K-Pop band BTS should apologize over Nazi-style hats
For those who are unfamiliar with BTS they are a boy band
who has been one of the biggest bands in South Korea and East Asia for years
but their international fame has
skyrocketed this year. Unfortunately,
this article does not put them in a good light because a Jewish human rights
group has criticized Korean boy band BTS for wearing headgear that had a
Nazi-style symbol. The Simon Wiesenthal
Center posted a statement on its website stating the K-pop group posed in hats
displaying the Death’s Head symbol of the SS- the organization that oversaw the
Nazi concentration camps. Just last week, BTS were dropped from a planned
Japanese TV appearance after a member from the group wore a t-shirt that appeared
to celebrate the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan. Rabbi Abraham Cooper who’s
the center’s associate dean and director of global social action has said the
group owed both the “people of Japan and the victims of the Nazism an apology.”
On Wednesday, BTS’ management, Big Hit Entertainment,
offered its “sincere apologies for inadvertently inflicting pain and distress
to anyone affected” by the group’s choice of clothing. “Big Hit bears all
responsibilities for not providing the necessary and careful support to our
artist that may have prevented these issues, and we would like to make clear
that our artists, especially due to their extensive schedules and the
complexities of on-site conditions, are in no way responsible.”
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