True. Look at how much BlackSwan k-pop group struggled in the beginning. And previously Alexandra (?) was treated even worse, borderline bullied by the agency imo. Now, I think they think of Blackswan as "exotic yet talented" but in the regular society, people of different races still face heavy discrimination.
Yup and funnily they only are fascinated by Russian, US etc. for their skin color, tall height, blonde hair, different eye color other than black,etc.
If an a person who's from US but doesn't fit their standards, they won't hesitate to bully them in even Little things. This is especially true for older ppl. Young generation at least is more accepting of other ppl (of different races)
But honestly I'll never get over the fact that Korea treats other races (even in k-pop industry)..
Even their very own agency bullies them alot. That industry is really messed up
Here's a fun fact about Korea and Korean ppl:
They HATE anyone who doesn't look like them...
Funnily enough they actually think that south Asians are trash.. Even though they'll look (many of them) literally the same as Koreans except a few facial features (cuz they're the same Mongolian race)
The only countries they've respect for as human beings are Japan, China, Malaysia (since the cold war)
Since the last decade their interest has been towards ppl from majority white countries like US, Russia etc..
But they still view ppl of other countries as 'ugly', 'poor' etc.