South Korean K-pop supergroup BTS has posted their sentiments on the recent anti-Asian attacks in the United States and revealed that they have also experienced racism and "faced discriminations as Asians."

In a post on Twitter, in both Korean and English language, the group got on board calls to #StopAsianHate and #StopAAPIHate, citing that they "feel grief and anger" over the rising violence against Asians. BTS also conveyed their condolences to the victims of the mass shooting in Atlanta, where six of the eight victims were Asian women.

The septet said that they could not verbalize the pain of those who have been attacked because of their race, but they also faced discrimination abroad and were mocked for their appearance and for trying to speak in English. BTS said that their experiences are pale compared to other victims of violence, but they wanted to stress that the discrimination still made them "feel powerless" and affected their self-esteem.

In February, a radio host in Germany said that he wants to get a vaccine against BTS because they are like COVID-19 after the group generated a lot of news for covering Coldplay's "Fix You." A few days after BTS' Grammy performance, a trading card company in the U.S. landed in hot water for portraying the band as beaten and bruised in its latest card collection.

In May 2020, BTS also spoke out against racial discrimination following the death of George Floyd, a Black American, at the hands of the police. The group made a million-dollar donation to the Black Lives Matter movement.

BTS condemned the violence and said they will "stand against racial discrimination," adding that everyone has the "right to be respected."

According to CNN, anti-Asian hate crimes have risen to 149 percent in 16 large cities in the U.S. in 2020. The movement Stop AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) claimed that there were more than 500 incidents of anti-Asian attacks reported to them in January and February 2021.

Police in San Francisco has been patrolling the streets of Asian neighborhoods to prevent attacks. A Harris poll revealed in February that 75 percent of Asians in America are fearful of the rising incidents, prompting President Joe Biden to sign an executive order condemning the violence.

BTS joins other Asian American in Hollywood who have been using their platforms to speak out against the hate crimes, such as Sandra Oh, Daniel Dae Kim, Jamie Chung, and Olivia Munn. Ken Jeong donated to one of the families of the victims of the Atlanta shooting, who set up a GoFundMe page.

Meanwhile, BTS post received nearly a million replies from netizens, who appreciated the group for speaking out and making a stand.