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Tops, a sports card manufacturer, made and released a card that satirizes BTS. He apologized for the act and deleted the card.
On the 18th, Tops said on the official Instagram, “We understand and apologize for the consumers who are angry at the description of BTS in the GPK Shammy Awards product. We removed the BTS sticker card, and in the future, we apologize. I will not print the card and I will not use it.”
On the 16th, Tops announced ‘2021 Topps Garbage Pail Kids: The Shammy Awards’ of the famous series card’Garbage Pail Kids’.
The series is designed for artists who have won awards at various awards over the years. This year’s expectations were raised by including BTS, who were nominated for the Grammy Awards.
However, anticipation caused anger beyond disappointment. Unlike other artists, it is a comical drawing of BTS. The BTS members in the card became moles in the mole game. In particular, the face of BTS who was hit by a Grammy Award instead of a hammer was full of wounds and bruises.
Against this, BTS fan club ARMY’s voices of criticism poured out, and they protested by posting a hashtech article on social media with’#AsiansAreHuman, #StopAsianHate’.
In particular, famous YouTuber Jose Ochoa told social media, “I love satire. There are plenty of ways to criticize Grammy with BTS. But you’re describing the way they’re being beaten up amid increasing anti-Asian hate crimes.” “I had to choose” he pointed out.
Tops apologized for this, but fans in each country said, “What did you think of before posting?” “We didn’t forgive you” “How about apologizing to the Asian community?” “How was it approved in the first place?” And the like are still pouring out criticism.
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