Taeyang posts racist video to Instagram, deletes it, then apologizes

[typhlogirl.livejournal.com]

Using some sort of face-swap app that let him put Kanye West's face over his, he says "Happy Monkey New Year" (in English) and starts screaming. He deleted the video soon after. He also made two other videos using Seungri and TOP's faces, which are still up on his insta.

(In the clip he is saying “Happy New Year” in Korean, then pretending to rap some of T.O.P’s past solo work. No mention of the Year of the Monkey.)

Transcript, if you can't see the images:

I read all the comments and I am very sorry to anyone who had bad feelings about the last post which is now deleted. I didn't know some people would think that way but it is totally my fault and I take responsibility. I did not mean it that way and I hope you guys will understand that. I'm sorry again and I will never make this kind of mistake again. I hope you guys will forgive me.


Sources: bigbangupdates
Taeyang @ insta
acklexxx @ OH

I am....honestly amazed that he apologized, and so quickly, but this is still a damn mess. smfh.

Comments

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

My first reaction was to say YG should organize a rotation in his basement, some people need to come out and some people need to go in for a while
I wasn't suprised he fucked up (which is sad) but I was surprised he apologized

[kwikimart.livejournal.com]

Quelle surprise!
He's very messy when it comes to blackness and black culture so not shocked. I'm just glad it wasn't TOP lmaoo!
I like that he apologized (when will GD!) but I don't buy his 'oh i didn't know people would see it that way' line.
This is what happens when you're not the funny one and you try to be the funny one, how embarrassing, disappointing and so stupid.
He needs to really read up on WHY this offended people and teach himself something. It shouldn't be his fan's job or anyone's really to educate a grown man that monkey jokes are anti-Black and disgusting. He knows they are. Dumbass.

Anyway inb4...*deep breath*: "in my culture monkey jokes directed at black people are a form of RESPECT"/"ohh so now we can't make jokes about black people based on a harmful racist stereotype anymore?!"/"you people will get mad at anything!/"korea is a homogeneous country!!1! they don't understand anything!!1 they don't know that mocking someone for their looks is offensive!1!"/"lmaoo anyways yg haters are always doing the most"/"tee hee my faves haven't made an anti-black comment today so i'll pretend they are superior to this guy"/"ugh i hate ikon"

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

Is he going to apologize for his entire career too?

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

OMG your second paragraph though

[jeugd1.livejournal.com]

1. When did his English get this good?
2. This is strike 3 for his dumb ass
3. Or maybe he's pulling a revere Korean SNL skit LMAO
4. And on Black History Month

(http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/law2be/media/FearlessWhiteFrenchbulldog.gif.html)

[phililen3.livejournal.com]

Lord... I saw the title on ONTD and opened the post but haven't read it yet...

Question is BUT WILL HE PULL CRAP LIKE THIS AGAIN?
My answer OF COURSE HE WILL
But he apologized SO HAVE A MULTITUDE OF REPEAT OFFENDERS

I have no faith in people, but some people especially. Rise? Fucking mess....

[mad-nux.livejournal.com]

"I did not mean it that way and I hope you guys will understand that."

lol are u srs

[typhlogirl.livejournal.com]

The apology straight-up stunned me tbh since it's so rare to get one when this sort of fuckery happens

(SMH @ "ugh i hate ikon" OMFG)

[demeulemeester.livejournal.com]

this entire comment omg

[alleybetwixt.livejournal.com]

This is probably inappropriately tangential, but all that face-swap tech is fucking incredible. It's being used for goofy fun stuff, of course, but it's also pretty amazing. The future is here and shit.

I guess I'm just having an 'I'm old' moment, but it's so cool to me. Cell phones weren't really a thing until I was in college. Now we've got these vibrantly lit, tiny, flat, world-networked, super computers in our trousers... that can super-impose a 2D image of another face onto yours... in real time... and move like it's your own face. WTF!??!?!?!!
I love technology.


Baaaack on topic.
Taeyang fucked up.
At least he apologized. Didn't expect that. But does he know why he's apologizing?

[iamtheliquorr.livejournal.com]

L M F A O i gotta make an oppalogist bingo card with this omg

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

Dead @ in my culture monkey jokes directed at black people are a form of respect

[kwikimart.livejournal.com]

You're right about technology!
I just glossed over that face swap thing but that is fucking incredible! We are living in the future, wow
And we even have hoverboards now! They are lowkey crappy and explode but STILL wow

[jeugd1.livejournal.com]

Back in 2008 he deleted and apologized for using the n-word
he didn't learn then he won't learn now

[tungatunga.livejournal.com]

and my favourites: "but Black people are racist toward Asians toooo!!!", 'Asians aren't racist because they aren't in position in power, only people like that are racist' (seriously where did he/she picked that one", "monkey isn't offensive term in Asia"

[kwikimart.livejournal.com]

Lmaooo yes these are also iconic!

[tungatunga.livejournal.com]

I love your comment as a fellow ancient lady remembering dawn of mobile technology, lol.
And you last paragraph is basically me too,

[kwikimart.livejournal.com]

LOL! I'll help you make that

[staaan.livejournal.com]

"tee hee my faves haven't made an anti-black comment today so i'll pretend they are superior to this guy"

i honestly don't get why these posts always turn into a "____ remains an unproblematic fave!!!" fest, especially when half the time people mention someone who supposedly hasn't fucked up it turns out they actually have. rme

[psharp10.livejournal.com]

ngl the fact that he didn't include monkey with the top video makes me suspicious but i'm honestly glad he apologized and took responsibility bc i think this is a first and i'm also a very tired bigbang stan

[psharp10.livejournal.com]

your second paragraph....damn, most of those are something i've seen before i'm so ashamed of ppl

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

idk why it annoys me that people are saying "well at least he apologised", this still reads to me more like he's defending himself with all the ~I didn't know and I didn't mean it that way~ nonsense

[yohan94.livejournal.com]

dead
u forgot my personal fav, the "shinee is always called out" complaint that always seems to pop up

[wishesgranted.livejournal.com]

Literally what the fuck. I mean, good he apologized, but I don't believe him when he says he didn't know it could be taken that way when he literally only mentioned year of the monkey while using Kanye's face. I like YB, but no.

[dorawa.livejournal.com]

You're my favorite commenter o m g