Aquavelvaman
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It's pretty fucking weird for a country that worships America so much as far as East Asian countries go. Alas.
Yeah it's weird that a country that takes cues from America would be racist against black people :|
It's pretty fucking weird for a country that worships America so much as far as East Asian countries go. Alas.
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.
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.
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?
Largey that they took whole sale American entertainment culture. Which isn't as predominantly racist and has a dominant black influence. Like really dominant. It wouldn't be like these people have never seen a black person on tv before or anywhere close.Yeah it's weird that a country that takes cues from America would be racist against black people :|
It's pretty fucking weird for a country that worships America so much as far as East Asian countries go. Alas.
Largey that they took whole sale American entertainment culture. Which isn't as predominantly racist and has a dominant black influence. Like really dominant. It would be like these people have never seen a black person on tv before or anywhere close.
So SK is about 5x more racist than the US, interesting.
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.
Koreans get plastic surgery for Korean beauty standards.
It's pretty fucking weird for a country that worships America so much as far as East Asian countries go. Alas.
It's pretty fucking weird for a country that worships America so much as far as East Asian countries go. Alas.
That's a thing? Wow.
I think they worship white Koreans, seeing themselves as the pinnacle of physical beauty. Of course, to achieve this "perfection" they require eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty and a healthy dose of skin creams.
Behr of course there are elements many but why do you think it was a revelation to many countries just how bad your police system towards black people are the levels of systemic oppression etc are until the more recent times. From the stuff that actually makes it out it wasn't as visible. It's not like American fox news was being show in many countries in the 80's 90'a and 2000'sYeah there's nothing racist about American entertainment culture :|
Imagine if a black person bleached their skin, nosejob and got blue eye contacts...then called it "African standard of beauty". Some people in this thread are hilarious.
I think they worship white Koreans, seeing themselves as the pinnacle of physical beauty. Of course, to achieve this "perfection" they require eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty and a healthy dose of skin creams.
It's no different with White supremacists/racists and Rock and Roll and Country music.
Black people hated the world over.
I mean more the rise of the american brand of Christanity and similar such concepts of western influence. A third of Korea is Christian which isn't anything like say Japan and the view of western values from the paper's I've read is also pretty distinct.It could be interpreted as worship, but it's more like "entertained". Much like how white people were entertained by black performers in the 20th century, but would never interact with a black person socially.
I think you are spot on. Koreans don't want to look like white people, they want to look like their favourite Korean celebs, who obtain the 'western' look.
Koreans wanting to look pale comes down to class systems rather than a desire to look like a white person. pale skin is a sign of higher birth, while dark skin meant your family was out on the farm all day.
Is there a popular celebrity with tanned skin?Meh I wouldn't that go far saying skin color=symbol of hierarchy.
If there's a popular celebirity with tanned skin there'll be a lot of people who would tan their skin asap.
Meh I wouldn't that go far saying skin color=symbol of hierarchy.
If there's a popular celebirity with tanned skin there'll be a lot of people who would tan their skin asap.
Imagine if a black person bleached their skin, nosejob and got blue eye contacts...then called it "African standard of beauty". Some people in this thread are hilarious.
Look at the ganguro stuff. :shudders:Meh I wouldn't that go far saying skin color=symbol of hierarchy.
If there's a popular celebirity with tanned skin there'll be a lot of people who would tan their skin asap.
Maybe a coincidence but one of my close friends has become considerably more 'conservative' (he's basically become a racist) in the five years that he has been living and teaching in South Korea.
Where he once was very Liberal he is now pretty staunchly Conservative (he's a UK citizen and is very pro Brexit and also quite sympathetic to Trump). His main shift in view is how he now views foreigners (mainly black and Muslims). Can't help but wonder if five years living in a overtly racist society has had a big influence on his views?
Why have black people been almost universally hated worldwide as opposed to other groups of people?
"Some of them told me, 'We don't do dark-skinned models,' or, 'For us, non-Korean models mean white models with blue eyes and blonde hair'," Youn said.
Centuries of slavery and colonial oppression are a big reason why. The deep rooted structural racism still exists and it prevalent today.
This doesn't seem to be the case at all? Not even close. You either see the culture appropriated, while erasing the human itself that originated the stuff they're adopting such as clothing, language, or mannerisms. Outright racism, as some has posted in here. Or disdain like in the case of this model.
Where are you seeing a run on tanning and skin darkening products?
You're being exceptionally racist, you're perpetuating false stereotypes: lots of cultures go through trends for skin tone preference, wtf's a "white person nose job" look like? and I've lived here for 6 years and seen half a dozen blue eyes. Koreans have a beauty industry that is based around Korean celebrities and Korean standards of beauty.
The culture is homogenous, it's stupid to pretend otherwise.
I do remember getting kicked out of resturaunts because they didn't serve foreigners while I was in Seoul
World is a small place of ok places to visit when you're black.
What does that mean the culture is homogenous? Because it's definitely not isolated, due to the heavy American influences. So you're claiming their beauty standards weren't influenced but everything else was?
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.
Sadly not surprised. Japan's take on MMA fighter Bob Sapp was a constant source of WTF double takes.
You're being exceptionally racist, you're perpetuating false stereotypes: lots of cultures go through trends for skin tone preference, wtf's a "white person nose job" look like? and I've lived here for 6 years and seen half a dozen blue eyes. Koreans have a beauty industry that is based around Korean celebrities and Korean standards of beauty.
The culture is homogenous, it's stupid to pretend otherwise.
Nah it's Korean standard of beauty dude. Just ask @ travisbickle!The white worship is strong over there, I see.
You're being exceptionally racist, you're perpetuating false stereotypes: lots of cultures go through trends for skin tone preference, wtf's a "white person nose job" look like? and I've lived here for 6 years and seen half a dozen blue eyes. Koreans have a beauty industry that is based around Korean celebrities and Korean standards of beauty.
The culture is homogenous, it's stupid to pretend "white beauty" has some kind of privilege.
What does that mean the culture is homogenous? Because it's definitely not isolated, due to the heavy American influences. So you're claiming their beauty standards weren't influenced but everything else was?
Centuries of slavery and colonial oppression are a big reason why. The deep rooted structural racism still exists and it prevalent today.
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.
Korea's gonna get FUCKED when mixed race folk start to build up in numbers. People are so unbelievably xenophobic, it's disgusting.