Everytime there’s a tan skin idol, i-fans will immediately baby them and act as if all koreans hate their skin tone and take one korean comment being colorist with no likes or replies from pannchoa as if its a reliable source. In real life, koreans love that idol and often praise their skin tone for being healthy or glowy. Kai from EXO, Gawon from MEOWV, Keonho from CORTIS, the group SISTAR even made tanning a big trend in Korea.
The focus on korean people and their “real” or “original” skin tone is annoying. Koreans are diverse, with there being a variety in both tan and pale skin, but for the default most of them have pale skin, it’s just a fact. Whenever a kpop idol gets a tan, i-fans will praise them for their “original skin tone” when they deliberately went outside to get a tan or spray tanned themselves.
Let’s talk about the weird racist and undertones and xenophobia from i-fans as well, where does this misinformation come from that koreans get whitening injections to make their skin whiter? You guys literally take this stupid misinformation from kpop accounts which aren’t even korean which purposely make false accusations of this stupid shit because talking bad about koreans nowadays gains traction.
Accusing koreans of wanting to be “white” has to be the most dumbest take I’ve seen these days as well. Most koreans want white skin in the sense that they want pale, bright skin with no blemishes or scars. Mixed white idols aren’t even super popular in Korea and the most popular idols in Korea are always fully korean.
It’s the fact that you guys genuinely stan these korean people, while also shunning, downvoting or not listening to normal korean people who live in korea and won’t listen to a normal korean perspective. Accusing all koreans of being colorist and racist while not attempting to understand different cultural contexts is just a result of korea being seen as entertainment rather than an actual country which has its own history.
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