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As an EXO - L I wanted to say something about the whole "situation"


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Disclaimer: **** I am speaking from the view of a (POC) EXO - L, however this is my own individual opinion, and I do not speak for the entire fandom. ***

 

 

I'm not sure if this is in the right section so, if need be mods, you can move to it's correct place.

 

I'm writing this as a public thread vs. just in the exo official thread becuase I want everyone to see this. 

 

The topic at hand is sensitive one, and many people, exo fans, non exo fans, biasers,  POC exo fans, Non-POC exo fans,  alike have expressed thier opinions, to defend or not defend his actions. I won't talk about what other idol groups have said or done because I am focusing this thread solely on EXO.

 

Instead asking all of you about why you defend him or not, I want to propose a something. It's ok to talk about things like this on Tumblr, OH, twitter, Tumblr, other SNS etc. But threatening someone, sending death threats or asking them to leave the group on Instagram does not solve anything nor does it help the situation - especially for POC fans that are trying to keep level headed about the whole thing. 

 

 I feel like we need to think of other ways to reach out to SM and EXO about this situation, that has occurred more than once. Not just affecting a member but also how certain words can affect your fans negatively. 

 

I think that as a fandom -  EXO -L and the kpop fandom in general, we need to learn to work together to solve things because fighting gets you nowhere. 

 

I'm not sure how many people on here or even blogs will want to work on this, but I think that we should write an open letter or even several letters (to EXO , Kai , and SM) address issues like this. I think it's better to educate vs. intimidate. I feel that it is better to try, then getting angry and arguing back and forth. 

 

If you don't want to participate that is perfectly fine, you will not be reprimanded for it and shouldn't be. 

 

Unfortunately , EXO does not speak fluent english, so If we do this together and anyone is willing to translate and find out a way to deliver the letters that would be great. You can drop by the EXO thread or send a PM if you want to work on this.  If you have any other "respectful" ideas, feel free to express them. 

 

In the end it's all about communication, listening and learning from each other. 

 

Anyways.. I hope everyone has a great day :)

 

 

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EDIT:

 

Writing a letter might be a bit much for now, so we can just start with baby steps, and post these instead.

 

 CREDIT GOES TO (USER) @BEACHANGEL FOR THESE TRANSLATIONS.

^thank you <3

 

@BeachAngel's helpful comments:

 

I would love to tell you ways you guys can send them messages in Korean.... I can't do much on the letter I have a 10-15 page paper due by Thursday .... I'll try my best

 

but send him this 

 

ì–´ë‘ìš´ í”¼ë¶€ìƒ‰ê¹”ì€ ë‚˜ì˜ì§€ì•Šì•„ìš” ... (translates to: Dark Skin is Beautiful)

 

or 

 

 

외모대해서 ìƒì²˜ 주는ë§í•˜ì§€ë§ˆì„¸ìš” (translates to: Don't make fun of appearance)

 

 

Yeah  just for the first one you can say it either ... "Dark Skin isn't bad" ... if you want this to be directed specially for Kai say "김종ì¸, 피부색깔 너무 예ë»ìš”" --- Which is Jongin's Skin Is Pretty 

 

 

and this "ì–´ë‘ìš´ 피부색깔있는 íŒ¬ë“¤ë„ ë§Žì€ë° 피부색깔대해서 장난치지ë§ì•„ìš”."  <--- Lot's of a fans also have dark skin so please don't make jokes 

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Someone should tell the members during a fan sign but writing a letter and making sure it gets into their hands seems like a good idea because unless someone tells them this issue is never going to end.

Yeah that am I trying to say. 

 

"But threatening someone, sending death threats or asking them to leave the group on Instagram does not solve anything nor does it help the situation"

 

What????

People were getting mad at Chanyeol, trying to tell him off on IG... -_- But those type of people do not represent me or how I feel. 

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I think the issue with the POC is that is all over and above Exo, is a cultural aspect very deep in the roots of koreans; I do agree that is better to educate than dick slap them in the face, but how to do it from outside?, I think the best way is to create posts, youtube videos, and reaching the actual SK population on the very specific issue, rather than idols; but remember that being witheish is their blanket/lucky charm to feel superior against other population of Asia; in few words, they think being white is racially superior

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I would love to tell you ways you guys can send them messages in Korean.... I can't do much on the letter I have a 10-15 page paper due by Thursday .... I'll try my best

 

but send him this 

 

ì–´ë‘ìš´ í”¼ë¶€ìƒ‰ê¹”ì€ ë‚˜ì˜ì§€ì•Šì•„ìš” ...

 

or 

 

외모대해서 ìƒì²˜ 주는ë§í•˜ì§€ë§ˆì„¸ìš”

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I would love to tell you ways you guys can send them messages in Korean.... I can't do much on the letter I have a 10-15 page paper due by Thursday .... I'll try my best

 

but send him this 

 

ì–´ë‘ìš´ í”¼ë¶€ìƒ‰ê¹”ì€ ë‚˜ì˜ì§€ì•Šì•„ìš” ...

 

or 

 

외모대해서 ìƒì²˜ 주는ë§í•˜ì§€ë§ˆì„¸ìš”

Thank you for trying to help <3

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