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Recent JPN Teen Magazine Situation

when i first saw the translations of the new jpn teen magazine hereΒ i saw ppl being upset (which i dont blame) but i already knew right away it was fishy and figured those are all old interviews/festa from the past. and looking into it, i was right lmao, so no we gonna go into the details right now and compare the old to the new

part 1. sexy or cute questionΒ  (new)

(old)

pt.2 describing the members

(new)

(old)

(new)

(old)

(new)

(old)

Pt.3Β KBOYS x smart Magazine 2015 SS issueΒ 

(new)

(old)

the text segment, i highlighted the things they said that was used for the new magazine

what hoseok β€œsaid” in the new magazine

q: long or short (hair) which do u like? β€œlong” q: pants or skirt β€œone piece (dress)” q: sneakers or heels? β€œsneakers” q: smthn thats nonnegotiable (w.e the fuck this means) Β "high heels and fancy looks are no good"

old interview

what yoongi β€œsaid” in the new magazineΒ 

q: long/short (hair) which do u like? tall/short? β€œdoesnt matter” q: pants or skirt β€œskinny pants"Β  q: sneakers or heels? β€œsneakers” q: smthn thats nonnegotiable β€œdressing up in different fashion”

old interviewΒ 

what jin β€œsaid” in the new magazine

q: long or short (hair) which do u like? β€œlong” q: tall or short? β€œdoesnt matter” q: pants or skirt β€œskinny pants"Β  q: sneakers or heels? β€œsneakers” q: smthn thats nonnegotiable β€œclothes that dont match ur age is no good”

old interviewΒ 

what tae β€œsaid” in the new magazine

q: long or short (hair) which do u like? β€œshort or long black hair” q: tall or short? β€œdoesnt matter"Β  q: pants or skirt "skinny pants/skirt” q: sneakers/heels? β€œsneakers” q: smthn thats nonnegotiable β€œfashion similar to mine”

yall get the idea, im too lazy to do the other three lol you can find the old interview here

as for the ugly skin type preference question, im just gonna assume they used old interviews as well like i mean…thats what they did for the other questions so like lolΒ namjoon, jin and tae said they liked pale skin back in the old days, jimin and hoseok never said anything which is why the magazineΒ said it didnt matter, yoongi was fucking weird bc im pretty sure vato said he didnt care at all abt appearance multiple timesΒ and as for jeongguk, early 2014 he said he preferred pale skin and then after ahl he said he preferred tan skin which is why the magazine said he liked both

so BAM none of this shit is new, thank god, its all old shit piled up together, modified and then got called β€œnew”

HOWEVER with the skin preference question i didnt appreciate how some of ya tried to defend bts smh what was said was ugly but luckily its in theΒ past, just be aware of the things bts said before and know its wrong, you can still support them while doing that

IM OUTΒ 

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Colorism isn’t just a Korean issue, colorism is GLOBAL so yall pulling that β€œits their culture” bs can chill because in every race and ethnicity, colorism exists and darker skinned people get treated differently.

What BTS said was ignorant and harmful and nothing is gonna get done if you fools keep treating them like they’re perfect. They’re human beings like you and me and will fuck up and make plenty of mistakes. That doesn’t make them bad people who should disappear.

Preferences are fine. Preferences that perpetuate colorism? Not fine.

Whoever feels offended and disappointed have a right to be. You dont have any right telling them they are wrong and stupid. You don’t know their experiences with colorism and you just make yourself look like an insensitive bitch trying to derail and talk over people.

Shut up, accept that it was wrong, and move on.

And you know what the funniest thing is? non-asians teaching us about our own culture like LOL! brown skinned asians know better than anyone else what its like to be brown/tan skinned while raised in a colorist environment. racism/colorism/homophobia/etc can never be part of ANY culture because these things actively alienate and harm us. they are fucked up concepts that need to be eliminated. and that starts with us recognizing it.

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while we’re at it, saying idols can’t understand colorism, racism, sexism or bodyshaming because they’re korean (or of other east-asian heritage) is extremely racist lmao, like you’re really implying that they can’t grasp the concept of social issues because of their cultureΒ 

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