FY! J-HOPE

Recently FY!JH has received a few of our followers’ complaints about sharing whitewashed fantaken images on the blog.

Whitewashing is an image altering technique which results in lightening the skin colour of a person in an image and, intentionally or not, sends out negative and hurtful colorist connotations. This is a common practice not just of the majority of idol fansites, but also of magazines, media outlets, and entertainment companies (eg. comeback teasers, profile images, etc). This poll concerns only fantaken images.

170613 BTS’ Tweet

마지막으로 태형이 호석이.. 4주년 감사합니다 여러분 🤢 pic.twitter.com/OR1dEsoQqd

Lastly Taehyungie and Hoseokie.. Thank you for the 4 years everyone 🤢

170613 J-Hope’s Tweet

#4yearsBTSwithARMY   #정국이가쏩니다   오늘 홈파티 기대해도 조아~ pic.twitter.com/ZgEJH3ZmTA

#4yearsBTSwithARMY #Jungkookie'sTreat Please look forward to the home party today~

Video translations: J: What is ‘Seoul Latte’? Staff: Have you ever tried (a drink) with Seoul Milk and Santa Fe coffee? J: No, I haven’t. Staff: Dutch coffee and…

Recently FY!JH has received a few of our followers’ complaints about sharing whitewashed fantaken images on the blog.

Whitewashing is an image altering technique which results in lightening the skin colour of a person in an image and, intentionally or not, sends out negative and hurtful colorist connotations. This is a common practice not just of the majority of idol fansites, but also of magazines, media outlets, and entertainment companies (eg. comeback teasers, profile images, etc). This poll concerns only fantaken images.