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20 Feb – The co-songwriter of South Korean girl groups SNSD and Chocolat, Jenny Hyun, recently sparked controversy with a slew of racist tweets.
According to Koreaboo, on 16 February, the former singer posted over a dozen derogatory comments on her Twitter against African-Americans, after boxer Floyd Mayweather's made a comment about NBA star Jeremy Lin, stating, "Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he's Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don't get the same praise."
The angry Hyun responded that Floyd was a "subhuman, ungrateful APE," and then started spreading vitriol about the black community in general. She insinuated that Whitney Houston's recent passing was not such a loss because of "all that baggage" she came with, and referred to African-Americans as "disgusting, violent, arrogant, and stupid."
Then, in a frightening twist, she repeatedly called for the eradication of the entire black race, saying among the few, "Eradication of one toxic family is exactly what this world needs" and "We don't know what it's like with them not here. But imagine a world with NO BLACK PEOPLE. All the tension in every aspect of life would be drastically improved without them around. And ONLY them."
K-Pop fans started tweeting her to tell her to stop. Following the slew of angry tweets she received, Hyun protected her Twitter account and then posted an apology of sorts on her blog. The sincerity of her apology left something to be desired, as she prefaced it with an explanation that it was because people were saying that they knew where she lived, and followed it up with a statement that she did not regret what she said.
The former singer also posted a blog entry with memes that read "I regret nothing," and another that compared a modest hut in Africa to a picture of the Roman Empire 2000 years ago, ostensibly in order to draw a contrast between the quality of the two civilizations. Later that day, she also tweeted, "I Love KFC #YaHeard" and "This is not Black America, THIS IS ASIA AMERICA."
As of now, the so-called apology has been removed from her site, while the memes remain.
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