K-pop boy band BTS were depicted on a Topps trading card beaten and bruised. Commenters online called the depictiion violent and racist, and the company withdrew the card and apologised. Photo: Big Hit Entertainment
Trading card showing K-pop band BTS beaten and bruised is denounced as violent and racist; issuer Topps removes it and apologises
- The card was part of a supposedly humorous pack issued after the Grammy Awards, where BTS performed but missed out on the music industry’s big awards
- Commenters online linked its imagery with the wave of anti-Asian hate crime sweeping the US, including six women shot dead in Atlanta massage parlours this week
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K-pop boy band BTS were depicted on a Topps trading card beaten and bruised. Commenters online called the depictiion violent and racist, and the company withdrew the card and apologised. Photo: Big Hit Entertainment
