You might remember Wu Xuan Yi (right) from the fake viral Tweet about a lesbian billionaire couple. She's actually a member of WJSN.
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In an episode of tvN's Super Junior's Super TV, WJSN performed a traditional Indian dance with Wu Xuan Yi at the front sporting a tiny moustache.
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On the show, Super Junior's Lee Donghae suggested the song.
so here's the background to it, the suju member chose the song but the girls agreed and made the routine themselves for a talent show, it was their choice to make fun of the song https://t.co/JG1Y4oC2Vm
Though the episode aired on 6 April, it resurfaced yesterday, and some fans have found it offensive.
y'all wanna know why this is fucking disrespectful? because the dance she's doing is an indian traditional dance called bharatnatyam and she's completely fucking mocking it and thinking it's a joke. https://t.co/TBGwbmXciR
Indians are already lack representation, are not included and not seen as Asians by others but seeing Asians ridiculing us makes me feel even more isolated. https://t.co/YqROyL04EJ
what rly fucks me up about this is that even an indian doing this would get their ass beat by her mom bharatnatyam isn't something for you to mock https://t.co/7FfLvZHUUF
i'm not even indian but i've studied much about the classical dances and indian culture i felt the insult myself https://t.co/2cpQeY0sCD
As a bharatnatyam dancer who is indian this is BEYOND offensive, its completely disrespectful and infuriating. Fuck her and everyone defending her. https://t.co/oQxoDdJ5nl
One of those fans was 20-year-old Sana from London, who said she felt uncomfortable after watching the video on YouTube.
Her tweet sparked a discussion on how South Asian culture is portrayed by South Koreans.
i’m actually sick and tired of south asian/indian culture constantly being reduced to a joke on korean tv.
Sana said: "It’s very obvious at times that Koreans in general don’t see South Asia as anything more than curry, yoga and that one damn song."
Sana said that after she tweeted it people started sending her more incidents. For example, the "oh my girl" incident that caused controversy two years ago.
@knjseuphoria it looks like her whole group participated in this. wsjn is cancelled as well as oh my girl. oh my girl also did some racist shit against Indians in the past
"But then so many more people started to send me even more incidents of Koreans mocking or degrading South Asian culture whilst at the same time using other aspects of our culture as music video concepts," Sana said.
She said that after she tweeted, people have thanked her for bringing the issue to light, but she's also been receiving "a huge amount of racial slander" from troll accounts.
they are MOCKING not only the song but trying to do a bad reenactment of a traditional dance. THIS is DISRESPECTFUL, damn who raised you all.
She said: "I’ve had tonnes of South Asian girls thank me for bringing the issue to light bc so many people have been feeling uncomfortable with the way Koreans look down onto Indians for a long while now."
People have cancelled the group.
idk who xuan yi is anymore wjsn has 12 members now https://t.co/NlPtC9RSkX
i found out she's xuanyi from wjsn and she's cancelled till 2235. the audacity you would have to make a skit out of an integral part of indian culture is beyond me. the entire group dancing has not just reduced indian people to stereotypes for the 1000th time but- https://t.co/ABSfY3zzkz
wtf is this mess cosmic girls discontinued https://t.co/arEyELzeYx