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Earlier this week, K-pop fans began trolling white supremacist hashtags on Twitter, including #WhiteLivesMatter and #WhiteOutWednesday, the former a reaction to the Black Lives Matter movement and the latter in response to Tuesday's social media blackout. The aim was to drown out racist messages with anti-racist ones featuring K-pop memes and videos.

While some Twitter users initially thought fans were using the hashtag seriously, others quickly realized what was going on and began praising the fandom.

“K-Pop fans completely hijacking the #WhiteLivesMatter hashtag makes me so proud,” one person tweeted.

\"kpop stans ruining every white supremacist hashtag. i truly love to see it,\" tweeted another.

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