BTS visits White House to discuss combating hate crime surge

Applaud the effort but if you're familiar with the mentality of the demographic who commit those type of crimes you'll know giving a platform to androgenous makeup-wearing Asian men may actually encourage a rise in the incidents they are speaking out against.

Wrong people to ask because BTS has zero American members, unlike some of other K-Pop boy groups.

They have no experience to share with Biden since they didn't grow up in the US, didn't live there, nor do they face any hatred when they tour the US.

Samit BasuToday  09:39 am JST

Wrong people to ask because BTS has zero American members, unlike some of other K-Pop boy groups.

They have no experience to share with Biden since they didn't grow up in the US, didn't live there, nor do they face any hatred when they tour the US.

While their Korean identity doesn't make them experts on hate and prejudice in the U.S.A., and they DO have at least some white fans that I know of - you better believe there's some booger-brains in America that hate them just for what God make them as, which is another race/ethnicity/color as well as the fact that they are foreigners. Yes, Virginia there are plenty of xenophobes in America and BION there's even some rock/pop fans that hate foreign bands (starting with those Brits). The music all started in America, but these snobs don't like it when 'outsiders' do it. Don't ask me why.

If BTS hasn't received any hate crap from anyone in America so far, more power to them. They're lucky.

If Korean society has solved its own domestic animosity toward Americans, I welcome their counsel.

LegrandeToday 08:17 am JST

Applaud the effort but if you're familiar with the mentality of the demographic who commit those type of crimes you'll know giving a platform to androgenous makeup-wearing Asian men may actually encourage a rise in the incidents they are speaking out against.

So, you think only one demographic commits crimes against Asians? Let's see the statistics if you can provide them.

BTS By The way Sorry!! Nothing will change!

If Korean society has solved its own domestic animosity toward Americans, I welcome their counsel.

Before I moved to Japan I lived 2 blocks away Koreatown and then moved to Seoul before moving to Japan and I can say without a doubt that, that Koreans are some of the most racist people or racially intolerant that I have ever met.

And to your point, not only are they more overtly less tolerant towards foreigners, but they do have animosity towards Americans and want them actually to leave, but once the North starts going nuts then they scream that America has a sacred duty to defend the South Korean people. If that's the case then they should have spoken to the Japanese, they're definitely more racially tolerant, not perfect, but when you think that 1 out of 25 children that are born in Japan have one parent that is non-Japanese. South Korea is nowhere near that. Like the typical Korean motto: "One blood, one race, one nation" that is slowly, very slowly changing, but still, when it comes to racial diversity South Korea doesn't come anywhere near close to that.