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doggyji

Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject: A Korean student got beaten up in Alabama? |
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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) � Authorities say an 18-year-old Korean student attending Auburn University was assaulted by four males outside his dorm room.
According to Auburn Police Captain Jerry Holder, the student, whose name was withheld, was beaten up shortly before midnight Thursday at Lane Residence Hall.
The F-B-I was called in and agents are trying to determine if the attack was a hate crime.
It occurred three days after the horrific shootings at Virginia Tech.
Holder said the victim was reluctant to discuss the incident or seek treatment, but others convinced him to report the attack.
Police said the student, who arrived at Auburn about a month ago, suffered minor injuries.
Auburn President Ed Richardson called the assault � quote � "disturbing" and said university officials will monitor the student's recovery and help him return to class.
He also said the school is working with authorities to identify the suspects. |
http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-28/117742479657210.xml&storylist=alabamanews
I wonder if this type of violence is a routine thing in that area...
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kermo

Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Doesn't lynching imply hanging? |
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doggyji

Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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kermo wrote: |
Doesn't lynching imply hanging? |
Me speak no Engrish... Lemme correct it. |
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Yaya

Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:00 am Post subject: |
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I was called a chink every day while a freshman at Ohio University, so I wouldn't be surprised that in the Deep South, stuff like this happens. |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:11 am Post subject: |
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Yaya wrote: |
I was called a chink every day while a freshman at Ohio University, so I wouldn't be surprised that in the Deep South, stuff like this happens. |
That is an interesting anecdote to raise. Lots of us get worse slurs on a daily or near daily basis in every part of Korea. Does this mean that Korea is one huge redneck nation? |
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Benicio
Joined: 25 May 2006 Location: Down South- where it's hot & wet
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:42 am Post subject: |
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Pretty much! |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:49 am Post subject: |
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I have a funny Alabama story. Friends of my parents were on an RV trip across the US, and when they were somewhere in the south, their sleep was interrupted late at night by bright lights outside and a cop speaking on a loudspeaker telling them to come outside with their hands up to find they were surrounded. They complied and were told to lie on the grass. Then at some point, one of the cops said, "Oh, you're from Alberta? We thought your plates said Alabama. Alright, you're free to go."
When I was younger I thought there must have been some kind of war down there. |
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hellofaniceguy

Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: On your computer screen!
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:49 am Post subject: |
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Racism happens everyday in korea against foreigners....and it also happens elsewhere in the world. It's a fact of life, deal with it.
One must realize the source and understand that the racist person is an ignorant uneducated fool and their parents did not do a decent job of raising them. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:59 am Post subject: |
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The good thing about being here is racism hardly ever results in someone getting curbstomped. |
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Pligganease

Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: The deep south...
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:52 am Post subject: |
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RACETRAITOR wrote: |
The good thing about being here is racism hardly ever results in someone getting curbstomped. |
Really? |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:53 am Post subject: |
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Benicio wrote: |
Pretty much! |
Koreans have been called the rednecks of Asia. Go figure. |
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:54 am Post subject: |
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the four males who assaulted him must have wet their pants when they heard the FBI was called in on the incident
that Korean student won't have anything further to worry about from them |
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rawiri

Joined: 01 Jun 2003 Location: Lovely day for a fire drill.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:00 am Post subject: |
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Princess, i believe it's "the irish of asia", due them them hating everyone from anywhere else, and each other. |
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Pligganease

Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: The deep south...
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:21 am Post subject: |
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I'm curious to know why they did it. It might have been a typical "the guy was talking shit, so we kicked his ass" type deal.
Yet, because a Korean shot up VT last week, it's a hate crime.
You just can't beat up innocent Koreans anymore.  |
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andrew

Joined: 30 Jan 2003
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:18 am Post subject: |
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