“We’d like to take the opportunity to voice ourselves once again.”
“We believe music is always an amazing and wonderful unifier of all things.”
“It’s not wrong to be different,” Suga said.
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“Equality opens up when we embrace all of our differences.”
V added, “Everyone has their own history.
“Hate only hides.
It’s not just your good talent.
It’s the message you are communicating.
Attacks against the AAPI community have been on the rise since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
“We feel grief and anger.”
Our own experiences are inconsequential compared to the events that have occurred over the past few weeks.
But these experiences were enough to make us feel powerless and chip away our self-esteem.”
Their statement continued, “We stand against racial discrimination.
You, I, and we all have the right to be respected.
We will stand together.”
