Why I don’t want my faves to get achievements in Korea

Don’t get me wrong. I’ll be happy. But I also can’t stand I-fans who start holding a borderline racist grudge against South Koreans simply for having a different taste.

They also start downplaying domestic achievements when we know good and well they’d praise when it comes to their favorites.

I just have a huge disdain for charts since it has caused all this hate and tension in the K-pop community. When there’s perceived scarcity of something, records and #1s in this case, people start panicking and waging war. It’s a real phenomenon and has happened in historical events before. Societal collapse and war happen. A lot of people are convinced there’s a scarcity when it comes to K-pop, so they start acting out. They casually start letting their prejudice and racism show.

I just want us all to have more of an abundance mentality. There’s something for everyone. There’s no need to go into fight-or-flight mode all the time. That can’t be good for anyone’s nervous system. K-pop should induce more serotonin and less cortisol, not the other way around.

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And Koreans are Known to not have racist tendency against anybody.

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Two wrongs don't make a right. That behavior gets called out by foreigners all the time.

I see racism from Koreans as an issue as well.

But people aren't calling out the thinly veiled racism from I-fans because they're used to that kind of rhetoric in the K-pop community.

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Also add Thailand or whole SEA in your list!

Cuz charting in US is organic and good

Charting in Thailand or other SEA countries are from bot farms and fraudulence

International fans are so racist towards SEA fans when they are the biggest supporters and spenders of kpop

Yup. I've seen a lot of racism from western fans. I wouldn't lump them in with international fans because Southeast Asians are also international fans.

It's closeted classism that eventually slips out. These people have a mindset that West is best and therefore they're the ones saving these precious idols from the evil of Asian countries.

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Thus suddenly making racism in general okay as long as it’s towards Koreans or Asian people, and not anybody else??

I don’t understand I-fans sometimes and their logic when it comes to the concept of racism legitimizing other racism~ racism is wrong no matter what!!

Thank you for saying this.