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Teaching Korean children disrespect for other cultures.
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Bingo



Joined: 22 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:15 pm    Post subject: Teaching Korean children disrespect for other cultures. Reply with quote

Check out this GEPIK animation I'm supposed to use to teach Ten Little Indians.

http://jr.naver.com/english/view.php?id=dongyo&cid1=2&nid=81&page=2&od=id

And this one for Bingo. Nothing like teaching cruelty to animals.

http://jr.naver.com/english/view.php?id=dongyo&cid1=2&nid=54&page=5&od=id

Charming.
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Smee



Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, you ought to bring that to the attention of someone at your school and take a stand about not using them. My coworkers were absolutely clueless when I explained to them why blackface is inappropriate (see the roleplay for Grade 6, chapter 1).

Anyway, so much of the available animations are garbage. It made prepping for kindergarten that much more difficult. You can poke around Yahoo Korea for alternatives. http://kr.play.kids.yahoo.com/eng/ There's gotta be a site that isn't geared for EFL learners, though, but is rather aimed at English-speaking infants. That'd work better.
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know whether to laugh or spit. I wish I could say that in 2007 I'm still surprised but I'm most definitely not.
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Chicoloco



Joined: 18 Oct 2006
Location: In the ring.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Grand Open" in Coex last Saturday......

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kat2



Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is the kind of thing i would have expected to see in 1940, although I don't think the kicking the dog thing would ever have been acceptable.
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kingtout



Joined: 03 May 2007
Location: ROK...again...

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, that may be the most offensive thing I've seen in years--and I'm not even an injun.
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ED209



Joined: 17 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Showed it to my k coteacher she really wants to use them Rolling Eyes
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Jizzo T. Clown



Joined: 27 Mar 2006
Location: at my wit's end

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is that a pot leaf on the farmer's cap?
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Rapacious Mr. Batstove



Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: Central Areola

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Man. Those two videos are funny, like some racist jokes are funny, but they would be the last animations I would use as teaching material to kinders.

Video 1 Message: If you see a native wearing traditional garb, throw rocks at them or punch them and they will leave.

Video 2 Message: If you step in a dog turd, it's not your fault, it's the dogs fault, feel free to kick it in the head many times, it will soon learn no to poop in it's own enclosure.

The 'Indians' look more like Maori to me. I used to work at Te Puia, a huge Maori cultural centre in Rotorua, we got bus loads of Koreans everyday. I can just picture some little Korean monster throwing a rock at 130kg warrior performing a wero because he saw it in a flash animation.
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bellum99



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: don't need to know

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Come on..it's a little funny. They could change it to white boys and I would still think it is fine. Don't be so PC...
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bellum99 wrote:
Come on..it's a little funny. They could change it to white boys and I would still think it is fine. Don't be so PC...


It would be funny if it were a case of foreigners making fun of Korean steriotyping. Of course then the apologist crew would probably say that we're grossley exaggerating.
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just watched it again to get the captions. It's interesting (if anyone can provide better translations, please do).

First the Indian says '나가라 우리땅에서 (This is our land so get off!)'

Then the (Korean?) tourist says '꼬마야 까불지 마라 (Hey baby, don't get so worked up)' as he raps him on the head.

Then he starts picking them off with his slingshot. Yeah, don't get worked up about us coming here to great have sport killing and subjecting you, dude.
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jizzo T. Clown wrote:
Is that a pot leaf on the farmer's cap?


If the farmer smoked pot, he wouldn't get violent with the dog. He'd just laugh.
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procrastinatrix



Joined: 01 May 2006
Location: Sinchon

PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

that bingo one is terrible!
and that's not the tune I learned Bingo to..
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hogwonguy1979



Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den

PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

those 2 videos were sick.

has somebody said something to the gepik people about this?
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