Man SK... just when I'm starting to discover and really enjoy stuff coming out of your country I find instances of things like this.
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South Korea's first black model faces widespread racism
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Mr. Giggles
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That sucks.
I do remember getting kicked out of resturaunts because they didn't serve foreigners while I was in Seoul
Still had a blast though
I do remember getting kicked out of resturaunts because they didn't serve foreigners while I was in Seoul
Still had a blast though
Cabbagehead
Member
Oh, loom human stupidity and race based tribalism is still hard at work. Especially in such a society. Who knew.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Dude is fly as fuck.
What a shame :/ Not a good look, SK.
What a shame :/ Not a good look, SK.
Cabbagehead
Member
Yep racist towards races they've never met.
And Japan, and China, etc etc. SE Asia is a rough place to be a minority.
I don't know how.
There's no way I could enjoy myself in any country where racism is legally protected to the extent a restaurant can flat out refuse service due to my skin color.
Kuroi Gogeta
Member
I don't know what's more amazing to me:
1. SK is only getting its first black model in 2017
2. There's a black model at all
I'm not surprised at the amount of hate. Its a shame that in this time of the internet where a conversation with a person from a different country, gender, race, etc. is only a few mouse clicks away, people still hold on to ignorant views. With each passing year I become more convinced that information and statistics aren't what changes people's minds.
1. SK is only getting its first black model in 2017
2. There's a black model at all
I'm not surprised at the amount of hate. Its a shame that in this time of the internet where a conversation with a person from a different country, gender, race, etc. is only a few mouse clicks away, people still hold on to ignorant views. With each passing year I become more convinced that information and statistics aren't what changes people's minds.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Didn't Hines Ward struggle with this as well? Seems they haven't changed.
therealist
Member
You didn't know this already?
psychowave
Member
He's really cute. I hope he's determined enough to keep going and set an example, but it's gonna be rough.
SliceSabre
Banned
World is a small place of ok places to visit when you're black.
Our education system literally teaches us to be proud of being a homogeneous nation. What did you expect?
US gets a lot of attention for it due to slavery and the fact that it has many people of many races living together. But many other countries that are just generally less diverse in general sometimes can have it worse. And generally, dark skinned people always have it worse..... even if the light skinned majority isn't exactly white
GrantDaNasty
Member
For as much as black activism is labeled a US-centric issue (I have friends who didn't "get" why BLM did a protest in London some time ago), Racism is worldwide unfortunately, and as much as people can try to turn their noses up, at least an effort is being made in the US compared to most other parts of Europe or Asia
Edit: as a side-note - He looks fly as hell.
Edit: as a side-note - He looks fly as hell.
Laieon
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As someone who's been living in Korea for the past 4 years, this comment doesn't really make sense. If anything, I'd expect this from such a society. Korea's a country that isolated itself for something like 200 years (every hear of the hermit kingdom?) and then suffered from poverty and invasions until fairly recently. If I'd expect any country to be widely racist, it's one that hasn't had all that much exposure to other cultures.
Still love it here (and I feel like the vast amount of Koreans are overwhelmingly welcoming), but it is a bit weird seeing "No foreigners allowed!" signs on restaurants, bars, and clubs every now and then.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Pretty typical for racially homogeneous nations, actually. A *lot* of countries are *far* more racist than you may think. The less people interact with other races, the more likely they are to develop damaging stereotypes and deep mistrust. Korea is *extremely* homogeneous.
I'm actually surprised the number for China in the OP is so low, but I fully admit to being ignorant of relevant information.
TrumanBurbank
Member
Everyone knows how it is to be black in a majority of the world. It's fucking brutal. I don't know why OP is acting like this is some kind of surprise.
People are 'grade A'dirt for some reason when it comes to race.
People are 'grade A'dirt for some reason when it comes to race.
None of those countries are in SE Asia, though.
JonnyDBrit
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...Those three are East Asia in general. SE Asia is nations like Malaysia, Thailand, the Phillipines, etc. Which are diverse in terms of regional ethnicities, though not broad racial groups.
South Korea is not that diverse in either sense though, so sadly this is not unexpected. Credit Han though, hope he makes it, and makes a difference.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Yea from what I understand from my Korean Mother in Law and my wife's travels to Japan the people there are instilled with Nationalist views.
Pretty much dashed my Teach English Abroad opportunities. Not saying it can't work for others it just didn't work for me.
lightskintwin
Banned
It's because Blacks get hit not only with a serving of Racism, but a serving of Anti Blackness. They get served with that double decker they never ordered or wanted.
A country where people worship white beauty so much they have the highest rate of plastic surgery in the world, doesn't like black people?
Are we just going to pretend this is not specific to black people? Nothing to do with being homogenous as they would love to live next to white people.
They just don't like black people. Let's stop with the excuses.
Are we just going to pretend this is not specific to black people? Nothing to do with being homogenous as they would love to live next to white people.
They just don't like black people. Let's stop with the excuses.
It is insane how many people who have never met a black or Jewish person will have some irrational hatred towards them.
Cabbagehead
Member
This is exactly what I meant. Thanks for explaining it.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
Happened to Michelle Lee too. She's a half-korean half-black singer who sung about the bullying she faced.
PandaPandaPanda
Member
can confirm, parents are first generation koreans and they are very racist
That's a thing? Wow.
Laieon
Member
It's not excuses. It's facts. Black people definitely have it harder here, but discrimination isn't solely exclusive to them.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Yup, then when Steelers won the SB Korea suddenly were HUGE Hines fans for a brief moment then it was back to "who are you!?"
Amerie (Korean/Black) singer had issues there too, had to cancel her few concerts there.
Tasha (Korean/Black rapper whose lived nearly all her life in Korea) took A LOT of shit and still does in fact she made a track about it called "Black Happiness", and here are translated lyrics, they're especially vulgar against her child (father is Tiger JK of Drunken Tiger)
In SK they don't even want to sit next to black people in public transit, forget about being their "neighbor". Every foreigner experiences a little discrimination from nationalists, but many of the population just finds black people disgusting.
Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRK_kMciVBM
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
As a white male in Korea the last seven years it can be hard enough.
Taxi drivers don't want to take you, some places flat out have signs on the doors saying no foreigners, people not wanting to sit next to you on the bus or subway.
But non white friends have it much worse, especially with the comments.
The sad thing is that the most unwelcoming people tend to be the younger generations.
Taxi drivers don't want to take you, some places flat out have signs on the doors saying no foreigners, people not wanting to sit next to you on the bus or subway.
But non white friends have it much worse, especially with the comments.
The sad thing is that the most unwelcoming people tend to be the younger generations.
Deuce Deuce
Member
Yeah it's another famous case about racism in South Korea. He has talked at length about a lot of disturbing attitudes coming from there.
Kuroi Gogeta
Member
A country where people worship white beauty so much they have the highest rate of plastic surgery in the world, doesn't like black people?
Are we just going to pretend this is not specific to black people? Nothing to do with being homogenous as they would love to live next to white people.
They just don't like black people. Let's stop with the excuses.
There are negative stereotypes of white people in East Asia too. From what I recall from second hand accounts, there's a pervasive belief that white people have long noses, loose morals and are overly aggressive.
Of course that's not to say that they may not dislike black people even more. They could see white people as a lower class of human, and black people as not human at all.
Frozenprince
Banned
The cultural dissonance to have your entire pop-culture built around shit you stole from black street culture and music (much like the rest of east Asia) and yet be revolted by the very idea of a black person being equal to you.
East Asian racism is a special brand of dehumanizing.
East Asian racism is a special brand of dehumanizing.
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
From my experience in Korea, the overly aggressive part comes from the military.
Loose morals is definitely a stereotype, can be really bad for blonde girls in Busan late at night with Korean businessmen believing them to be Russian prostitutes.
It's not. Much like China, Japan and many other Asian countries the anti foreigner sentiment, to varying degrees among them, is well documented. And by extension we know it hits extra hard on those of certain origins.
But, from my experience at least, SK is usually exposed in two ways. That of its cultural exports such as media and cuisine and regarding its relationship with NK, where it's very much seen as a victim and an ally that needs defending. Not enough about these other aspects get enough attention, IMO.
teruterubozu
Member
And many don't even like other East Asian countries. It's more than just racism, it's ANYBODY that doesn't share the same cultural heritage.
Really is something, ain't it?
Principate
Saint Titanfall
It's pretty fucking weird for a country that worships America so much as far as East Asian countries go. Alas.
That cognitive dissonance of your is outstanding
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