“Don’t wait for a special miracle,” Girls’ Generation sang on their 2007 breakout hit “Into The New World.” K-pop stans, the most zealous fans of the genre, are doing their part to help bring miraculous change right now. They deployed the power of the tweet and the force of their numbers to aggressively mobilize against white supremacists and interfere with police surveillance. K-pop fans weaponized their social media presence in support of Black Lives Matter amidst the nationwide protest which followed the killing of George Floyd. The unarmed black man died in police custody last week after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes during an arrest.
The K-pop social media bombardment saw stans take over rightwing and pro-Donald Trump hashtags to drown out racist and offensive posts and criticism of the protests. K-pop fans radicalized on May 31 in response...
The K-pop social media bombardment saw stans take over rightwing and pro-Donald Trump hashtags to drown out racist and offensive posts and criticism of the protests. K-pop fans radicalized on May 31 in response...
- 6/5/2020
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