Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Kwon-Oumi]

Do you think that korean people ARE RACIST ?? What are things/thoughts/race/kind of people that they CAN'T tolerate the most?

[ttompatz]

You will find that there are racists in Korea.

Not all Koreans are racist.
Not all racists are Korean.

A large part of the population does look down on people from countries with less developed economies and often treat them as 2nd class people. Migrant factory workers are an example of people who are often treated poorly.

There is racism (as well as ageism and gender bias) in hiring practices and there is no legal venue to seek recompense.

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[Kwon-Oumi]

this kind of racism is a little everywhere (except the gender thing)
thank you for those infos ^^

[salutbonjour]

Of course there's racism.

I think it's worse when its directed at those you love for loving you rather than at yourself though.

[cj1976]

[joelove]

I think in day to day living a more important thing will be the smaller stuff that gets to lots of foreigners, the seemingly small things that just get on your nerves sometimes because they are so common. Someone on here might complain about what sounds like a trivial matter, but it's often something more than that. It will be the little things that keep happening again and again that bring people down because we get tired of them. Part of the deal of living abroad I guess, though there are good things as well in the bargain, and of course annoyances occur no matter where you live.

[Dodge7]

Yes, Koreans are racists.

[le-paul]

aw gawd, not this again...

cant you just find another thread and read this? its just going to be the same people having the same arguments anyway.

[Scorpion]

Yes, Korea is racist...to its bone. Saying "there are racists everywhere" is a stupid response. Would you say that Korea and (say) Canada are equally racist? Of course not, despite the fact that there are racist individuals in Canada. In Canada (and many other Western countries) racism if fought against in the schools, the press, the churches, labor unions, politics and a host of other arenas. This is emphatically not the case in Korea. Here those same institutions reinforce racist attitudes - even celebrate them.

So yes, Korea is racist. Only a fool can fail to see this.

[le-paul]

YES WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE ALL THINK.

FLOGGING A DEAD HORSE!!!

[Steelrails]

I was about to respond, but then I looked out of my window and watched some dude get in a bright red VW Beetle that had a fricking windup attached to its rear and that completely destroyed my train of thought.

[ttompatz]

Like this one?

http://media-cache-ec3.pinimg.com/192x/e2/3f/6d/e23f6dfba7d30a849d9d1c4d637312a0.jpg

or this one?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fuk5RGKyFrY/SvtpVcer3xI/AAAAAAAAC-k/ohW0ujwtfg0/s320/IMG_2392%5B1%5D

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[le-paul]

i used to have a beetle. bright red with a huge porsche spoiler on the back! custom seats, lights, exhaust. the coolest thing you ever saw.
Its a shame the engine was knackered and i could only drive it up and down the driveway...

[Steelrails]

[Lucas]