As noted by the BBC report, footage of the visit shows that Blackpink members at times handled the baby panda and touched its mother without protective gloves. Unfortunately, however, Blackpink's trip to the zoo did little to strengthen ties with Chinese fans. they got hurt.' Lisa further explained that she would be more careful in the future, and thanked the fan for bringing the matter to her attention. I didn't have, like, bad intentions,' Lisa said in the apology video. The fan later uploaded Lisa's comments to YouTube. The singer listened attentively, before issuing a candid, unscripted apology to the fan who called in. In the call, the fan reportedly educated Lisa about why some BLINKS felt that the pop star's behavior was problematic. When YG Entertainment failed to generate an apology for the hairstyle, one fan decided to join Lisa for a fan meet video call (per Yahoo! News). Lisa was also accused of using a stereotypical Black accent throughout the video. According to the outlet, the song's lyrics used elements of AAVE (African American Vernacular English). As noted by Micky, Lisa's hairstyle wasn't the only part of the 'Money' video that heavily borrowed from Black cultures. This use of a traditionally Black hairstyle in a K-Pop video left a sour taste in many fans' mouths. As agency representative Cho Woo-young told The New York Times, 'It was immediately edited when we became aware of it.'

YG Entertainment responded to the backlash by editing Ganesha out of the video. Lisa's choice to wear boots in front of Ganesha's statue added another layer of offensiveness to the video. In the Hindu religion, shoes are strictly prohibited from temples, and failure to remove one's shoes before an idol is a sign of disrespect (per Orissa Post). Not only is using a religious figure prop disrespectful, placing Lord Ganesha on floor and/or near feet is highly disrespectful in Hinduism.' Hindu deity Lord Ganesha was placed on the floor next to Lisa's feet. In one popular fan-created complaint template, disappointed BLINKS expressed exactly why Blackpink's representation of Ganesha was so offensive: 'During Lisa's part.

Many Hindu fans felt that this image of Ganesha near Lisa's shoes denigrated their god and disrespected their religion as a whole.

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