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[NaD00D00]

I agree with anyone who's stated something to divert the issue towards the big picture.

This crap happens everywhere.

I'm half & half, and I've experienced this kind of treatment in both Korean and US Public schools. So it really bothers me when people try and use US schools as examples of how things are better...

They aren't. Not by a long-shot.

[flakfizer]

I'd thought about responding to this OP for a while, but didn't. Most everything has been covered, but there is one more thing that concerns me.
First, I read several on here who talked about how their kid was actually treated quite well and was popular (Hanson comes to mind because I believe his kid is about the same age as mine). My son also has been going to kindie and is treated well and somewhat popular. But the article is not about kindie kids, it's about older kids. I would not expect kindie kids to display many prejudices yet.
But here is my concern: It does not surprise that biracial or even plain old foreign kids can be popular, as long as they talk/think/act like Koreans. Koreans love foreigners or foreign-looking poeple who praise Korea and are seemingly Koreanized. I'm concerned that my son will be conditioned to act and think Korean more and more so as to be better liked. My son has already heard at kindie that the Japanese are not good and that he should avoid using Japanese words like "o-deng." Just the other day, while we watched TV during the Lunar New Year, some foreign women were dancing in Hanbok to the Wonder Girls. My wife and I were commenting on them (their appearances and dancing). My son chimed in when they showed an Asian woman and asked, "Is she Korean?" My wife said that she was and my son said, "I like her because she is Korean." I talked to him about this later and asked where he got the idea that he should choose who he likes based on nationality (of course, I knew already where he got such an idea).
I'm not worried about my kid's feelings as much as I am his thinking. Korea has such an us-versus-them mentality. I don't want my kid to warp himself trying to be accepted as "one of us."

[strange_brew]

[T-J]

What the racist A hole said originally:

[T-J]

I won't post this persons PM as I'm not sure if that violates the TOS for the board? Here is another gem from this individual:

[flakfizer]

[meangradin]

[sojusucks]

Maybe this is because Koreans have difficulty understanding those that are different from themselves. I recall reading a few articles about this written by Koreans in the past.

[travel zen]

I agree that Korea has a long way to go.

I'd NEVER bring up my child in that system - only to be beaten and abused, even by the teachers! That is far worse in Korea than in the West. The laws in Korea wouldn't recognise a lot of problems that it would in the West.

Pure Blood ? Wow. Someone dig up Hitler !

[Zantetsuken]

I have half-korean kids here...and if any other Korean kid here picked on them or tried to bully them just because they weren't 100% Korean I'd have them break that kid's jaw. I'll teach them to put foot to ass when it comes time. Then if the parents have a problem with that..I'll straighten them out too. Of course one thing I know is that Koreans in general are afraid of direct confrontation and will always back down when confronted with a real threat. So honestly I am not too worried about my kids being picked on. I can relax knowing that the average Korean is a coward.

[ardis]

[Cerriowen]

OK so I have a question...

I plan on having a baby with a korean man, and while there's no way in hell I'm sending our kid to public school... what about some place like Thailand?

Does anyone know if they're going to get the same racial discrimination in thailand (as a half korean half white kid) as they do here???

[the_wicker_man]

Hi - I'm on the side of redneck and bigots. I think they are good because they are honest. The anti's are weaselly and dishonest.

When I see a White man with an Asian woman, I see a man that made a deliberate decision to bypass Black females for women that are more physically appealing. They acted with skin color in mind and yet they demand to treated as some anti racist crusader and to be given credit due. I never give any.

This xenophobia-name-calling thing is extortion racket isn't it? The anti's just publicly blackmail people with bully names. The problem with these claims is that there are no objective standards of xenophobia and worse, these objective standards aren't applied equally to all nations and cultures to determine how they measure against it. Its just extortion.

The antis are commies. They want Korea's stuff (money), they move reliable voters in with promises of looted goods and viola, power!

Show me omnidirectional human movement, then you might have a case. Until then its just "I want your stuff and until I get it, I'm going to call you names".

I'm willing to have a mature discussion about these matters and if you want me, PM me for details.

wicker

[Captain Corea]

[SHANE02]