Black K-Pop Fans Call Out Weverse For Erasure

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Black K-Pop fans are calling out HYBE‘s Weverse for their recent article.

Weverse Magazine recently released an article titled “K-pop in America after BTS What’s the meaning of K-pop in the US these days?.” It highlights K-Pop in the U.S. after BTS‘s successes and cultural impact.

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Many ARMYs appreciated the article as it recognized BTS’s history-making achievements…

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Yet, many were upset and offended by the article, and for good reason.

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“K-pop in America after BTS What’s the meaning of K-pop in the US these days?” also talks a lot about diversity, providing statistics of people groups that listen to K-Pop. Asian, Hispanic or Latino, and White are the only ones mentioned, though. Black and Indigenous are both excluded.

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Likewise, later in the article, it talks about helping just white and Asian women “to build a positive self-image.” Again, Black and Indigenous are ignored as well as Hispanics this time. Yet, the entire paragraph is supposed to be about race and ethnicity.

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Naturally, Black Americans were upset reading the article recognizing the erasure of an entire demographic.

When the statistics provided in the article are added up, 21.2%, a large percentage, is unaccounted for. The math was certainly not mathing.

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It’s problematic enough that such a large portion of K-Pop fans was not recognized. But the fact that Black American music and culture have had such a huge influence on K-Pop makes it even more disrespectful.

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At this time, despite backlash and criticism, the article is still up and unedited, nor has an apology been issued.

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