Comments on: Foreign Man Files Complaint Against Korean for Racism

By: Korean racism | Superprotonics

Korean racism | Superprotonics — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:20:49 +0000

[...] Foreign Man Files Complaint Against Korean for Racism | ROK DropThe move led by a group of NGOs comes after policemen allegedly sided with the Korean offender during questioning. … i’m not going to say that korean racism is any worse than anywhere else, but it is certainly interesting for the different levels and forms that it takes. [...]

By: Icarus

Icarus — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:49:35 +0000

And did you also read that the Korean man (the alleged offender) abused the Korean women who was with the Indian guy by saying that "You Korean Bitch, how does it feel to date a black guy" ….. If you still don't see racism in it then its your problem.

By: Icarus

Icarus — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:45:04 +0000

Well If you read the follow up news in Korean newspaper recently … the Indian guy was at least 8 feet away from the Korean man who abused him. I wonder how you can smell someones body odor from 8 feet distance. And most importantly the offender(the Korean man)has already admitted during prosecutor's cross-examination that he did abused the Indian guy 'cos he couldn't stand the fact that the dark skinned was with a Korean women.

I don't think its difficult to find "where is the racism"

By: gerry

gerry — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:21:19 +0000

No, I said "I have been to Germany and yes, there are a few (no pun intended)who do not wash. They are a small minority." I did not say you were racist (nor imply it). I did not try to show you "racism". My comment is from my own experience, you can take it or leave it. I'm of French ancestry, and am talking about Germany. I've been to France as well. You should ask me what I think about the French. Methinks you find whatever you want to find. No offense.

By: NotAfriend

NotAfriend — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:58:01 +0000

So you are saying that if I call somebody dirty then its racism. Americans get insulted in Korea all the time. Again show me the racism. By the way, your comments about Germans does sound like racism. Funny how a racist like you seems to ignore his own racism.

By: gerry

gerry — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:15:13 +0000

I think "sometimes" you are right and a punch in the mouth gives the correct and proper attitude adjustment (that in no other way could be delivered) to the perpetrator. Just be careful. Not wise if you are outnumbered or much smaller.

By: gerry

gerry — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:41:16 +0000

Been to Germany and yes, there are a few (no pun intended) who do not wash. They are a small minority.

By: JoeC

JoeC — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:36:18 +0000

When I first came to Korea many years ago, there was a term used by all GIs which was "kimchi breath." The reek was near intolerable to most Americans and near inescapable. You struggled to find safe distance but you didn't publicly berate someone because of it. Like being a non-smoker in a country where everyone smoked. Since then, most urban Koreans tend to brush their teeth after a heavy kimchi meal or maybe I have adjusted to it. I just don't notice it anymore.

I will still see Americans moving off to another car of the train when a group of students get on and they all have a packet of oh-jing-uh; fried squid.

Richard Pryor had a funny routine about the first time he went to Africa. He was in a taxi with an African driver. He had to put his head out the taxi window because he couldn't stand the African's body order. At the same time he notice the African driver had his head out the driver's side window because the African couldn't stand his smell. He imagined the African thinking, "Oh god! These Americans, with their colognes and deodorants."

One person's pheromones is another person's stink.

By: NotNotAFriend

NotNotAFriend — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:40:29 +0000

Did you read the article? If he was just dirty and smelly then what was the point of saying that he was Arab? If it was some white guy, then do you think he would have said, "You must be an American. It's dirty. F*** you!" I would doubt it.

Besides, have you even been to Germany? People don't wear deodorant there. I'm even good friends with a guy from Berlin, with whom I went to college, and deodorant there just isn't their thing.

By: NotAfriend

NotAfriend — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:27:14 +0000

He sounds like an arab to me.

By the way. What was the insult? Saying he was dirty? It was most likely true and the guy was dirty and stinky. How is that racist?