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[hypnotoad777]

I am a teacher working for a public school and I want to report some racist hiring practices that have disturbed me.

I found out that the reason I was hired (and not the original male, African-American applicant assigned by my district) was because the principal assumed that because he was black, that he would be a sexual threat to female students.

Also, I believe that the district which assigned him is somewhat liable and should not be assigning applicants based on the principal's racial preference. Does anybody know who / where / how I can report this?

Any concrete advice about what legal / political / actual steps can be taken? (as opposed to lamenting about how broken Korea is or aimless theorizing.)


Thank you in advance.

[Chaparrastique]

[optik404]

So, when you needed a job, it was ok, but now that your contract is up, you're all warrior for justice.

Reporting it won't do anything, it's your word against a principal of a school.

[Kepler]

Contact the National Human Rights Commission. They helped Bonojit Hussain after he was mistreated by police for being Indian.

Click English under “Multilingual Complaint Guide”
http://www.humanrights.go.kr/english/main/index.jsp

[bossface]

[andrewchon]

Thing to is:
1. Find out the political party affiliation of the district's education head honcho. It's either Saenuri party or New politics Democratic Unity Party
2. Feed the information to the opposition. There are bye-elections happening in July 30th. Saenuri's candidte for Education ministership, Kim Myung Soo, is already getting hammered for being a clueless copycat. Teachers are demonstrating against the government crackdown of union activists. Either way, another scandal in education field would be useful.
3. Leave the country.

Voter's reactions are hard to predict. They'll probably thank the district head and the principal for having the 'Gangnam Style'.

[beentheredonethat777]

That was the funniest post I've read in a long time!

Report what to whom?

That is a regular part of every day life here.

You must be from across the pond/ocean

I was feeling a little down until I came across your post.

They've come a long way here but discriminating against someone because of their race (face, size, shape, marital status,family name, orientation, family name )is not one of the accomplishments.

My boss told me was scared to hire a black man because maybe he'd

have big muscles and try to get his way. and maybe even bring a gun.

He even asked me if my co-worker(who is black) ever had her boyfriend come to her apartment? He said he wouldn't tolerate a black man living in his apartment!

Oh wait, you wanted some hints as what you could do or who you could tell? Nothing and no one. Because the people you would "tell" would more than likely in agreement with the principal. Thanks for the confession, though.

[JFP2020]

Report to whom is right. It is not illegal.

[wooden nickels]

This post has raised the bar! It's going to be difficult to best this one.

[rollo]

Contact ATEK. Or a letter to the U.N. human rights commission. n. Either should have this sorted out in a jiffy. Post of the year. Pure comic gold.

[Sesame]

The op is as soft and beta as they come. Filled with white guilt like a little girl. We're always told about white privilege, embrace it fool, it was given to you at birth <sarcasm>. Dont look a gift horse in the mouth.

op sounds VERY wet behind the ears.

[northway]

In no particular order, you can contact:

1) Obama
2) the NAACP
3) the Southern Poverty Law Center
4) Jesse Jackson (the Emperor of Black People)
5) Kim Jong-Il (clearly not racist, lots of black friends, will probably take care of it)
6) Hillary Clinton (she's desperately looking to change the subject)
7) Fox News (they can bring attention to the issue while defending such hiring practices)
UNHRC (I know, we already covered this one)
9) Park Geun-Hye
10) Captain America

[Kepler]

A story shared on the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) website:

"Mr. B, an Ethiopian filed a complaint to the NHRCK after he was denied to enter a restaurant in Itaewon because of his race. Despite the relative rarity of such discrimination and the fact that it was due to an unavoidable circumstance to protect the safety and rights of a large number of other customers, the NHRCK saw it as an act of discrimination in using commercial facilities. The NHRCK recommended that the restaurant rectify such discriminatory practice, classifying the case as a violation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination."

That kind of response is probably the best that you can hope for if you make a complaint. The school can't actually be punished for something that isn't illegal.

[andrewchon]

[radcon]