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where ? This is fandom hearsay. I don't recall them apologising, they just avoided doing it again. I think they apologized for the photoshoot in the memorial, that's all (and it was just a short weverse notice, not proper apology) .

I don't think they are racist, as in hating or mocking the black community, they just are ignorant. They grew up listening to black artists and thought they were cool. Their appreciation is on surface level, they did not study black US history. People who think they are some kind of exceptionally "good" people (or feminists, or progressive activists or particularly educated or particularly considerate) are delusional. They are average Korean guys who have been told to avoid this or that for their target audience, or been told to wear this or that to look cool and trendy.

Arirang is definitely proof HYBE hasn't learnt anyway, with all the AAVE, and the trailer whitewashing Howard University. But I bet none of the BTS members knows Howard is an HBU, or even that HBUs even exist.

And I totally agree with you.

Being an ARMY (still), I feel like people tend to protect these artists more than necessary. But I must say, regarding the facts you cited in your post—which are 100% true—it’s been seen in many of their later interviews and exclusive messages that they have come forward, acknowledged their mistakes, and apologised for most of them. For what they haven’t, we can easily assume that the company may be at fault for encouraging or allowing such actions.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean they are the purest, most genuine, and legendary artists.

The recent controversy involving the entirety of K-pop turning a blind eye to the message behind Breast Cancer in the 2025 campaign shocked many fans worldwide, didn’t it? And moments like that are exactly why blind support becomes a problem.

I remember posting about it on Weverse so the artists would notice, and even writing to individual members hoping they’d respond. But other fans seemed more focused on how good the artists looked—sharing clips, pictures, and comments about interactions between members of different groups.

In the end, I’ve realised that all we can do is stop ourselves from getting so consumed by a fandom that we start overlooking things that matter—and even praising them in the process. I’ve learnt that. I hope others do too. And I’m not just talking about BTS.

Even now, I still listen to ARIRANG and would love to attend a concert—but that comes purely from enjoying their music.

And yes, I can’t ignore the positive influence they’ve had.

I just hope they stay genuine, learn from their mistakes, and set the same example for their fans.

Because support should never come at the cost of awareness!!

this is a great example of what a bts fan should look like. acknowledging what they've done and holding them to it but still listening to their music is completely fine. i do it with some artists myself. for some situations, separating the art from the artist is perfectly fine.

so not only has bts done countless racist things like wearing braids, saying the n word, using aave, etc., but it's also recently come to my attention that they've mocked r*pe/sa in one of their songs. in their song intro: skool luv affair, one of the lyrics is "you know that her refusals and bad words could never stop me"... can we not see the problem with this or is it just me ? and not only that but in that same song intro the next line it says "they could never r*tard me" which if you didn't know, the censored word is a slur.

and their fans just don't care. i saw a whole post dedicated to people saying "bts r*ping me isn't a nightmare, it's my dream" like what. in what world is that ok to say? real victims of r*pe and sa struggle every single day and are severely affected by their trauma and some army's are out here fantasizing about that happening to them by their favs. it's just weird and disturbing.

yes, obviously it's not every single army and i know that, but the ones who just sit there and say nothing about it and defend bts even though they know they've done messed up things are just as bad as the ones who say the messed up things.

also not to mention bts still does racist stuff that isn't as obvious as wearing braids or saying the n word but it's still just as bad. you guys are just turning a blind eye to it because they're your favs. it's gross and isn't something to be proud of.