🪭@BO613s
back in 2017, namjoon actually opened up about his past and admitted that his words and actions hurt people, regardless of what he intended. he took full responsibility for it all. plus, he reached out to mentors like warren g to really get the historical weight of black culture, which led to 'change' (2017), a track that explicitly calls out racism. his silence now isn't about ignoring things, it's proof that he learned his lesson and never repeated those mistakes after educating himself. when it came to the misogyny stuff, he even consulted feminist scholars, read 'breaking out of the man box' and literally changed his lyrics.
bighit and the group also gave a formal apology to the simon wiesenthal center in 2018, and they accepted it, acknowledging it was a lack of knowledge rather than malice.
and the sample, it was removed within 48 hours along with an official apology and a re-release of the track.
