Racism head line comment in my country, on a national newspaper. (fixed)

[Deadtrees]

"A black came to Korea stating that he's been chatting with Hyolee(name of the popular female singer in Korea) on-line, and that he wanted to meet her"


That was the head-line of Korea's national sports newspaper. the reporter kepts mentioning "black"in the article several times. If this guy were white, the reporter would've written the article as "An American came to Korea...". However, he is blck, hence without any furter information about him, he's stero-typed as the "Back" guy.
Whenever a black person is on the news, it's always mentioned that he, or she is "black". This keeps happening. This really needs to be corrected. In order to do so, some kind of anti-racism-organization should write a letter about this on going problem in Korea. Whom should I contact? any input would be welcomed.

 

[ROTC1983]

wow, you have some weird symbols in your text...

 

[Trezza]

Originally posted by: ROTC1983
wow, you have some weird symbols in your text...

yeah all i got from what you wrote is that he's black in korea and american who talks to some pop singer????? so what. maybe if i saw the article i no what your talking about. otherwise i am clueless...plus the internet needs a better symbol identifier

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: ROTC1983
wow, you have some weird symbols in your text...

lol....

 

[TommyVercetti]

I think that would be just about any foreign country where Black people are not the norm, and have very little racial diversity.

 

[Deadtrees]

TommyVercetti

It's true that blacks aren't the the norm, and have very little racial diversity in Korea, but then again, Whites aren't neither.
Whenever there's a news about white people, the fact that he's white isn't a issue, however if it's about the black person, then it's always mentioned.
Plus, if the person were white, it wouldn't have been a big deal, but because this guy is black, it became "how dare a black person..." issue.

 

[fr]

Originally posted by: Deadtrees
TommyVercetti

It's true that blacks aren't the the norm, and have very little racial diversity in Korea, but then again, Whites aren't neither.
Whenever there's a news about white people, the fact that he's white isn't a issue, however if it's about the black person, then it's always mentioned.
Plus, if the person were white, it wouldn't have been a big deal, but because this guy is black, it became "how dare a black person..." issue.

I've seen Americans (and most foreigners) referred to as "aliens." Some things are just normal in other countries. Just because the U.S. has it a certain way doesn't mean it's automatically the standard.

 

[Desslok]

Hell some dumbass's are still stuck in the 50's in America. Take for example the all white prom that happened in GA. Racism is still alive and well sad to say.

 

[Deadtrees]

FR!

I don't even know how it all started, but, somehow, most of Koreans happen to look down on blacks, hispanic, south Asians, but then again, people look upon on whites. Black people in Korea goes through hard time because they'd get more racism comment, issues in Korea than in any other country. A black friend of mine has traveled around 7 European, and Asian countries, and he stated that Korea is the worst for sure.

The biggest problem is that people on T.V, or newspaper would make comments putting down black people.
Racism is racism. It's not NORMAL, and it can't be.

Think about it, no matter what, black people are black people in Korea. How can it be normal? If you are judged by your skin color, is it normal to you?
This issue is NOT about U.S standard, it's about the international standard, and the moral of the people no matter what country you live in.

 

[Dragnov]

Korea is very nationalistic. There isn't much racial diversity (especially of blacks) and they lack experience dealing with racism. They tend to look down upon foreginers, and associate white people as being successful and black people as not.

There are numerous reasons for this, both valid and not so valid. To simply call them ignorant or racist is not the key, but to understand why they think this, and to change those preceptions.

People love to just call each other ignorant or racist far too easily nowadays.

 

[Deadtrees]

Well, I am Korean. I've been living in this country. I do know why most of Koreans happen to look down on other races, but I do not know why we look down on blacks. Really, I can't find good reasonable reasons for this.
The racism issue... Most of Koreans don't even call blacks black, instead they say Korean word for "Nigxx"
On public T.V, and newspapers, they would say, or write an article putting down blacks.
This happens, and I know, because I live here.

There are numerous reasons for this, both valid and not so valid. To simply call them ignorant or racist is not the key, but to understand why they think this, and to change those preceptions.

In order to change the preceptions of people, articles such as this one shouldn't come out.

 

[Eug]

Many Asians for some reason are very racist against black Africans. I've noticed that not only is the racism present, it's there in such a way that seems obvious to North Americans but not themselves.

eg. A Chinese person might freely admit s/he does not like the Japanese because of he 2nd world war atrocities, but may not admit to racist tendencies against blacks despite the fact that same Chinese person would see nothing wrong in that newspaper article.

People keep saying this is normal. Well, in fact, yes it is. Certain racist attitudes ARE the norm. That doesn't make it right.

Which newpaper by the way?

 

[Deadtrees]

Yes Eug...
It shoundn't have been on a newspaper as a head-line.
What a shme.



here's the link. BTW, check out the girl. She's HOT!!

 

[Dragnov]

Just to clarify my position here.

I'm not saying I approve of what they said, or see nothing wrong with it. Just that we need to understand why they think that in the first place in order to change their perceptions.

People will simply say "Oh they're just stupid racists" or something like that but thats far too much of a simple statement.

And yes, I know Koreans use racist words commonly, especially toward blacks. Like I said, blacks are seen as unsuccessful and thus looked further down upon.

That newspaper can and will use racist terms though as long as the people see nothign wrong with it. I don't believe censoring what one says or making sure racist terms are not used is going to change anyones perception (as evidenced by the U.S. method of dealing with it and the overkill of Political Correctness.)

Educate them, not just simply prevent someone from saving certain things.

Do they accept readers letters? Can't you write a letter to them explaining why they shouldn't use those terms (not just saying because it's racist, but WHY it's racist and WHY it is a problem.) I would think you would at least be able to talk to the editor of the page or something.

 

[Deadtrees]

blacks are seen as unsuccessful and thus looked further down upon.

Yes, it's true, but that's what racism is about, too. Because most of blacks are unsuccessful, it doesn't mean we should see that ALL blacks are all unsuccessful. What if you're a black person, and people see you unsuccesful no matter how successful you are? You should be only judged by what you chose, not by what you couldn't choose to do.

That newspaper can and will use racist terms though as long as the people see nothign wrong with it.

Korean people do see that it's wrong. I also talked about this issue in Korean Forum place, and people do think it's wrong. If people don't even realized that it's wrong, then there's a BIG problem, and somebody's got to do something about it.

Do they accept readers letters? Can't you write a letter to them explaining why they shouldn't use those terms (not just saying because it's racist, but WHY it's racist and WHY it is a problem.) I would think you would at least be able to talk to the editor of the page or something.

I've done that, but a person talking to the editor, and the reporter won't really change much.