Translation of the shirt is, “Ronny, a horny hard [n-word] boy.” in Dutch.
Really want to give visibility for this as he recently performed at Coachella and this isn't his first time doing stuff like this (wore blackface in "honor" of Trayvon Martin, has an entire album named Ubermensch (4th picture) with 88 imagery, n-word multiple times)
G-Dragon is one of the biggest most prolific Korean artists from the group Bigbang, which is one of the most influential groups in Asia, a group heavily inspired by Black American culture.
I am sorry if this post isn't allowed, I am just so tired of these things happening and fans excusing consistently for the past 20 years now.
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Well that’s disappointing but unsurprising.
Wow. Thats not even a shirt you could claim ignorance on, it’s pretty obvious even if you don’t speak Dutch.
Oh this is…. Bad. Like sometimes I understand accidental insensitivity due to language/culture difference but this is far and away beyond that, and even worse it’s a pattern. This is honestly wild.
Not surprising given his extensive history of racism.
I’ve just come to accept that k-pop is actively hostile to me as a Black person. That may sound dramatic to some and I’m not shaming anyone who does enjoy it, but I’m tired of the excuses people make for this behavior time and time again.
Literally bizarre. Both the creation of this shirt (by a white German designer), and the wearer. I’m Dutch, so at first I hoped it would be a crude reference from on of our many black artists (since the word does not translate into a hard n-word, but just the n-word), but no, of course it’s just fucking weird and racist.
they’re gonna claim ignorance or not respond at all like they always do
Translation-wise, I would translate it as “negro” rather than the n-word. As in ‘it used to be the acceptable word to use decades ago but is now unacceptable’. I mean, it’s still definitely racist but it doesn’t have the extra dose of nastyness that a hard-r n-word would have.
(I am white, so perhaps Dutch POC have another experience with it. Happy to be educated if so. I wouldn’t use either word ever.)
the Tshirt is just WTF
As a Dutch person, I can *maybe* see this being a translation issue since GD barely speaks English, let alone Dutch. But the picture on the front looks like a racist caricature all on its own. Combined with Übermensch and the SS imagery… Jesus fucking Christ.
Edit: looked up the designer and it’s a white German man. I kind of hoped the design was by a really popular Dutch rapper called Ronnie Flex. But no
For context – I don’t recognize the phrase or the picture and I have no clue what this references. The n-word is absolutely offensive in the Netherlands, though it doesn’t carry the exact same weight as its American equivalent and we don’t have versions with/without a hard R. Not long ago, the word was seen as an “acceptable” way to refer to a black person, just like you’d call someone an Asian, a Latino or Balkan. Until 2006 we had chocolate pastries called “n-word kisses” in every supermarket. 😬
Luckily attitudes have shifted, and now the word is considered discriminatory, outdated and offensive. It’s only really used by black people themselves and old people who never got the memo. GD would 100% get a glass bottle chucked at his head if he wore this shirt in Amsterdam.
His fans are just going to defend him again anyways just like they did when he released his nazi-esque album last year
After a certain point it’s no longer a mistake.
It’s so wild to see non-Caucasian people spit Nazi rhetorics like you’re not the first one they target.
Uhmm… no thanks.
I don’t care if it’s an accident, made by someone who just thought it looked cool but didn’t know the meaning.
I also don’t believe it was an accident.
Terrible.
Oh that was on purpose. At first I thought it was a slip up, nah, not with the constant racism