K-pop’s online activism for Black Lives Matter is complicated

19/06/2020 34 min Episodio 100
K-pop’s online activism for Black Lives Matter is complicated

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Episode Synopsis

K-Pop fans have come to the aid of Black Lives Matter protestors online. If you know your history, that may come as a surprise.

Links:
A beginner’s guide to K-pop

How K-pop fans are weaponizing the internet for Black Lives Matter

Guests:
Aja Romano, Vox.com culture writer (@ajaromano)
Miranda Larsen, Kpop scholar and fan (https://twitter.com/AcaOtaku)

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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