#there's no real negative to a person from senegal debuting in kpop haha. basically im just concerned about appropriation and like | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

wickymicky · 3 years ago

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idk anything about blackswan or fatou but the concept just kinda rubbed me the wrong way. rania changed their name to bp rania when a black woman joined... black pearl rania. then there's like this redebut group with a different black woman called blackswan. seems exploitative. like turning black women into a gimmick. idk.

I'm seeing people who follow them tweeting about drama and taking different sides about who is really in the wrong and idk anything about that but... i just feel like this kind of thing was destined to happen. idk... like if fatou is facing racism, that's not really surprising to me. it'd be like if there was an American pop group with all white members except for one Asian member.. and the group had a name referencing kpop or anime or dragons or dynasties. like, idk...

maybe I'm wrong but it seems like tokenization was just baked into the concept from the start. and that isn't fatou's fault, she probably just wants to have a career as a kpop idol! im very skeptical of the company who formed the group though. especially since they did the same token concept again with a different black woman. that's... odd.

and i know this drama is apparently between two members but like still idk... it would not surprise me if there were issues there and it was a hostile environment to be in

but then again, i don't know anything about them other than the things I've said here. so this is all that I'll say about it.

#apparently one member (who i think is white? or half white? or latino? which is just further proof that this group used race as a gimmick)#accused the member who is a black woman of bullying #but people i follow seem to be taking her side and saying that people who support the other member are racist #(taking fatou's side over leia's i mean)#and like idk the specifics even a little bit #but they probably know what they're talking about. idk #I'm inclined to take their word for it #either way though these are just my thoughts on the group in general #black idols in kpop is a great idea! i think having people who are fully non-asian is odd...#but from what i understand i think fatou is korean too right? i think?#anyway that's all good and fine obviously! ........unless the group's concept is ''look! we have a black member!''#that's a recipe for disaster. that kind of thing just won't end well.#edit: no fatou isnt asian. apparently the other person is brazilian and half japanese. maybe thats what i was thinking of #cause ive read their kprofiles page before but i dont follow them really #non asian people in kpop is a bit odd but like... not really an issue unless its a white colonizer lol #there's no real negative to a person from senegal debuting in kpop haha. basically im just concerned about appropriation and like #not that a senegalese person would be exempt from that... they can still appropriate obviously but...#it's not really the same thing as a white person coming in and appropriating. you know.. given the history of imperialism in asia #and korea specifically. i mean japanese people debut in kpop all the time though and they were literally a fascist empire #that killed a lot of korean people. in living memory too. wwii wasnt *that* long ago all things considered #im getting off topic #anyway anyway my point is that i dont think a senegalese person is out of line for debuting in kpop lol #but i do think the company here is out of line for making her a mascot and a gimmick. she's a person.

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