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Japanese band pulls 'Columbus' video after slavery backlash (www.bbc.com)

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A Japanese rock band has pulled the music video for its new song "Columbus" after drawing flak for scenes that depicted Christopher Columbus with ape-like men.

The video shows three historical figures teaching the ape-like beings to do various things, like how to ride on horses and play musical instruments.

The video swiftly sparked a backlash after it was released on Wednesday - it was removed just a day later.

The band, Mrs Green Apple, apologised on Thursday, saying the video "contains expressions that lack understanding of historical and cultural backgrounds".

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 9 points 5 months ago

I don't know how many times people need to be told Japan still has a huge racism problem and a problem with acknowledging the crimes of Imperial Japan, including mass slavery, before you guys figure out that "they're just ignorant of our history" isn't a good excuse.