r/SubredditDrama • u/NotFrenchCanadian • Jul 13 '16
A Korean pop idol singer drops the n bomb. Does that make him racist? /r/Kpop discusses
Is it okay as long as he isn't using the hard r?
https://np.reddit.com/r/kpop/comments/4sl6yc/got7s_bambam_says_nword_at_la_party/d5a6mcm
SJW accusations abound the thread this evening, "putting in work"!
https://np.reddit.com/r/kpop/comments/4sl6yc/got7s_bambam_says_nword_at_la_party/d5abi4p
Drama fresh out the kpop factory
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u/eridanambroa Jul 13 '16
is it bad i held my breath as i opened the links bc i hoped to god it wasn't my ultimate bias?
but oh boy something i can actually comment on that i have absolute 100% experience with being black AND a kpop fan.
it's like (for people who don't follow the scene) rlly common for idols to make a sort of ... anti black/racist/stereotypical comment. i think g dragon from bigbang is kind of the poster boy for it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TKD03uPVD-Q this is their song "bae bae" and GD drops it twice. bigbang is rlly good too, they've been around for 10 years. i recently started listening to them, like a year or so ago. i only listen to them still bc of T.O.P. his voice is so deep i love it
but yeah, i don't think idols will ever learn they can't say it at all /: it'll be a miracle tbh. i just have to steer clear and make sure they never end up on my bias list
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Jul 14 '16
Big bang in general have always had a hip-hop/urban influence in their fashion. I remember when GD came out with Heartbreaker and his look was more alternative for a while, but he's gotten back to that streetwear look.
I loved big bang since like middle school (and taeyang will always be bae <3) so I don't want it to look like I'm a attacking them but Paul Mooney said it best
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u/appropriate_name Jul 13 '16
you know hes saying an actual korean word right?? it sounds like he exaggerated it intentionally but just in case you didnt know hes not literally saying it lol
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u/dirtygremlin Jul 13 '16
So, are you the embodiment of that r/t_d meme with the guy sweating over which button to push? Seriously though, I feel your pain. I had a small breakdown when I found out Beck was a Scientologist.
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u/Statoke Jul 13 '16
I have a hard time believing bambam does not know the significance behind word
I'm just wondering, do Koreans know how bad the word is?
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u/mikerhoa Jul 13 '16
Maybe one day this word (and way too many others) won't have the inexplicable amount of power over us the way they do, but today is not that day.
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u/YungSnuggie Jul 13 '16
asians in cali say nigga all the time
i really dont have an opinion on it even as a black dude but its pretty common tbth
honestly you're not going to get as much vitriol when another minority says it vs. when a white person says it, due to the history of the word and the power dynamic. from my personal POV its been more of a "white people cant say it" rather than a "only black people can say it." hence Hispanics using it with impunity more often than not
but then again, I'd wager hispanics get a pass because they're very connected to black people and we all live in the same neighborhood. the relationship between blacks & asians isn't a ironclad as the relationship between blacks and hispanics.
there's also a huge difference between calling a black person a nigga vs. calling someone else a nigga. if its you and your homies black people aren't gonna jump a fence and beat you up for using it amongst yourselves.