{"id":75587,"date":"2023-07-04T17:45:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T00:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=75587"},"modified":"2023-07-04T17:45:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T00:45:47","slug":"bts-boys-are-once-again-victims-of-racism-after-controversial-remarks-by-asian-american-comedian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-boys-are-once-again-victims-of-racism-after-controversial-remarks-by-asian-american-comedian\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS boys are once again victims of racism after controversial remarks by Asian-American comedian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, fans of the popular Kpop band <strong>BTS<\/strong> have shown their anger and indignation against the words that a famous Asian-American <strong>comedian<\/strong> has said about the boys members of the musical group, many claiming that they were <strong>victims of racism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Popular comedian <strong>Jimmy O. Yang<\/strong> is currently facing a huge wave of criticism due to his &#8220;racist jokes&#8221; about the BTS boys. The comedian was accused of insulting BTS members through his comedy special &#8216;<strong>Guess How Much?<\/strong>&#8216;, available on <strong>Amazon Prime<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BTS-boys-are-once-again-victims-of-racism-after-controversial-remarks-by-Asian-American-comedian-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BTS-boys-are-once-again-victims-of-racism-after-controversial-remarks-by-Asian-American-comedian-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BTS-boys-are-once-again-victims-of-racism-after-controversial-remarks-by-Asian-American-comedian-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BTS-boys-are-once-again-victims-of-racism-after-controversial-remarks-by-Asian-American-comedian-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BTS-boys-are-once-again-victims-of-racism-after-controversial-remarks-by-Asian-American-comedian-1-750x469.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During his <strong>stand-up<\/strong>, Jimmy started his joke about BTS, praising them for their huge talent and how recognized they have become around the world, &#8220;I love BTS, even white people know BTS. That&#8217;s what I call progressing. Following this, the comedian told an &#8220;anecdote&#8221; of how a 15-year-old boy wanted to introduce them to all the band members, and it was from here that the <strong>ARMY&#8217;s<\/strong> anger set in.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1673885408298426368\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">he rlly thought he ate\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eWrk4SQ5Cl\">pic.twitter.com\/eWrk4SQ5Cl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u064e (@intearlude) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intearlude\/status\/1673885408298426368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to say it, and I couldn&#8217;t say it as an Asian person either, but they all look like me, only with pink hair,&#8221; the joke referenced one of the<strong> racist stereotypes<\/strong> that has involved people of Asian descent around the world, then he further complicates it by saying &#8220;I can turn the show into a BTS concert right now&#8221;, he points to himself and says &#8220;This is Jimmy&#8221;, takes off his glasses and relates &#8220;And this is Jimin, right here, don&#8217;t you know it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BTS-boys-are-once-again-victims-of-racism-after-controversial-remarks-by-Asian-American-comedian-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BTS-boys-are-once-again-victims-of-racism-after-controversial-remarks-by-Asian-American-comedian-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BTS-boys-are-once-again-victims-of-racism-after-controversial-remarks-by-Asian-American-comedian-2-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BTS-boys-are-once-again-victims-of-racism-after-controversial-remarks-by-Asian-American-comedian-2-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BTS-boys-are-once-again-victims-of-racism-after-controversial-remarks-by-Asian-American-comedian-2-750x469.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The comedian has been <strong>strongly criticized<\/strong> in the social networks by all BTS fans, mostly of Asian origin, who claim that the stereotype that all Asians are the same is highly offensive.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/GTkPF5Y4Aqo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, fans of the popular Kpop band BTS have shown their anger and indignation against the words that a famous Asian-American comedian has said about the boys members of the musical group, many claiming that they were victims of racism. Popular comedian Jimmy O. Yang is currently facing a huge wave of criticism due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2988,"featured_media":75589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49],"class_list":{"0":"post-75587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-bts"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}