Unpacking South Korea's fascination with black culture

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). While Ranzo is based in Tokyo, participants in his videos have included those living in China and South Korea. He says he’s not keen on the idea of “individuals who are not within the black community [combining] desired elements of black culture into their own style.”

In the same way that clubs playing black music don’t always allow black people in them, “There are fashion brands that emulate black styles without having a single black model in their lookbooks or runways,” Taylor says of the Korean fashion industry. “I don’t mind that people appreciate black American culture. But when people want to simply take or copy aspects of it without acknowledging the people who created it, that makes me uncomfortable.

The reality is that there is still no anti-discrimination law in Korea. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea are virtually powerless to enforce any anti-discrimination measures. For any government that truly believes in fighting bigotry, a comprehensive anti-discrimination act is key.

 

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ugh i’m damn sure they only like hip-hop culture and black fashion because they’re “dope”, but they still worship caucasity. eyerolls

🙄 if this was white culture instead you wouldn't be making this dumb question and dissection. Black culture is diverse and beautiful, if you weren't expecting that others would catch on and want to use it as well then y'all are blind over what you have.

Koreans are black.

Appropriation. Until Black, African and POC are globally accepted as people first, our culture will always be appropriated. Traveling while black is a global issue. In America, Europe, Asia, Middle East — literally everywhere, it is tough to BE black. Mixed race, is mixed race.

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