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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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 Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:14 pm Post subject: MultiCultural Korea |
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Interesting article:
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2935340
But something is funny about the last line; �we are thinking of asking some of the more popular foreign teachers to work as regular teachers, paying them about 130,000 won ($119) per class, the minimum wage for professional teachers.�
I think Korean teachers might be surprised to hear that's the minimum. |
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RMNC
Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:29 am Post subject: |
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�Before I took this lecture, I thought Pakistan was just a poor country,� student Kim Eun-wu, 11, said. �But all of my prejudices about Pakistan have been dispelled by meeting Hassan.�
Nice to know that Korea has racist 11 year olds. |
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kenglish
Joined: 10 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:34 am Post subject: |
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| since when has pakistani become a race? |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:15 am Post subject: |
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| RMNC wrote: |
�Before I took this lecture, I thought Pakistan was just a poor country,� student Kim Eun-wu, 11, said. �But all of my prejudices about Pakistan have been dispelled by meeting Hassan.�
Nice to know that Korea has racist 11 year olds. |
Pakistan is a poor country, but Kin Eun-wu has added depth to her understanding of Pakistan. Your comment just illustrates one way in which Korea doesn't need multiculturalism. The Western penchant for squealing 'racist' at every opportunity is obnoxious and unproductive. |
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kenglish
Joined: 10 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:41 am Post subject: |
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^ not all westerners are americans. dont b a racist yourself...  |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| kenglish wrote: |
| ^ not all westerners are americans. dont b a racist yourself... |
Thanks for proving my point with another misuse of the word 'racist.' |
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kenglish
Joined: 10 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| thanks for deeming my sarcasm too hard to understand. |
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kenglish
Joined: 10 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:42 am Post subject: |
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oh and your observation was indeed stereotyping and racistic.
'westerners misuse the word 'racist''- stereotyping
which could be generalized as
'caucasians can't even properly use their own language' -racism
anyways, it's your right to condescend.  |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:02 am Post subject: |
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There is a common long-standing attitude here in Korea about south Asians being poor, undeveloped, and 'dirty'. And all too often there is the same frog-in-a-well attitude I found back home and in other countries. It's kind of natural. Not constructive, but natural.
I'm impressed the government is taking pains to find and send out representatives to schools to open up young minds to other countries and cultures. |
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kenglish
Joined: 10 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:10 am Post subject: |
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they should ask for american teachers in the ratio of 1 white guy, 1 black and 2 mexican immigrants if they really wanna get to know the dirty downs of this country. oh and the black guy must have a felony record  |
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West Coast Tatterdemalion
Joined: 31 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| Yep, racism is alive and well in Korea. The amount of times that children have seen a picture of a black person and said "dirty" or "monkey" in my classes through the years would be quite high. They look at anyone with dark skin and mock them. It's disgusting. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| kenglish wrote: |
| thanks for deeming my sarcasm too hard to understand. |
You need to learn to use emoticons correctly. The rule is, if your statement is sarcastic, your emoticon should signal your genuine tone. Absent the emoticon, there is no tone to go by, only context. And as you'll see above, the context was weak, and your emoticon signaled condescension.
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| oh and your observation was indeed stereotyping and racistic. |
Stereotyping, maybe. It was certainly a broad generalization. But broad generalizations are necessary when talking about an entire civilization (the West). Hissy Westerners get in a tizzy about it, but then of course Dave's Posters (I mean you guys in off-topic) will turn around and make broad generalizations about Koreans.
| Ya-Ta Boy wrote: |
There is a common long-standing attitude here in Korea about south Asians being poor, undeveloped, and 'dirty'. And all too often there is the same frog-in-a-well attitude I found back home and in other countries. It's kind of natural. Not constructive, but natural. |
True enough. |
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kenglish
Joined: 10 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| kenglish wrote: |
| thanks for deeming my sarcasm too hard to understand. |
You need to learn to use emoticons correctly. The rule is, if your statement is sarcastic, your emoticon should signal your genuine tone. Absent the emoticon, there is no tone to go by, only context. And as you'll see above, the context was weak, and your emoticon signaled condescension.
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hahaha emoticons 101. ok. ya. cute. *lame  |
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ZIFA
Joined: 23 Feb 2011
Location: Dici che il fiume..Trova la via al mare
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:10 am Post subject: |
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| RMNC wrote: |
| Nice to know that Korea has racist 11 year olds. |
Oh I found that out years ago when I jokingly pretended to call the police on some of my worst students.
"Go ahead teacher. You not Korean."
From the mouths of babes.
Even 10 year olds automatically know that korean police will not help foreigners.
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:33 am Post subject: |
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| ZIFA wrote: |
| RMNC wrote: |
| Nice to know that Korea has racist 11 year olds. |
Oh I found that out years ago when I jokingly pretended to call the police on some of my worst students.
"Go ahead teacher. You not Korean."
In other words...Korean police will always take the side of Koreans against foreigners.. no matter how in-the-wrong they are.
From the mouths of babes. If 10 year olds know the that, then it must be true. |
Was that really racism, at least on the Korean kid's part? Or just him pointing out to you the truth? |
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