Korean Job Discussion Forums

[AlastairKirby]

[shostahoosier]

[The Floating World]

[northway]

[sing81]

If Koreans prefer Caucasians, that's really sad because Caucasians don't prefer them, at least not for the right reasons. When I saw instances of foreigners behaving badly, they were always Caucasians and mostly males. You hear cases of child molestation, interracial marrages that end in divorce and child abandonment, and blantant drug use. Of course, this isn't always the case, but the fact these bad people feel comfortable doing this in Korea speaks volumes.

I met a Caucasian male, who seem to suffer from a drug abuse problem, while riding the bus and after talking to him I found out that he taught children. My sister who actually studied drug abuse in a lab with rats told me he was an addict of some kind. Here in the states drug use is more prevalent among Caucasians than other racial groups. Among Caucasians it affects the upper and middle class as well as lower income and uneducated groups of people.

These same individuals, who come to teach in Korea, would not do some of these things in their own country, so the preference is one sided. Any time you have to go through some kind of red tape, Koreans always bring up cases of foreigners acting badly in the past; and when I first came to Korea, most foreigners were Caucasian males.

On the other hand, when foreigners, the majority being Caucasian, talk of the good places to teach or cool places to visit, they don't usually mention Korea. At home when people from the states talk aout Asia, it's Japan or China. Korea doesn't seem to be on anyone's radar unless they are talking about nuclear threats from North Korea. Many Americans might even think South Korea is an undeveloped country, if they even spend time thinking about it at all. So the relationship seems lopsided at best, maybe even a relationship of racial exploitation, like a modernize Colonial USA, except the Native Americans eventually got wise. Koreans may never figure it out. Only until recently they started requiring foreigners to get national criminal checks. They seem to be completely oblivious to any exploitation, until it's overwhelmingly apparent. Anyone with common sense would think: maybe these users have gotten what they wanted and left you holding the bag. In this case, it being an insolvent business.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[sing81]

It affects Caucasians, regardless of class, more than other racial groups. That doesn't mean that it does not affect other racial groups, regardless of class, at all. For instance, I went to a boarding school which was predominately Caucasian. Most of the girls that went there were upper middle class to wealthy. As a percentage, more Caucasians there abuse drugs than the minorities. And the wealthier they were, the more likely they were to abuse drugs on some level, like prescription drug abuse. This is true in the US in general.

In my personal experience, I have met more Caucasians with drug abuse problems, than any other group. These people could have been upper class or poor. I am non Caucasian and I have never abused drugs. My sister worked for a lab that studied drug abuse, and she has never done drugs, but two of her Caucasian co workers and even boss had drug abuse problems. If you care so much, join in the War Against drugs.

Of course, other racial groups have other problems, and many different people with various backgrounds do drugs. But it's more prevalent in the Caucasian community in the US. Some drugs like meth are more widely abused by Caucasians than other groups. I could find a statistic but I don't care enough to. What does it matter anyway? All groups have their problems. My point is that if a Korean employer wants to find a Caucasian teacher specifically, instead of just finding the best person possible, then they are doing themselves the most harm. I think this closed minded and perhaps racist behavior, on the part of Korean employers, may cause them more problems in the long term. As the old saying goes, you attract what you are. So maybe the reason why so many bad people come to Korea and do bad things is because these bad employers are hiring them. When they do find a good teacher, they don't often treat them well, regardless of race. However, for a Korean ESL business to prosper, they don't need a Caucasian teacher specifically. They need a good teacher. Race should not be a factor.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[PatrickBateman]

[proverbs]

[NohopeSeriously]

Go to Saramin, a Korean job listing website. 1/3 of the jobs listed in that website are "single female and high TOEIC score preferred".

Sadly, young Korean men are now the unprotected minority in the Korean society.

[earthquakez]

Edited because of double post.

[earthquakez]

[sing81]

Some Koreans will adopt the attitudes of some Caucasians, which is an attitude of superiority and the intention to degrade others of another race.

For instance at the University of South Carolina, I was falsely accused of cheating, although I have never cheated in college or high school. The professor said that I took an idea from the internet. I knew this wasn't true, but I was curious as to why he would say this when the work of fiction was not widely read in schools. Anyway after the class was finished and I received an A, I looked on the internet, and like I suspected, the story was not widely read and there were no papers on internet, much less those similar to mine. The professor had lied because I had a 4.0 for that term. Later, another English professor said in class, while looking at me, that it was arrogant for a student to want to earn good grades. At that time I was just one year from finishing a 4 year degree that took me 2.5 years to get. Of course racism still exists and is wide spread, especially in an academic setting in the South. Basically, this is it's new form; they can't keep schools segregated, so when good students go to Caucasian schools, they harass them. They are so shameless they arrange for harassment to occur when a former student is abroad. When one does well and earn high grades, they try to discredit the person of another race by proving that he cheated, even when there is no proof because it never happened. It's pure hatred for non-Caucasians who wish to succeed. One time, I was told that the only reason I worked hard was because of my dad forced me. How insulting to say that I was not naturally motivated to do well! It's my personality to try my best. This has nothing to do with my dad, because if it did my brothers would have been better students.

Also, racists will often look for fault, even though you worked very hard and it's evident. In a professional setting, most people will compliment and critique, because a professional is not trying to tear a co-worker down but trying to get the best work possible. However, the opposite happened to me while I was in Korea. There were Caucasian co-workers, who did not make an extra effort through they own admission, but I was criticized for working hard. I don't mind professional criticism, but twice my co-teacher told me that I didn't care and my work was lacking, even after working for four hours at school on 60 evaluations during my personal time. I had even come to work early, because I did not have a computer at the time. I could not simply be given specific critiques, even after asking, so that I may make changes and improve. No, the point of the exercise was to tear me down, because I was working hard, a typical occurrence at the University of South Carolina. When that happened I was immediately reminded of the professors at my university. The professors are force to give you good grades, because they don't want to be confronted or even sued, but all the while they are trying to find fault or to discredit you in order to support their racist attitudes. Some Koreans, because they themselves believe in Caucasian superiority, will take up this same immoral cause, even if it does not benefit them.

[Udo]

I can tell you that African Americans who want to work in Korea dont need ESL jobs. I know from personal experience that mid to higher level General Schedule (GS) federal jobs go to blacks w/o an undergraduate. Lower level positions tend to be more open in the sense that military spouses or retirees compete for GS-01 to GS-05 jobs. Contractors - make big bucks -but they have highly specialized skills that are in high demand here- look it up. Office/Admin jobs in the gov't are fungible. I guess that the OPM has decided on diversity uber alles.
Every requirement is "waiverable." If you are black why would you want to work for some questionable ESL institute when you can make $100K w/ base privelidges for the gov't. I don't blame them.
If you don't beleive me, try applying for a government job (or any other large employer in the U.S.) and check "black" in the diversity questionaire.
Guaranteed you will get an interview appointment on the spot or a phone call.