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serving looks♡

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just take a look at these two…

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#CLAP2NDWIN 

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BECAUSE WE NEED IT IN EVERY ANGLE (cr. yui13wonwoo)

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My I (2017)

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Mingyu: do you ever get water hungry?

Wonwoo: thirsty?

Mingyu: water hungry

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seokmin understands wonwoo stans ;-;

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OMG BAMBAM IS SAVAGE😂😂

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About this whole dreadlock thing:

I’m a black K-pop fan who has predominately stayed quiet whenever an idol did something problematic because I usually have drastically different opinions on the matters. But now I’m just annoyed. So I’m going to list out a few things that I see as relevant to the issue.

Not only Africans traditionally wear dreadlocks.

There are historical records of dreadlocks from every continent.

The earliest depictions of dreadlocks is from Ancient Greece.

Dreadlocks were worn in early Christian, Islamic, and some Buddhist practices and are still worn by some of the Hindu and Rastafarian faiths.

The hairstyle symbolizes something different in every culture that uses it.

It’s even different in each part of Africa.

Some wear it for religious reasons and some don’t.

Are you going to tear down the Africans that don’t wear then with a certain significance?

Meanings of things change over time.

Some of the black people outside of Africa that do wear it don’t even know some or any of the historical or religious connotations.

Is it okay for them to wear it then?

I live in the states and I have cousins that wear it because it’s an easy style to manage with their natural hair, and I have some cousins that wear it because of their chosen religion.

Yes there has been cultural discrimination targeted towards the hairstyle and the people who wore it.

But is Jackson doing that?

He’s simply wearing a hairstyle he admires in an ad for soda.

Appropriation isn’t always negative like a lot of people want it to be.

The passing on, merging, and sharing of cultural aspects is inevitable with globalization.

And a lot cultures love teaching others about their lifestyles.

Some things were stolen from cultures and some things weren’t.

A lot of the things we use and depend on today were appropriated and adapted into our everyday lifestyles.

And a lot of people don’t know the religious or historical values of the stuff they wear, use, or say.

Because it’s not taught to them.

So you have to teach them.

But people won’t learn if you come at them sideways.

Some people are going after Jackson talking about “you’re disgusting”, “you’re trash for doing this”, “you’re this”, “you’re that”.

So I see why he said what he said.

Cuz he gets this kinda crap on the regular and he’s just freaking tired.

I’m tired.

So if you’re really an advocate of cultural appropriation then stop listening to K-pop.

Because the last time I checked it was in Korean and that’s a traditional language that belongs to an entire nation of people.

But you and I both can explain all the reasons why that would be bullshit.

And if you haven’t already figured out, I’m black and don’t give a crap that he’s wearing dreads in the ad. I still like him and I’m still gonna buy his music.

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Real Talk: Jackson. Appropriation VS Appreciation.

This is about Jackson Wang from Got7 wearing dread locks in a Chinese advertisement, just in case you haven’t seen all of the drama and people attacking him. (pictures below)

I’ll start off with saying, I don’t give a fuck that he wore dreadlocks. There, that saved you a lot of reading and time, so if you would like to unfollow/block me, go ahead. Agree to disagree. People want MY opinion on this, so here it is:

The way people are attacking him is all kinds of wrong. I’m ok with people explaining nicely about the history of dreads and how people can take an offense to non Black people wearing that style, that’s their opinion, even though some where being way too harsh about it but reading all the hate comments are disgusting. You would think Jackson got caught in an animal cruelty case (God forbid) or rape case (God forbid), so I’m reading twitter and instagram and saying to myself…what is happening? I’ve never seen K Hip Hop artist get THIS much heat and they wear dreads and braids on a daily basis, but when Jackson wears them in an ad, he gets so much hate and death threats.

“He’s so wrong”

“Educate him”

“He doesn’t care about Black people but he’s wearing our hair style” - Oh I’m sorry I didn’t know Jackson hated Black people..

Let me tell you something, I know people are going to hate me for my opinion, but they hate me anyway lol, so fuck it. I understand where their passion comes from, people hate that other races look up to Black people and want to dress like us, be like us, but at the end of the day they don’t want to be with us or could care less about us for real, I GET IT!. I get it, there’s a lot of people out there that don’t like us for real but wear our hair styles. I understand appropriation. I understand the history of it all. I’m proud to be Black and love my race, my culture and the passion we have.

And I also love that other races look up to our people sooo much that they want to dress like their favorite rapper, or try their style, the rappers themselves are even flattered and don’t care, they just love that they are looked up to and inspire people of all races.

Oh wait, my antil Blackness coon-ness is showing, let me stop! (sarcasm)

But personally, If people who are not Black wear braids, dreadlocks and they’re NOT doing it to mock us, profit from us, claiming it as their own, not a racist, and fucks with my people heavy and NOT doing it to degrade our race (like Jackson!), then I don’t give a damn how you wear your hair, bitch you can wear dreadlocks til yo ass 90, I do not give a damn, there’s some fuck up things going on out there in the REAL world of appropriation. Like this fashion show that was urban themed, gave them afros, braids, but there were no Black people in the show, obviously I was annoyed, because what are they doing? Profiting off of Black people and NOT giving any credit and claiming it as new/ their own. That’s the problem with appropiating. It’s stealing from one’s culture and giving no credit.

What is Jackson doing? Is he racist? is he claiming it as his own? Is he constantly doing it? Is he discrediting Black people and acting like it’s a brand new thing he’s doing?

What did Jackson do that SOOOOOOO MANY other non Black people do every day and are getting their hair braided as I type this. I’m lost as to why people are jumping down his throat and giving him threats and demanding an apology like he said “N*gger” or something?

This girl shared my inner thoughts on appropriation. (should watch this).

^ He’s right!  What I said above, he’s NOT doing it to degrade or profit from our race. I said my thoughts before he even responded.

^HE APPRECIATES OUR PEOPLE!

HE’S INSPIRED BY OUR PEOPLE!

HE LOVES OUR PEOPLE!

HE LOOKS UP TO OUR PEOPLE!

The last thing on my mind is someone’s hair. I don’t know about y’all but I got bigger fish to fry in this racist world, and Jackson’s 2 minute twists are the least of the problem.

And I know they will say, “So who cares wrong is wrong, he needs to be educated”, HE IS! He knows about Black people, his role models are Black, so of course he’s going to want what they want, you guys are acting like he wore the dreads to be ignorant and racist and you’re acting like he constantly “steals” from our culture and profits from it, he doesn’t.

I’m out.

Here’s the picture:

Watch the haters come in 3, 2, 1…😂

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i love this

Wang puppy fooling around too much during rehearsal and got pulled back!😂😂😂 jinson

멍멍|@justgaga_

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When bae tries to kiss you after pissing you off

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same

Time’s ticking…

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Choi Youngjae is such an angel. Youngjae pulled the bodyguard who held the umbrella for him closer so that the bodyguard too would be under the umbrella because he didn’t want him to get wet by the rain.  Very thoughtful Youngjae (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

by: smk9397

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get u a guy who can do both

How can he be sexy as fuck but yet cute as hell ? 😭

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OMG I LOVE THIS

I THREW MY PHONE AWAY

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I'm almost shedding tears here ~ same anon who was yelling about being in pjo and kpop

the idea just popped in my head and there we go ~ looking forward for more convos with you