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Thwartley
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 Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject: How would this play in Korea? |
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So a Korean kid in a high school in Canada breaks a white kid's nose for supposedly using a racist comment and supposedly hitting the Korean kid first.
The media and the well-trained future bleeding heart kids at the school leap on the easy and predictable narrative: abused Asian rising up against his tormentors. Yet the school pushes for a full suspension and possible expulsion of the Korean kid. This tells me that it probably didn't play out exactly as the Korean kid says it did.
Regardless, how would such an incident be treated in Korea? A Canadian kid studying in a Korean school shatters a Korean kid's nose? Public whipping of the Canadian kid? His parent's house torched?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090501.wkeswick0501/BNStory/National/home |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| One of the many things Korean parents should be aware of before shipping their kid half way across the world. |
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mayorgc
Joined: 19 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: How would this play in Korea? |
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| Thwartley wrote: |
So a Korean kid in a high school in Canada breaks a white kid's nose for supposedly using a racist comment and supposedly hitting the Korean kid first.
The media and the well-trained future bleeding heart kids at the school leap on the easy and predictable narrative: abused Asian rising up against his tormentors. Yet the school pushes for a full suspension and possible expulsion of the Korean kid. This tells me that it probably didn't play out exactly as the Korean kid says it did.
Regardless, how would such an incident be treated in Korea? A Canadian kid studying in a Korean school shatters a Korean kid's nose? Public whipping of the Canadian kid? His parent's house torched?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090501.wkeswick0501/BNStory/National/home |
The expulsion has been withdrawn. The suspension would have gone both ways if the korean kid got hurt.
Since I'm Chinese and I was born and raised in Canada, I'm gonna take the Korean kid's side 95%. I grew up in Vancouver, which is as asian as it gets and even I have been in that kid's shoes.
But since we're probably never gonna get the other kid's side of the story, it's impossible to come to a conclusion regarding the whole truth. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 4:11 am Post subject: |
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The Korean teenager used a lot of force and broke the nose of another person using martial arts. He didn't simply punch him in the face. The result is what led the school to suspend him. However, it is understandable that the Korean student tried to force the white kid to take back a racial slur, and the white kid refused and a fight broke out. It's unlikely that the Korean student started it. It wouldn't make sense.
It's doubtful that out of nowhere he would have just punched a white kid. It does happen that some minorities do jump white teenagers in B.C. and Ontario, I've seen it in Ottawa, but this doesn't seem to be the case.
Both should have been in trouble for the fight. I think the school was responding to the extreme amount of force that was used, in their eyes, by the Korean immigrant.
Why would the Korean student make up being called Chinese? Also, the cousin of the white kid used the same slur and was heard by a faculty member. That was in the article. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 4:17 am Post subject: |
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| Didn't the white kid throw the first punch? If so, he got what he deserved. |
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New Balance
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 4:21 am Post subject: |
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"The boy, who has a black belt in tae kwon do, fought back with a single punch that broke his antagonist's nose.
He was initially the only person investigated, and police charged him with assault causing bodily harm. "
Was he the only one charged with an assault because he has a black belt? Don't they know that know that Korea gives out black belts like tampon samples on the street corner? |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
| Didn't the white kid throw the first punch? If so, he got what he deserved. |
It appears that the white kid punched him first, yes. Since the white kid suffered the most damage, they treated the Asian teenager as the guilty party. 400 students at his school protested against that, and I am sure that includes plenty of non-Asian kids protesting as well.
This happened in a very white area, it appears. Well, York is an affluent area and also has many wealthy Jews as well. I don't think it was cool that they assumed he was guilty just because the other kid had a broken nose. At least, the mayor is supportive and so many students are...
The boy is owed an apology and so his family. |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't know any racist terms for Koreans. They're just not important enough. |
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sinsanri
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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| The Korean teenager used a lot of force and broke the nose of another person using martial arts. He didn't simply punch him in the face |
It doesn't take much force to break a nose.
I am on the side of the Korean boy here. |
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Gaber
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Some rascist violent kid got his nose broken. Hope he learns from it before turning into a complete waste of a human-being. Unlikely though. |
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superacidjax
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Location: Seoul
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Whatever happened to sticks and stones?
As to how this would play in Korea..
"The Korean kid was obviously being negatively influenced by the debauchery of Canada and would never had acted in this manner if he hadn't been corrupted by the evil West.
After all, Korean children are the best in the world and never would resort to violence in school." |
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stevieg4ever
Joined: 11 Feb 2006
Location: London, England
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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It would be interesting to know whether the previous acts of racism were acted upon by the school or whether they just turned a blind eye.
Or does the fact that the school didnt understand the racial overtones of the 'chinese' comment reveal that they most likely did nothing about any previous possible instances of racism??
Similar thing in Boston (no violence this time though):
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/05/113_44232.html |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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Whatever happened to sticks and stones?
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Now minorities can do anything they want and just claim racism to try to get away with it. I suppose the Korean never said anything bad to the white kid. He's an angel. |
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dmbfan
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Now minorities can do anything they want and just claim racism to try to get away with it. I suppose the Korean never said anything bad to the white kid. He's an angel |
Bingo.
From what I've read this entire debacle seems to have been blown out of proportion. Kids fight.............for whatever reason(s). It has always been that way.
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Thedudeabides
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Was his name Kimberly? Or Su? |
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