{"id":1498589,"date":"2022-05-31T15:59:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T19:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498589"},"modified":"2022-05-31T15:59:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T19:59:51","slug":"south-korean-boy-band-joins-white-house-press-secretary-tuesday-to-address-anti-asian-hate-diversity-and-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korean-boy-band-joins-white-house-press-secretary-tuesday-to-address-anti-asian-hate-diversity-and-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean Boy Band Joins White House Press Secretary Tuesday To Address Anti-Asian Hate, Diversity, And Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-korean-boy-band-joins-white-house-press-secretary-tuesday-to-address-anti-asian-hate-diversity-and-inclusion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498589&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>If you\u2019ve ever wanted to hear from a South Korean boyband sensation as America deals with rising inflation, soaring costs of gas, and a porous southern border, then you\u2019re in luck because the White House is currently hosting the hit band BTS on Tuesday afternoon for a press room appearance and private meeting with President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, CNN\u2019s Jeremy Diamond tweeted, \u201cBuckle up\u2026K-Pop sensation BTS will join @PressSec at the White House press briefing today\u2026 They are meeting with Biden today to discuss anti-Asian hate crimes &#038; discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Buckle up\u2026K-Pop sensation BTS will join <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a> at the White House press briefing today<br \/>They are meeting with Biden today to discuss anti-Asian hate crimes &#038; discrimination<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDiamond1\/status\/1531617096370634752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The White House press briefing was officially billed as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KEFMNXap8hk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Featuring BTS<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the start of the briefing, Jean-Pierre introduced BTS, which stands for Beyond the Scene, before handing the mic over to the band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi, we\u2019re BTS and it is a great honor to be invited to the White House today to discuss the important issues of anti-Asian hate crimes, Asian inclusion, and diversity,\u201d the bandmember known as \u201cRM\u201d said in English before the rest of the crew made remarks in Korean.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Following a few words in English from RM, the rest of BTS thank President Biden in Korean for inviting them to the White House to talk about anti-Asian hate crimes. (2\/) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rtfj0qv3zk\">pic.twitter.com\/rtfj0qv3zk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1531709386544058369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RM then took to the podium again, saying, \u201cAnd lastly, again, we thank President Biden and the White House for giving us this important opportunity to speak about the important causes and remind ourselves of what we can do as artists. Once again, thank you, very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A translator noted that the one band member said that they \u201cwere devastated by the recent surge in hate crimes, including anti-American hate crimes\u201d and were at the White House to help stop that violence. Other band members thanked their fans for their support and encouraged all to embrace each other\u2019s differences.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Once the final two members of BTS shared a few sentences, RM spoke again in English before a Korean translator shared what the six band members who spoke in Korean said.<\/p>\n<p>They then left without taking questions. (3\/3) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/edoPzHHhFn\">pic.twitter.com\/edoPzHHhFn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1531709981879312386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last Thursday, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/international-k-pop-superstars-headed-to-white-house-to-meet-with-biden-heres-why\">reported<\/a> that the White House announced that BTS would be joining Biden on Tuesday \u201cto address anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination which have become more prominent issues in recent years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden has previously spoken about his commitment to combating the surge of anti-Asian hate crimes and signed into law the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act in May 2021 to provide law enforcement with resources to identify, investigate, and report hate crimes and ensure that hate crimes information is more accessible to AA and NHPI communities,\u201d the White House said in a press statement at the time.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Biden and the entertainment group will also discuss \u201cdiversity and inclusion,\u201d as well as \u201cBTS\u2019 platform as youth ambassadors who spread a message of hope and positivity across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/international-k-pop-superstars-headed-to-white-house-to-meet-with-biden-heres-why\">noted<\/a> that BTS made headlines in 2021 when they spoke out about \u201cdiscrimination\u201d they claimed to have faced as Asians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recall moments when we faced discrimination as Asians,\u201d BTS tweeted in a statement in 2021. \u201cWe have endured expletives without reason and were mocked for the way we look. We were even asked why Asians spoke in English.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot put into words the pain of becoming the subject of hatred and violence for such a reason,\u201d the statement added. \u201cOur own experiences are inconsequential compared to the events that have occurred over the past few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many in the media have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/18\/politics\/white-supremacy-racism-asian-americans\/index.html\">speculated<\/a> that former President Donald Trump\u2019s rhetoric inspired white supremacists to carry out anti-Asian attacks, as he used terms like the \u201cChina virus\u201d to describe COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>As a presidential candidate, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/biden-criticizes-trump-statement-against-anti-asian-coronavirus-racism-n1183051\">slammed<\/a> Trump for his rhetoric. \u201cUnfortunately, Donald Trump and his Administration have failed to show almost any moral leadership when it comes to this issue,\u201d Biden wrote in a statement in 2020 addressing anti-Asian hate. \u201cThe casual racism and regular xenophobia that we have seen from Trump and this Administration is a national scourge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others, like Wilfred Reilly, a black political science professor and author, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commentary.org\/articles\/wilfred-reilly\/crime-against-asians-isnt-due-to-white-supremacy\/\">argued<\/a> that a look at the data shows that anti-Asian attacks were a problem prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and that the attacks are committed by a diverse group of perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence against Asian Americans is in fact a diverse and majority-minority affair, with the 2019 Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report showing that 27.5 percent of violent criminals targeting an Asian victim are black and only 24.1 percent are white; my own analysis of a set of more than 100 recent high-profile cases reaches similar conclusions,\u201d Reilly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commentary.org\/articles\/wilfred-reilly\/crime-against-asians-isnt-due-to-white-supremacy\/\">wrote<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever wanted to hear from a South Korean boyband sensation as America deals with rising inflation, soaring costs of gas, and a porous southern border, then you\u2019re in luck because the White House is currently hosting the hit band BTS on Tuesday afternoon for a press room appearance and private meeting with President &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1498643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}