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Captain Corea
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 Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:48 pm Post subject: "Go back to your home country" (US race relations) |
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http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2947691&cloc=joongangdaily|home|newslist1
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The black community in Dallas has been protesting a gas station run by a Korean-born U.S. citizen in a predominately black neighborhood in South Dallas for over a month, taking issue with what they claim were racial remarks by the station�s owner against a black customer.
The Korean government dispatched the consul general of the Korean Consulate General in Houston to the area yesterday to help resolve the issue, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
�We made emergent contact with the Korean community, requesting that its members restrain from an emotional response and examine their relationship with other communities,� an official of the ministry said.
According to the ministry and the local Korean community, the conflict occurred on Dec. 9, 2011, between the Korean-American owner of a gas station in southern Dallas and a black customer over the sale of gas.
The customer, complaining that the prices of gas at the station were much higher than at other stations, demanded he be able to buy gas by smaller amounts than the owner set as the minimum sales unit. The owner refused and told him to go to another station, to which the customer responded by telling the owner to go back to his country. The owner responded by telling the customer to go back to Africa.
That triggered a boycott of the gas station by the black community in the region, followed by them speaking out against Korean and other Asian immigrant communities.
The Los Angeles branch of the JoongAng Ilbo reported that the black community in the region also requested cooperation from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a major U.S. civil rights organization for minorities, and the Nation of Islam, an African-American religious group.
This concerns the Korean community in the U.S. that the case may develop into a replay of the massive anti-Korean riot by the black community in Los Angeles, which marks its 20th anniversary in April. The official of the ministry said the risk that this will happen remains slim so far, saying that the actions taken by the black community remain civil.
�It is also a conflict between U.S. citizens, so there is not much that we can do because it could be seen as inappropriately intervening,� the official said.
The Korean community in the U.S. said that the case reflects the underlying conflict between the two communities.
�We see the fundamental causes lie in the exclusivity of the Korean community, which is stingy in sharing with others, as well as the black community�s relative sense that the Korean community is depriving them of opportunities,� a member of the Korean community in the U.S. told the JoongAng Ilbo�s Los Angeles bureau. |
All this over some petty ignorance? Seems pretty blown out of proportion to me. |
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comm
Joined: 22 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: "Go back to your home country" (US race relati |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
| All this over some petty ignorance? Seems pretty blown out of proportion to me. |
But it's nice to remind people of how stupid racism is. |
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jrwhite82
Joined: 22 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe everyone should just go back to their countries and we should let the Native Americans have their homes back. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I have lived in Dallas, and some people in the Dallas area believe it's one thing for some of them to be racist, but it's not acceptable for others to do so. If someone told him to go back to his country, and he said go back to Africa, then he used the same logic that person used. It wasn't smart since the Korean is the small guy on the food chain and Dallas is mostly Hispanic and black. If you don't like the price at the gas station, go somewhere else. |
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radcon
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:15 am Post subject: |
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| The most racist part of the whole ordeal is that the Korean consulate entertained the idea that they had any business getting involved in this situation. |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:24 am Post subject: |
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| Why aren't 'the black community' upset that the black guy was racist / minority-ist against the Korean guy first? |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:49 am Post subject: Re: "Go back to your home country" (US race relati |
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| comm wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
| All this over some petty ignorance? Seems pretty blown out of proportion to me. |
But it's nice to remind people of how stupid racism is. |
Koreans tend to be naive about the whole racism issue.
Maybe its because in korea they are used to putting down inferiors in the heirarchy without suffering any adverse consequences.
It is changing, but some of them don't even appear to know that racism is wrong. |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe I am dense but what racism. The black guy told the Korean to go back to Korea and the Korean told the black guy to go back to Africa. Just two guys yapping at each other. If they had just told each other too get f***** this would not be news. Guy needs to go to another station. The Korean guy needs to watch his ass. He's not in Busan anymore. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds like an appropriate response, if ill-advised. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| rollo wrote: |
| The black guy told the Korean to go back to Korea and the Korean told the black guy to go back to Africa. |
Sounds kinda comical.
And then the native american said "_________" |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I'm really confused why any group would bother to take sides in this. |
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