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Welcome to Africa True Story in todays video we will look at how K-pop and the dissolution of Racism and Cultural appropriation of AfricansK-pop is Stealing

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/arts/music/crush-racism-kpop.html
Melissa Limenyande, 29, a Black South African who also teaches in South Korea, said she believed Crush's explanation that he had acted out of concern for fans' safety. At the same time, she

https://uproxx.com/pop/k-pop-cultural-appropriation-black-music/
Now, keep that same energy and call out K-pop and the cultural appropriation by Asian musicians who profit from Black culture while being anti-Black. 🤷🏿‍♀️ — Ola Ojewumi (@Olas_Truth

https://annenberg.usc.edu/news/research-and-impact/rethinking-k-pop-industrys-silence-during-black-lives-matter-movement
As nationwide protests against police violence and racial inequality continue in the U.S., K-pop fans, famous for their social media savvy, are using their collective power to rally around the Black Lives Matter movement. K-pop stands for Korean popular music. So far, fans have crashed police department apps and co-opted hashtags. This highlights the subversive tools that have

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj4byd/kpop-bts-black-lives-matter-george-floyd-protests-racism
Korean American rapper Jay Park also donated $10,000 to the movement, while band MONSTA X and MAMAMOO member Hwasa spoke out against racism in their social media accounts. Rapper Tiger JK, one of

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52996705
K-pop artists' and fans' support for the Black Lives Matter movement has attracted attention. Amid ongoing protests in America against racism and police brutality, a global legion of K-pop fans

https://theconversation.com/rethinking-the-k-pop-industrys-silence-during-the-black-lives-matter-movement-141025
With K-pop's growth into a $5 billion global industry, Korean entertainment companies' collective silence on Black Lives Matter seems to be less of a viable option when issues of racism and

https://www.cbc.ca/music/bts-is-making-grammy-history-will-it-pave-the-way-for-racial-diversity-in-k-pop-1.5938923
Big Hit made a statement last year acknowledging the ever-present link between K-pop and Black artists in an article they produced discussing BTS's odds of winning a Grammy. In it, they argue that

https://news.yale.edu/2023/08/21/rise-k-pop-and-what-it-reveals-about-society-and-culture
August 21, 2023. Initially a musical subculture popular in South Korea during the 1990s, Korean Pop, or K-pop, has transformed into a global cultural phenomenon. Characterized by catchy hooks, polished choreography, grandiose live performances, and impeccably produced music videos, K-pop — including music by groups like BTS and BLACKPINK

https://www.kuow.org/stories/a-look-at-k-pop-s-black-american-influence-and-activism-during-black-lives-matter
Anderson has been researching how Black American culture has a significant influence on K-pop music at large. When K-pop first began, groups drew on hip-hop and R&B artists of the 1990s, she says

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/30/entertainment/bts-racial-discrimination-scli-intl/index.html
K-pop stars BTS have spoken out about their own experience with racial discrimination in the wake of rising anti-Asian violence in the US. ... In June 2020 the group made a $1 million donation to

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/k-pop-fans-defuse-racist-hashtags
This week, thousands of K-pop stans —the passionate, Web-literate followers of bands such as BTS, BLACKPINK, Monsta X, GOT7, and others—have been steadily defusing racist hashtags by flooding

https://www.stonehill.edu/news/details/exploring-race-and-racial-solidarity-through-k-pop/
Exploring Connections to Other Social Justice Movements. The conversations that the team has had with their subjects have enabled the researchers to assess whether fans of Korean media are more likely to support the #StopAAPIHate campaign.They have also examined whether fans have a favorable view of the Black Lives Matter movement, as K-pop borrows from Black culture.

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/bts-kpop-black-lives-matter-hashtag-1234625436/
The day after K-pop fans took over racist hashtags, BTS has issued a statement saying that it "stands together" against racial discrimination. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV

https://fsi.stanford.edu/news/it%E2%80%99s-time-k-pop-stars-speak-out-human-rights
Indeed, while outspokenness on hot-button societal issues has become ubiquitous among American celebrities - who voice their thoughts on causes ranging from the war in Ukraine to Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ+ rights, and climate change - the social media accounts of Korean idols cultivate squeaky-clean images rather than broach subjects that

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/7/1/are-k-pop-and-bts-fans-a-new-force-for-social-justice
1 Jul 2020. Save articles to read later and create your own reading list. Amid Black Lives Matter protests in the United States, K-pop fans are being hailed as a new force in politics and social

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/separate-equal-rules-american-music-awards/
The face of pop music is changing. As the biggest boy band in the world, BTS has been dominating music charts and selling out tour dates. They are the first group since the Beatles to earn three

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/06/twitter-k-pop-protest-black-lives-matter/612742/
And on Saturday, the group and its label Big Hit Entertainment revealed a $1 million donation to Black Lives Matter. "The fandom has been moving, the fandom has been donating, the fans have been

https://www.grammy.com/news/bts-makes-statement-support-black-lives-matter
Ana Monroy Yglesias. | GRAMMYs / Jun 4, 2020 - 09:39 pm. Today, June 4, K-pop superstars BTS shared a statement of solidarity with the Black community. In a tweet shared with their 26.2 million followers, written in both Korean and English, they said, "We stand against racial discrimination. We condemn violence.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/k-pops-bts-calls-end-rising-anti-asian-racism-says-it-suffered-racist-abuse-2021-03-30/
South Korea's K-pop music group BTS called on Tuesday for an end to anti-Asian racism and said it had also suffered racist abuse which had made them feel powerless and hurt their self esteem.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BreadTube/comments/ya5q96/kpop_is_stealing_black_culture_making_billions/
K-pop is Stealing Black Culture Making Billions While Still Being Racist Towards Africans - 2nacheki Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. ... Feels weird to say "black culture" (an African colonial diaspora thing) and also "Africans" (which isn't usually thought of as "black" culture since the homogeneity

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/5-k-pop-idols-who-were-held-accountable-for-their-racial-remarks/ar-AA1e0L9n
1) KISS OF LIFE's Julie. One of the most recent racist remarks made by K-pop idols is the just-debuted K-pop girl group, KISS OF LIFE. While it hasn't even been over a week since their debut

https://highschool.latimes.com/cypress-high-school/opinion-dont-be-fooled-k-pop-is-drowning-in-racism/
According to a survey done by the Women Migrants Human Rights Centre of Korea, nine in 10 Koreans accept that "general racism exists in South Korea". The prevalent racism already sets a hostile tone for the black community, and the K-Pop industry is a prime example of it. When K-pop idols take part in Black culture, it's seen as a trend