Whitewashing Kpop Idols. Its a huge continuous problem in Hollywood affecting numerous PoC and this also includes the KPOP community both idols and fans. March 7th 2018 Korean netizens are outraged that foreign idol fans are unwhitewashing official pictures of idols by producing darker photos in an attempt to show their real skin tone.
The only problem is that Kpop idols wear BB cream that are two or more shades lighter than their natural skin tone. The above is an edited version of BTS s Jungkook and below is the originally released photo. Whitewashed photos of idols are the norm.
Unfortunately whitewashing is big in the kpop world.
Because of asain standards it tends to be the companies that white wash their idols in music videos and photo shoots so most of the content released thats shared around the fans have already been whitewashed. K-pop idols are not whitewashed their pictures are. The above is an edited version of BTS s Jungkook and below is the originally released photo. Whitewashed photos of idols are the norm.