The Real Tragedy of Logan Paul's Japan Videos
Logan Paul's Japan trip was saturated with white privilege, cultural appropriation, and lack of cultural intelligence. I won't even get started about his suicide forest video in this post, but among other things it was tasteless. Back from the tangent. On the one hand, I am infuriated with how he disrespected Japanese culture and shamed citizens by treating the country as a "giant playground" and including them in his antics. He made people and culture a commodity for his brand. On the other hand, I am sad because--despite the harsh negative criticism he has received--I don't think he'll change. He has actually gained followers within the last several days. People continue to watch his videos, thus generating income for himself and YouTube despite his social media silence. His brand has been built upon the exact antics he did in his Japan videos. The only way he'll actually receive the message if people stop watching his videos...which likely won't