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Rap music, like everything else, has its problematic moments. Misogyny, colorism, and yes racism often plague verses of some of the most popular hip-hop artists. Time and time again, rappers spit about “looking Asian” whenever they smoke a blunt or two.
Exhibit A: “Cause bitch I'm amazin'/Look what I'm blazin'/Eyes so low/Yea I look like an Asian,” Jeezy rapped on the chorus of his 2008 track “Amazin.”
Wiz Khalifa is the latest in a long line of rappers who have invoked the racist comparison. “I'm a different type of being/Drive the type of whip your bitches like to be in/Smoke got my eyes lookin' Korean,” he raps on the track “Hot Now” from his new album Rolling Papers 2.
The rapper faced a bit of backlash for the line, but instead of apologizing, he’s telling critics to get over it. “Chill out, I’m not racist. I love all races,” he told Charlamagne and Angela Yee on during a stop at The Breakfast Club. “I have Korean friends who are not offended, so I don’t know those people who are saying that.”
This defense plays out a bit like people who love to pull the “but I have black friends” card—it doesn’t work. Should Wiz be an expert on all things politically correct? Probably not. Should he listen when people point out something offensive and historically racist? Absolutely.
1. 랩은 이따금 문제를 일으킴. 아시아인 비하발언도 예전부터 몇몇 있어왔는데 이번엔 위즈칼리파 신곡이 문제를 일으켰음.
2. 위즈칼리파 : “난 인종차별 차별주의자가 아니여 나 한국인 친구들도 있다고 ~걔넨 기분 안상해하던데? ”
3. 하지만 이건 “나는 흑인친구들이 있어”라고 하는 변명이랑 똑같은거임
4. 이런 서구권 미의 기준 때문에 실제로 한국 여성들은 외커풀을 쌍커풀로 바꾸려고 20명 중 1명이 눈수술를 한다고함.
5. 위즈 칼리파야 누가 인종차별적 발언을 지적하면 귀 기울이고 너가 한 말 다시 잘 생각해봐라.
