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ok so about this whole white washing thing i don’t think i’ll answer any asks about it because it really really stresses me out but this is what i’ll say about it

1. the communication between kfans and ifans was a mess from the beginning.. of course theres a language barrier but i feel like most of the time kfans are the ones who have to switch to english to communicate.. i get its a common language but thats from linguistic imperialism so that actually makes it worse lmao also not all ifans speak english anyway
2. i also wonder if things would have been at least slightly different if we had stressed colorism instead of racism… white washing fanpics are from colorism not racism?? it’s also not because koreans wanna be ~white~ (idk if people were actually saying that or if there was a misunderstanding because of the term ‘white’ washing but kfans have been saying things like ‘we don’t arent doing this to make them look white/there are koreans who are pale/etc’)
3. did anyone even try to reach out to kfans who also experience colorism and try to talk to them abt it ?? u know, to avoid ethnocentrism??
4. do we even have an accurate understanding of how colorism works in korea???
5. why are most of the edited photos fantaken tho like there are so many pictures that are white washed thats not fantaken too
6. anyway this whole this is a mess there are miscommunications everywhere and it’s just turned into a kfan vs ifan thing #nice….