Overseas fans are dissatisfied with Key & Taemin complaining about Minho’s dark skin: This is not what you should say at your age

Boy group SHINee members Key and Taemin caused dissatisfaction among many overseas fans because they dissed their teammate Minho’s skin color, saying they were disappointed with them.

In the latest SHINee group variety show, Key, Taemin and Minho were wearing pajamas, sitting on a bed and chatting. When discussing the possibility of making golf content, Taemin suddenly said that after playing golf, he could only see Minho. The eyes and teeth imply that Minho is so tanned that only his white teeth can be seen and his body cannot be seen at all. Amid laughter, Key asked Minho: “Why are you so tan?”and said something similar to Taemin before. After the show aired, this content caused controversy among foreign fans. Many fans left messages expressing disappointment with Key and Taemin’s remarks, “Can you stop making such jokes? He just wants to be with you.”Why are we suddenly talking about skin color when we are playing golf together?””How many years have you been making this joke? It makes people feel tired and unreasonable. I love SHINee very much, but stop saying such stupid things. This is not the age you are. What should be said”, “I know they love Minho very much, but this joke has been made for a long time”, etc.

Some netizens forwarded the relevant remarks to the theqoo forum, which also caused controversy among Korean netizens. Everyone left messages saying: “I actually didn’t pay much attention to it, but some fans felt uncomfortable after hearing it. SHINee should be more careful. It’s not a big problem.””They think it’s okay.””This kind of joke is really inappropriate.””Our country is really not very sensitive to skin color. We just like white skin. What they said “Nothing malicious”, “Saying this kind of thing in front of foreigners may cause problems, but their previous chats did not involve racial discrimination at all, but simply wanted to express that if you do outdoor sports regularly, your skin will tan. Foreign fans Can’t you understand the Korean background? Some people are willing to tan, others are willing to whiten, etc.

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