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nautilus · Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!

There is no racism in korea. Every esl teacher will confirm this fact.

tiger fancini · Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Location: Testicles for Eyes

Not one of your 3 examples qualifies as racism.

Papa Smurf · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Seoul

I can't believe you even dare write such a pathetic post hahahaha. Are you serious? This has to be a joke. Grow some skin. Jesus.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Css · Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: South of the river

I think you need to work on your understanding of racism dude

nautilus · Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!

Rules requiring foreigners to pay more than koreans for the same services are purely imaginary.

Justin Hale · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Location: the Straight Talk Express

How many years in Korea? Five or more? And still raging and whining against culture shock and yet with absolutely no plan of going home, probably ever. You can have all this and much more for $25,000 per year. All in a day's work in the glamorous, exotic overseas adventures of the unemployable TEFL chump.

Css · Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: South of the river

nautilus · Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!

In fact even worse racism happens in Canada obviously.

So its not racism.

asylum seeker · Joined: 22 Jul 2007 Location: On your computer screen.

Css · Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: South of the river

milspecs · Joined: 19 Jun 2008

what do you expect?

you moved to a homogeneous nation. its only natural that some people in Korea are going to find it "odd or strange" that a foreigner is in there country. I dont see why this comes as a huge suprise.

tiger fancini · Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Location: Testicles for Eyes

1. This happens in every country. A couple walking down the street will get wolf-whistles, shouts, cheers etc. How is this racist? If a Canadian did this to you in Canada, I bet you'd love it.

2. Common sense. Ever heard of credit checks? If you have a bad credit score, deposits and suchlike will be higher. Obviously our credit rating here sucks, so therefore we may have to pay a higher deposit. Whats the problem? It's just a deposit.

3. I won't even bother with anything children say. Children are little shits. It's not racism though.

nautilus · Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!

All non-aryans must wear a star or triangle when out in public. Don't make a fuss.

Suwon23 · Joined: 24 Jan 2008

Koreans may be pretty bad at dealing with people who are different, but your skin doesn't have to be very thick to ignore it. If you're a white person from Kansas, maybe you're not used to being different. If you're a Native American from Newark, odds are you've got all the training you need to get by just fine in Korea. Hell, even in Atlanta I sometimes felt very, very different for being a white kid from the suburbs.

People stare sometimes. Occasionally they even shout "Nice to meet you" from across the street. Every once in a while you might even get a nasty look. But it's not the end of the world.

And besides. If you make a point to count all the Korean people you pass who ignore you, you'll find the number is much higher.