[UPDATE] Blackface: What it IS and What it IS NOT

Enjoy this gif of Hyosung while you can because the rest of this post has some pretty nasty pictures.

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Blackface is a hot topic in k-pop for both interesting and vapid reasons, and today we're going to cover what blackface is and isn't within the context of K-pop (and pretty much everywhere.)

WARNING: this post contains some frightening images, I will try to make it up to you towards the end.

KBS' "Gag Concert" uses blackface in skit

Wow. Such indigenous. So funny. 

The most recent episode of "Gag Concert" has used blackface much to the chagrin of its international audience.

To summarize:

 ...Comedian Yoo Insuk said he would buy coffee for Song Pilgeun’s girlfriend Ahn Somi. Song stated, “Our Somi only drinks Americano” in rebuttal and, to this, Yoo introduced a group of indigenous Africans from the coffee machine saying, “here is the highest quality coffee brought straight from the source.” Unfortunately, these “indigenous Africans” were represented by blackface.

Obviously many Koreans are unaware of the history of blackface and its connotations, still I don't think it's excusable at this point considering the number of scandals we've already seen. I know mainstream media in Korea doesn't report on this nearly to the level other media might, especially in the West. Unfortunately until there is as much domestic uproar as there is abroad these scandals will continue to flare up.

Zen and the art of not being a complete fuckhead, k-pop style

A true story:

Last year, I was on tour with my band, driving my piece of shit Mitsubishi stationwagon down the highway in Victoria, Australia, to some tin shed that myself and my musical combo were going to spend the night.   I noticed that we were nearly out of fuel, so we pulled into a country petrol station.  As we were filling up petrol, a queue of cars started to form behind us.  We went into the service station, paid for petrol and some dreaded "road food" and we went back to my car.  Just when we had almost gotten ourselves in and were about to leave anyway, I was stopped by some guy old enough to be my grandfather (and I'm not a young guy so you know this guy was seriously old), who got out of one of the cars behind us, and walked up to me especially to say something like "can't you get a move on?  There's about half a dozen cars waiting behind you, you know!".  My response to this person was "we're done when we're done, I'm sorry but you're all just going to have to wait.  We're getting out of here in a second anyway.  What's wrong with you younger generation anyway, can't you be a bit patient?"  He then went back to his car and shut the fuck up, and we got the hell out of there when we were good and ready, and not a second before.

What a cuntbreath.  Can't he wait ten seconds for us to get in the car without running his mouth like a little bitch?  Anyway, today when reading about the latest G-Dragon controversy, it occurred to me that this random petrol station fuckbrain has a lot in common with every k-pop fan ever.

your very own kpop coloring book

Ever seen a picture of your favorite k-pop idol and you thought, "Why is that shit green? It'd be much better red, or purple, or black." Well now you can achieve your wildest dreams! With this patented "Thing-that-makes-stuff-black-and-white" you can make any and all of your favorite k-pop idols be wearing blackface all the time!

Why does CL have skeleton fingers? Who cares!?