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Guys, he's not reviewing every racist thing done in kpop. He's just watching some while he makes a point or to further that point. It's not that he just "forgot" about them all but if he reviewed every racist moment this video would take quite a while.

Shanti means peace...I kinda cringed while hearing NORAZOs song....but jokes aside Lee Hyori's case is really serious. Even if I am not religious, I can say that the Mantra she recited in her song is really important to us...I personally think it was disrespectful to dance in such a sensual way in such a sacred hyme...no wonder it triggered Indians

They mix Indian and native american things together to say yes this is Indian culture, they have no idea they're disrespectimg two cultures at the same time... Same with confusing Arabic and Indian cultural things together.

As an Indian the most offensive part was of lee hyori and it baffles me that it is the most downplayed. It's not culture appropriation but disrespectful to tha max, As it's one of if not the most important prayer in Hinduism. But she'll never be called out for it, especially in Korea. We don't mind our sounds and cloths being used by other cultures but they are usually paired with racist stereotypes. And btw no one uses the term 'curry' in India.

As an Indian student studying about Korea, I really get annoyed sometimes that how even today after having access to the world through internet, Koreans are least interested in understanding Cultures of other countries mainly the Global South. They may be economically more developed but definitely they are culturally less aware about others. Also this was a common phenomenon in west also, but the Indian Americans living there have voiced their issues, in Korea they barely understand this problem. Yeah before others say anything Indian has also many problem, and yes we speaking against them whenever we see that happening in popular culture.

The thing is when it comes to religious texts and recitations being used it's not cultural appropriation anymore it's just straight up disrespectful to the religion and the people of the religion. I've seen it way too many times in K-pop and everyone keeps using the excuse of oh they don't know...really they should research before using any kind of text they don't understand.

Musicians using instruments from other cultures or even melodies doesn’t offend unless you start combining it with images and words that offend. Borrowing costumes and honestly dance moves starts to cross the line- especially when they start to become caricatures of a culture and worse when they can’t even appropriate a culture correctly (Native American culture-and others-gets appropriated a lot in the US as well it’s definitely not just K-pop).

As an Northeastern Indian women I still don't make fun of classical dance doing weird hand movements because it's very disrespectful for those who give years to master the art....and then there are these people acting stupid and disrespecting it.... To idols of this generation too... They use the culture but are ignorant towards learning anything bout it ....

"But then again, when is racism not based on ignorance, and generalization of the other race.." You hit the nail on the head right there, Danny! In this day and age, with access to information on every culture via the internet, there truly is no excuse for ignorance. If someone is making anything (based on a culture different from their's) that they plan to share with the world, then they need to do their research first. Period! Thank you for sharing, this was an interesting watch 😊

this is so cringe. i totally agree that there is a difference between appreciation and influence of a different culture and straight up appropriation. i would love to see the extended version of this video. great job.

"Shanti" means "Peace"... Usually it used and recited oftenly with the word "Om (Aum)"which is by the way the most sacred word in Hinduism. The symbol of Hinduism also is Om

The first "indian" concept seemed more Thai accessory inspired and to be fair I was not really offended as such but bruh ..lee hyori 😂 idk if i should laugh or cringe.. its a very important prayer/meditation mantra here and she is singing it like its some erotic anthem lol

The vast majority of cultures around the world actually LOVE it when foreigners take part in their culture, but only when it's done respectfully and that's the key part. It makes me incredibly happy and proud when foreigners recognize and enjoy my culture and I love sharing it with others, but the problem with a lot of kpop is how disrespectful and inaccurate it feels to the culture. Taking inspiration from another culture's traditional music is wonderful, wearing another culture's clothing can also be wonderful as long as they wear it correctly and in the right context. But taking bits of a culture and taking it out of context and making fun of it is where things become cultural appropriation. And there are also cultures like african americans who have had such a hard time over history that they don't like any outsiders taking their culture even if its done with good intentions, and we should respect those wishes. But most of us are fine with it as long as people participate in the culture with knowledge of where it came from, respect, and do things properly. Sadly kpop rarely lives up to this

As a Native American, it’s pretty cringe and disrespectful when I see Idols being forced to wear headdresses. Also, I love Dreamcatcher. But in my culture, the dreamcatchers are an scarred item that’s been made by us Natives or passed down by our elders. So, I do get a little torn. I do hope the group members know the meaning behind dreamcatchers, as well as the company. It was kind of weird for them to include “build a dreamcatcher” from their album years ago, but I do hope that the people who bought that album got educated. If not, that’s a shame. But in all, I still love the group

I liked this video because it was a very well thought out discussion, not outright blaming the idols, but also not defending the decisions. Would love to see more content like this from DKDKTV!

Honestly as painful as it is to watch I'm glad the truth is finally coming in front of everyone's eyes. That's the real korea, their real culture they are people filled with hate and yet have the guts to complain about racism they are facing it. And yes your favourite kpop idols have to put a filter on because they can't risk to lose India as their marketing field but how long are we Indians going to let this go? Bts suga in a vlive said there's a fan from India?? India has internet they have the app? And then in a run bts episode insulted India saying some stupid and a weird-a$$ name that was mentioned sounds like Indian name. Twice jihyo disrespected out culture during the Halloween and dressing up like so called "indians/native Americans", wonwoo from seventeen choose a song like shanti shanti when asked to sing when everything about the song was wrong, some idiot actress came to India just to show the poverty and slums and broadcasted it like that's just India all of India like what are they illiterate or just arrogant and poor? And blackpink placing our statue of God on the floor and no apology nothing, now sm releasing a song that has bhagawat gita shlokas in it??? Seriously when will this stop?!! Enough is enough. We don't want korean youtubers feeding off of us reacting to our culture when in reality this is what they truly feel fu*k these people let's boycott them they don't deserve our love or anyone's. Someone who has the heart to disrespect a whole country and their whole culture deserves shit and if you guys still think they are all that lovey dovey people we see on screen do your research and snap out of it!!!

When Xia Junsu from DBSK used to speak "African" on TV and the graphics used to add a bone in his nose and a pelt and a spear.

I never knew about White Snake. But now that I see it, it's bad. I am not religious at all, but the Gayatri Mantra holds a very significant place, above any religious context. It is actually recited at the beginning of any new task. It symbolizes creation, good luck, prosperity, and education. Using it in a dark concept with a title (White Snake - Chinese culture believes it to be a sign of good luck and good fortune) that is important to another culture is both ignorant and arrogant.

At least for me, cultural appreciation is when Loona specifically said they were inspired by Bollywood music for Paint the Town and appropriation would be y'all using Tunak Tunak in almost every effin medium and the whole Chakra thing.

I remember when I called out T-ara and stopped listening to them after Ya Ya Ya I got *SO* much hate for it from a Kpop community I was in for being too sensitive. But I'm part Native American and that was my first time really seeing that kind of appropriation and I remember being just completely floored.

Danny, just have to say that I am enjoying your new short clips a lot. Even though I don't always agree with or even like some of your views, I so appreciate that you are willing to be open and discuss seemingly any topic. As someone else already pointed out, your videos are thought-provoking and quite well-made. I encourage you to continue. I would love to see your work given more international exposure. Taaa!

I'm from the UK with Indian heritage. I don't actually follow any Kpop groups ONLY BTS, so never seen all these other groups. Wow, to say I'm shocked at the actual level of ignorance in the cultural appropriation is me being polite. To put such an important mantra, the Gayatri Mantra in a pop song is such bad taste. The group Chakra looked more as though they were trying to imitate cleopatra with some of those awful costumes. SMH Shaanti means peace. That is why we say Om Shaanti. 🕉 Thanks for the video. A real eye opener!

If awards can be given for being racist in Grammy , Kpop groups can easily win 🏆 🤣..hurray

from the jump it's already bad. Imagine getting cancelled for pulling your teeth and not mocking a culture. What a time to be alive

being African American and Native American, it gives me a headache seeing BS like this all the time T.T

"We thought that nobody would listen to kpop outside Korea" 😂😂 But in a way it was designed to promote Korean culture abroad

I also want to add that Writers, editors and cast from Korean variety shows and k-dramas should also learn about different culture before mocking them... Like ... please dont use "Tunak Tunak" n Curry in everything related to India... India is the country of diversity and our culture and music is vast ... try to explore better...

As a Indian kpop fan It is really disappointing. We indians support kpop and kdrama but they give us back by desrespecting our culture and holy mantras in songs .... Gayatri mantra in Lee hyo ri's song is literally disrespect to Indian culture and shanti shanti in narazo song is also desrespecting bcoz we indians also use word shanti shanti in our holy mantras.

The woman literally put up Gayatri mantra in that song with those steps. Talk of respecting others, it's just mocking someone to gain views and popularity. Koreans need some good education and discipline on how to respect other cultures and traditions. Btw, just came here after the 2 Korean girls doing vulgar dance on Indian Street, utterly disgusted by the comments made there.

I was okay till 7:21....I was literally shoked....using a holy mantra /Chant in such inappropriate way just shows how ignorant a director/musician/dancer can be.... When you perform on such big platform you've to be thorough with the concepts, lyrics and most importantly meaning of the lyrics

More than being offended that they included 'Gayatri Mantra', I was more cringed because the way they pronounced. Even most of the Indians can't pronounce it because It's not in Hindi rather Sanskrit even thought both the languages are written in same script. Sanskrit is the mother language of almost all North-Indian languages

I'm African American and Native American but I just laugh at the ignorance of others and don't let it bother me personally. Side note: Danny is so my type 😏

"Shanti" means *peace* , mantra used as bridge was "Gaytri Mantra". Ah , I wish every country could atleast read , understand about other culture a bit more n then give a creative shape . This thing is not limited to Korea only it's a global phenomenon.

The Chakra performance with the headdress is actually Thai or more Southeast Asian culture cuz I remember Lisa wearing something similar to that in her debut song. And this is coming from a South Asian person.

Shanti means peace. So Shanti shanti means peace peace. Also oh my girl’s bridge is middle eastern style not Indian just to clarify. I do agree that a lot of CA is done due to ignorance. And although I am honestly more horrified than offended at how Korean media has depicted other cultures, I think that there’s really nothing we can do about it other than educate and give a chance to them to learn and grow. Despite that, I’m honestly tired of hearing “sorry” from idols and celebs. I’d rather hear an acknowledgement that “this is what I did wrong” and “I’ll fix it and do better next time” and they actually not repeat their problematic behaviors (wow!). I know my faves have made mistakes, but I’ve also seen them better themselves so I support them. Groups like oh my girl tho, have repeated CA even after a company apology, so I know they don’t care. In the end, I just want to see character development and respect for other cultures. I don’t think I’m asking much since we have the internet at our fingertips. What happened in the past was wrong and if they’re still relevant, they should apologize. But we should focus on making sure it doesn’t happen again. Mistakes are bound to happen, but this time there should be justified consequences.

I had no idea that was a thing. I did see this K-drama “Strong Girl Bong-soon” and there was this weird guy who supposed to be an Indian Guru, but was making a mockery of it. I thought that was a one time thing. I’m not into K-pop, really. I just love BTS. So I had no idea other groups were doing stuff like this. I think using their religious beliefs and turning it into a sensual dance is probably the most disrespectful. I like these clips, Danny. Good job!

Am I shocked?… no they’ll never change unless they want to!

Shanti means "Peace"✌ Chakra means "wheels"

If any Korean is reading this comment please keep this in your mind if we like Korean culture that doesn't mean we don't care disrespecting our culture and you can use our culture as a puppet Listen carefully I love my country and you know what Indian can do when you take this matter out of control Imagine what will happen if we report about the Korean racism you will not be known as a famous people you will be known as the most racist people in this world Don't think you are so period then everyone just learn to respect others if you think you are a developed country in such a manner

The mantra used in Lee Hyori's song is considered to be the most important & powerful mantra known as the "Gayatri mantra". I pity those who take elements from other cultures on the surface level and don't try to understand the context or the deep meaning behind them. Gayatri Mantra is not a copyright of India, anyone is free to recite it but to use it for a melody in a sensual way will not help you and will make people who understand its meaning feel cringe and uncomfortable. It's not even insulting it's just a case of utter ignorance.

The "sorry India" in the title already makes me laugh 😂.

"Shanti" is Sanskrit word meaning peace. It is used to conclude mantras with line "om shanti shanti shanti "

Recently I looked up "cultural appropriation" and found an important distinction. If the cultural feature used is something that the original culture would experience bias/negative treatment for, but the culture using it doesn't experience such penalties, such as K-pop idols wearing dreadlocks while African-Americans could get beaten up, arrested, or even killed for doing so ("driving while Black"), then it's cultural appropriation. Appreciation is being influenced by another culture artistically, such as using Southwest Asian (Indian or Middle Eastern) musical scales or rhythms without any other references in costumes, lyrics, etc. Another issue, though, around cultural appropriation, is who gets the money. There's a long history in the US of Black musicians starting a trend or writing a song, which then became popular in a white artist's version, so the white artist gets rich (as in rock n roll). The songs you played were perfect examples of cultural appropriation, but K-pop and K-hiphop are so heavily influenced by African-American music, that it's sometimes hard to draw the appropriation/appreciation line.

Cultural apporpriation=a hit in S.Korea.

The best example of taking inspiration from Indian culture for kpop song is ORANGE CARAMEL by Catallena 💜

I’m Native American & all my life I’ve witnessed lots of culture appropriation in America & still do. Our people aren’t savages IF we were European settlers would have been annihilated when their ships was spotted. European settlers were the savages that murdered indigenous children, women, grandparents & men for occupied land. Knowledge is power & thank you for spending the message about Cultural Appropriation. Our culture deserves as much respect as other cultures & customs. ☮️

I am Native American and Mexican and have gotten use to ignorance about my cultures and honestly it doesn't bother me as much anymore. It seems they think we are savages who still live in that era. I was once asked if we still lived in Teepees and rode on horses 😤. This is something we see all the time and it's sad.

Guys all the "foreigners react" channels on India preaching Indian traditions and saying I love India, watching Bollywood etc are all bs. They're there for views but secretly they hatin. Stop following channels like these. Look at the vulgar dances of these Korean people they doin in front of the crowd.

K-pop is hella racist until this day..🤦 It's 2022 get some knowledge about different cultures and if you are not interested then just don't do or say anything stupid about it because it's very disrespectful,no matter how big of a idol you are..

For US military spouses that come to Korea with their soldiers, they often attend formal events and are given the opportunity to wear hanbok. I have a hard time with it because I’m American, not Korean. It feels like cultural appropriation, but then all of those spouses will tell you that the Korean women making the hanbok are very excited about it and encourage the spouses to wear them. It’s such a fine line between appreciation and appropriation.

I’d say that they’re appropriating stereotypes more than cultures. We have to distinguish cultural appropriation from stereotypes.

Like literally doing a sexual dance on gayatri mantra (it's a Hindu prayer) so disrespectful.

Danny, I appreciate the thought, effort, and delivery of the content with these informative videos. I want to understand Korean culture, including Kpop and your channel does an excellent job of providing substantive and thought-provoking content. continue the great work!!!!!

In every kpop group they is cultural appropriation.and thats the truth and thats so annoying

Who will talk about racism in kdramas? You will find so many.

Digging up some not so beautiful image of Kpop from the past. It was a great idea for discussion and to educate people more regarding cultural appropriation. Now is the time for this, Kpop going global in the midst of internet era. People should be more sensitive and be respectful of what's before is just like blind ignorance. Thanks, Danny.. 👍

PLEASE CONTINUE THIS SERIES I BEG YOU

Okay after watching this video let me express my opinion on this, the first thing is that you must already know the meaning of "shanti" now as many people have already mentioned in their comment. About the mantra, it's called "gayatri mantra", it's holy mantra which means "Om, the Lord, is earth, the space in between and the heavens. That Lord is the one who is the most worshipful. We meditate on that effulgent, all-knowledge Lord. May he set our intellects in the right direction." So basically this mantra mean to keep our mind and soul at right direction. Let me tell you it's considered that mantras are very powerful we can't use them carelessly. One need to understand and know the meaning behind it and why is it used in the first place before using it for entertainment purposes. They are like holy scriptures and can't be used just anywhere. About indina culture, it's very vast if you get inside it, you will feel like time is passing by but still there are many things you are yet to know. It's not just about tribe and all Korean culture is praised but it's just one out there, Indian culture is made fun of because it has many and people are not interested in knowing about them so they just make their own fantasy and showcase them in their weird dance moves, acting and singing. India is much more than what foreigners think it is. It has various rich culture and ancient history you cannot deny to look before you take inspiration from it. Indians love their culture and their country a lot. So it's better to be mindful of how you are showing it because it can create a really sensitive issue and difference between two countries.

Danny's stunned face thru all clips, so entertaining 🤣

5:36 That crown is traditional crown that found in the culture in many countries in Southeast Asia. (Such as Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, Myanmars etc.) They’re mostly use in a classical court dance. I don’t know about in other countries, but in Thailand.. many people still worship this crown. For example.. before they use the crown, they have a ritual ceremony (?? I’m sorry My English is bad 😭) They never use it for fun because they think every crown have some spiritual living with them. So in Thailand, we will have a lot of ghosts story about Thai traditional dancer with the crown. But…. I think Thai people now a days don’t serious about this anymore 😄 As you can see that Lisa (Blackpink) wear it in one of her song and no one angry about that anymore.

Appreciate the content, Danny!

Shanti means peace … never heard shanti and curry together . Also we have no food called curry . The appropriation is little too on the nose , however few big music directors have copy pasted so many melodies off Kpop songs & have gotten away with it. Even the biggest musical hit of this year is a direct rip off of a 90’s K-pop song

bullying, n wording, being racist is not scandal in k-pop but being like normal human being & dating &marrying in scandal

I think what baffles me most about kpop companies constantly appropriating other cultures & getting negative backlash every time is that it seems like they never learn. Its one thing to be ignorant, but larger companies surly have large marketing teams monitoring the fan reactions to comebacks... there really isn't an excuse for these larger companies to be constant repeat offenders *cough* SM & YG *cough*

Wow i didn't know k-pop was sooo ingrained in appropriating Indian culture wth ! LITERALLY MY HATE GOR KPOP HAS GROWN ALOT MORE THAN I THOUGHT I COULD HAVE LIKE MAN !! AND WE START DOING THE SAME Y'ALL WILL START CRYING

These MV's seem old so whoever (the director, the artist/s....???) actually came up with this concept and storyboard was clueless, but as you mentioned its now 2022 and if anything like this, from any singer or band around the world, releases these kind of MVs it wont be tolerated and the backlash would be (and should be) career changing and out there on the inter web forever and a day.

I literally gasped when I heard the Gayatri mantra! Was totally not expecting that...

I love your commentary Danny!❤️

What about the dance in BlackPink's Boombayah? ☺

i remember so many idol groups covering that curry song and it always led in an uproar till one svt member did it and the backlash got so big that even norazo themselves distanced and apologized for the song

Shanti means "peace" in many Indian languages. I think "cultural appropriation" is a very Western/American concept and while I understand that there is a reason why it has become a matter of concern for many, especially because of the way the native American and African-American cultures were exploited by appropriating their culture/art and not giving them the due credit, I, being an Indian, in the present context, personally don't seem to mind the practice so far as they are not deliberately insulting to any culture! Without taking inspiration from one another, cultures will end up getting extinct just like the Latin language. Cultures are by nature fluid and need to exchange ideas in order to thrive! Instead of getting offended at the drop of the hat, all we need to do is learn to be open-minded, respect the differences between cultures, and thereby enrich ourselves and the cultures we represnt!

In T-ara's Yayaya, you have some born sexy yesterday trope sprinkled on top of cultural appropriation. I think when K-pop producers started heavily come with songs with gibberish titles, Native American nonsense was bound to happen.

As an Indian I am not offended by this as this is done to India by international countries most of the time japan's curry police korea's numerous shitty videos etc are one of the examples....I mean we never mis-represented any country in a offensive way.! and big slap to Indians blindly following anything that has the words related to India!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!! for bringing this topic as I felt quite uncomfortable watching all these videos making a joke out of my culture especially hyori!! I didn't know she would use such a sacred hymn of ours in that way.... God I was so damn angry and upset,(still am now). If you want to use other people and culture please respect them and be informed otherwise it may lead to unnecessary misunderstandings between the 2 countries.

4:10 this is what i already figured out when i first got into kpop and saw videos of blackface/n word/racist jokes; older idols didn’t care bc they knew kpop wasn’t big all over so they could get away with it. there do still be a few instances but i feel if it didn’t become so known here in the US it would be more offensive moments

Thank you for this video. Things are much better now with global fans taking them to task immediately. Just minor correction, The group/Chakra was using Thai dance movements and costumes.

Danny's segments are always golden 🥰

I remember listening to these songs as a teenager and enjoying them 😂 PS: in my country there are also lots of songs from the 90s that were really offensive to other cultures

The internet has existed for like 3 decades now. Even back in the 2010s these Kpop producers could have done some more research about other cultures. But I can only think that we are all, for the most part, unintentionally racist due to ignorance.🤷‍♂

As an Indian, i like to give my thoughts on it. Firstly the thing that the girl group wore on head is called "Mukut" basically translated as Crown which the Kings and Queens used to wear. Like the Royals in England, the Queen's Crown for instance (which anyways is made from stolen wealth from India 😑☹️) . But the ones that they wore was like of Thai style not Indian. The Indian ones are not pointed so there I guess the mixed it with Thai culture. Also the dance they were doing is not Indian but Bollywood-ish. As such dance routines are performed there. In Native Indian culture there are various artforms specifically to express Dance such as Bharatnatyam etc. So seeing that made me laugh a bit and that was good... Chakra are energy centres in our body if one do Yoga and not the Yoga of exercise but the Yoga as asanas and spiritual side to it, so one would know this concept. Also one offensive thi g in the entire "Appropriation" was using of Sacred Vedic mantras used in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism etc out of context just for sensual entertainment. As in a serious way these mantras are very sacred and used in Sacred Worships of Deities and Ceremonies etc and nowhere else. So one should be careful about that. As a foreign culture like Korea wouldn't know it or ignorant about it so we may forgive it but still it if would've happened in India, like eg Bollywood did this we may not spare them. Besides Bollywood has good history of doing it and abusing our Spiritual culture and symbols so i guess as people being inspired by Bollywood and thinking it represents Indian culture have picked it so it's not their fault as Bollywood doesn't follow Indian culture and "Appropriates" from everywhere else... Besides Bollywood is filled with Woke people. So i request if you want to know about Indian culture and history please learn it from variety of sources, South Indian films etc and also I would say learn the scriptural knowledge of Hinduism etc as it is too very interesting and exciting.... One thing I want to say is that this "Cultural Appropriation" thing is of recent times more kinda like the Western Abrahamic ways of looking at things. As in Ancient times all cultures throughout the world, such reciprocation and transfer of Cultures and Knowledge was common. That way every culture would gain something from other. Like the South East Asian culture have many Indian influences as well....

honestly the one with Ckakra wasn't bad cause they were just wearing Indian clothes they didn't do anything offensive in it nor was oh my girl uses the indian tune in one of their songs, but stuff like the Curry song and the oh my girl doing the cover of it so wild and disrespectual to my culture especially Korean fans calling oh my girl curry idols like I'm sorry WHAT THE FUCK

Chakra costume was more like Thailand, that crown was totally Thailand not Indian

I have to admit that I honestly love Chakra, they were one of the groups I most enjoyed when I first got into K-Pop in high school (including the two songs Danny showed "한 (恨)" and "End"), but their whole concept was definitely pick a culture and attempt to mimic it. Their song "Oh My Boy" has a Jamaican concept which is even made explicit in the lyrics "Jamaican combination" and Hwangbo's attempt at a Jamaican accent. Although, this was after the group Roo'ra who's entire concept was reggae, their names stands for "Roots of Reggae" which was also the title of their first album.

Not an Indian, but I’m a Nepalese Hindu. Shanti means peace, so Shanti Curry makes no freaking sense. And the mantra in Lee Hyori’s song is called Gayatri Mantra, which is a pretty important mantra in Hinduism. In Nepal, it is usually recited to show respect to teachers. I just don’t understand the point of it in the song, like what were you trying to do? I don’t get it. Since when did a religious passage recited to convey respect to teachers become something you sexy dance to?

as native american k-pop fan….. i never saw this and i’m in shock!😂 omggg😂😂😂

I think the Come a Come song performance seemed more geared toward South East Asians like Thai traditional dresses rather than Indian costumes. All in all, these performances are so cringey and embarrassing. I feel a lot of times, they put on these costumes to entertain and make fun of us. There is also an interesting component to cultural appropriation in various fields such as fashion, food etc but one of the primary things is profit. At the end of the day, whose is profiting from the sale of a garment that has been culturally appropriated and relabeled; Is your restaurant marketing a cuisine and removing of language markers of that culture and selling it? These artists (and the companies behind them) decided that this was how they were going to market themselves out to the public and could think of no good concept than putting on a costume to exotify themselves.

shanti means peace

India culture, Chinese culture,black culture .. Appropriation .!!!! All start form stereotypes.. Shocking for me like big company like YG doing the same in black pink MV's with India culture!!

the fact that Happyface Ent named their group Dreamcatcher and appropriated the symbol of Ojibwe culture still makes me cringe to this day

I think it's important in this kind of videos (even if the cases aren't as relevant) to acknowledge that regardless of feelings or public perception racism and cultural appropriation are wrong because they feed the idea that the people in this cultures are less or no even people. And those ideas are lies, different doesn't make the other or you less in any way. Also this ideas doesn't stay as such but always became systematic oppression and remember that any human right is all the human rights, we can choose we're all in this.

Btw, the song Danny called "Come A Come" is actually called "한 (恨)" which I guess is a word that doesn't translate very well in English, so Google calls it "Come A Come," but I've seen some translate it as "Resentment." There are many articles written on the concept of Han, and videos too, that should show up if you search for "Korean Han" or "Korean concept of Han."

I'm very offended about the Lee Hyori part. I'm a Hindu by birth although not so religious personally i still do believe you should never disrespect another religion and their faith and beliefs, and that line was the Gayatri Mantra which is probably the most commonly said prayer by Hindus all throughout the country....imagine doing a sexy dance while the lyrics says " in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit, amen" ?!?!? Exactly, hella disrespectful

So that first song by Chakra that you showed... those headdresses are Indonesian/Thai, I'm not sure which. And some of the dance moves are what people stereotypically associate with Egyptians due to the directional drawing style of Ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphics.

Shanthi means peace, inner peace or calmness..

Shanti is a Sanskrit word which means peace. I also have mixed opinions about cultural appropriation. But I do love it when it is done correctly. For example Looona's Paint the Town. I absolutely love that song. Most typical stereotypes that these people have about India is our most popular song is Tunak Tunak Tun and most of our music is like this. Literally I have never seen any Indian in my life who listens to that song. Its just a meme.

I think people are giving too much free pass to kpop in terms of calling them out for their ignorance and stupidity because k-pop industry appears all cutesy on the outside..... I think this should stop ..... We all should criticize and call out k-pop for what 's wrong ,even if we need to be ruthless with our criticism.......let the k-pop fandom cry foul and come in defence of these offenders......we will teach them a lesson too.... because it is high time .....

Being an Indian Indian I have seen many things like this in old Bollywood, I'm especially sorry towards Africans but sorry wtf is this...🤣🤣🤣 It's so funny, especially that whole mantra part. It's not that I haven't seen mantras in songs but it should also make sense with the song, why Gayetri Mantra, it's a worship mantra for goddess Gayetri. I'm going to sound dark but I don't understand if I should laugh or be sad with this stupidity of the people that they don't understand the chanting of these mantras in wrong way can do some harm in their life, because these are used to activate chakras ( not girl band chakra 😝) I'm thinking of showing this to my mother, no even better my grandmother...🤣 By the way Shanti means Peace. One more thing in India no one uses the word 'curry' for the vegetables stew with spices, we call it 'Sabji' which literally means vegetables and kadhi (sound similar to curry) is a totally different dish which is made with curd and besan (gram flour).

The oh my girl bridge was not indian but Arabic themed And till even I called it indian It's like calling koreans as Chinese Bro really are Koreans that oblivious Aladin is not indian themed story wtf 😂

At least with BTS, they went to America to try to learn more about hip hop/rap by a real artist.