Amidst the Asian hate crimes, a comedy TV show from Chile named "MiBarrio" is under fire for making a stereotypical and mocking parody of BTS.
[THREAD] Last night, Chilean comedy TV show #MiBarrio (open TV channel available to the whole country) presented a parody performance of BTS, where all the jokes were based on racism and xenophobia, including mockery of their language, (cont.)
— BTS Chile (@BTS_Chile) April 11, 2021
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their names, and a joke related to the pandemic. This situation is extremely insenstive considering the discriminatory attacks the Asian community has suffered globally.
— BTS Chile (@BTS_Chile) April 11, 2021
English translation of the dialogue in the show:
my memory of jungkook who chose to perform for chile despite severe exhaustion during their Wings tour is still fresh. today, i raise my🖕🏻 for every chilean who thinks that the way B75 speak is a good subject for comedy. YOU DONT DESERVE B75!😤 #RacismIsNotComedy #megaculiao pic.twitter.com/nd8mcI4bBo
— BTS IS 7 (@B_T_S_is_7) April 11, 2021
MiBarrio replied this on Instagram in response:
In the following tweets you can see how to file a complaint against this situation. This cannot pass as humor and we have to see it as it really is: A racist aggression.
— BTS Chile (@BTS_Chile) April 11, 2021
In "Descripción" please add the following:
— BTS Chile (@BTS_Chile) April 11, 2021
El Consejo Nacional de Televisión debe velar para que actitudes y estereotipos racistas sean eliminados de la televisión chilena. El programa Mi Barrio de MEGA del día 10/04/21 es un claro ejemplo de lo que debe cambiar. pic.twitter.com/f9jPkgk9x3
#StopAsianHate
#Racismisnotcomedy
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good comedy is the one that is funny without racism, sexism, cursing and making fun of disabilities. if you need to use any of these, time to rethink your career path.