. Like, do they not know how it feels to be discriminated against for genetic traits they had no decision in choosing at birth? It's human decency 101 this is unforgivable.
Anti-apartheid activists known as 'The Cradock Four' (Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto, and Sicelo Mhlawuli) were brutally murdered by the apartheid regime's security police on this day in 1985.
I remember this day clearly when @FloMasebe stood and presented her (our) case. Today, that ceiling we were trying to break through has now become the floor of another level. The fight continues and will be won. Thank you Khadzi, and to other thespians who continue to sacrifice their all for the benefit of South African artists.