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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| not sure if I can say it here but the initials are UT (not the Univ of Texas or Tennessee) |
Taking a shot in the dark, but does the first word mean your mother or father's brother and the last word rhyme with mom? |
we have a winner 
I can't believe an African American would write that drivel given the way Koreans treat them here.
He's almost as bad as Clarence Thomas |
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Bondrock
Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Location: ^_^
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| Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 3:05 am Post subject: |
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| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
| byrddogs wrote: |
| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
| not sure if I can say it here but the initials are UT (not the Univ of Texas or Tennessee) |
Taking a shot in the dark, but does the first word mean your mother or father's brother and the last word rhyme with mom? |
we have a winner
I can't believe an African American would write that drivel given the way Koreans treat them here.
He's almost as bad as Clarence Thomas |
Is it a pancake syrup? Or a brand of instant rice? Do you have Robin Hood by the sack? Is your fridge running? Are you any relation to Curly Pewbes? Jack Meighoff? Do you handle Betty Crocker? Do you have Aunt Jemima by the box? |
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Taken from the author's website:
Deauwand Myers, currently an English professor and Pedagogical Curriculum Adviser at Shingu University near Seoul, Korea, and a nationally syndicated columnist for The Korea Times, amongst other publications, is a graduate and former Williams Scholar and Lodwick C. Hartley Scholar of Furman University, and holds a master’s degree, with honors, in English literature and literary critical theory from the University of Vermont, where he also served as a Graduate Teaching Fellow and was recipient of the Opportunity Fellowship. He is also an opinions columnist for The Korea Times.
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Twice he claimed to be a "columnist", which would be a staff position. Is he actually on staff at the Korea Times as a columnist or is he lying? |
yeah he's lying if you are talking a columnist like say Maureen Dowd of the NY Times but if you use Paul Krugman as the example who is also a NY Times columnist then he's not. Remember Krugman is an econ prof at Princeton.
Big difference between this clown (I would use another term that I use to describe Clarence Thomas) and those guys is he doesn't write REGULARLY for the KT unlike professors like Andrei Lankov who do
and don't get me going on him using the title "Professor" |
If he would bash foreigners to make himself look better in the eyes of those around him why wouldn't he lie on his resume, too? Having some letters to the editor printed does not make one a "columnist" and certainly not a "syndicated columnist." If he's lying about his newspaper submissions and status then maybe he's lying about his other listed qualifications and awards, too. The writing style doesn't ring true of someone with years in academia. But, as we all know, some universities are better than others. |
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ghostrider
Joined: 27 Jun 2011
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| Throughout history, one can observe European powers conquering the world, dispensing misery along the way. |
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| There are intelligent, thoughtful white men. Even old, white men. Even old, white guys who happen to be conservative Republicans. I have just met so few in real life, and seen even fewer in elected office, display anything close to being accurate, sane or right. |
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2013/08/162_132875.html
And European colonization led to English becoming a very important global language. So, ironically, it seems to have worked out well for this professor who has taught English in Korea for several years. |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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When the first paragraph was about his beautiful fashion model friend who left Korea years ago, I knew it would be pretty good. My favorite part was how he wrote about "ridiculous behavior some foreigners display in this country: the drunkenness" and later wrote "luckily, I was working on a second martini when I first encountered him." 
I think it's just a troll piece by a bored foreigner just doing it for a laugh. The Korea Times will publish anything from anyone, including this piece signed at the bottom by Ron "Hedge Hogg" Jeremy.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/04/137_43768.html |
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ghostrider
Joined: 27 Jun 2011
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When the first paragraph was about his beautiful fashion model friend who left Korea years ago, I knew it would be pretty good. My favorite part was how he wrote about "ridiculous behavior some foreigners display in this country: the drunkenness" and later wrote "luckily, I was working on a second martini when I first encountered him."
I think it's just a troll piece by a bored foreigner just doing it for a laugh. The Korea Times will publish anything from anyone, including this piece signed at the bottom by Ron "Hedge Hogg" Jeremy.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/04/137_43768.html |
"In short, Canadians in Korea think they're kings, but there really emperors with no clothes. Maybe they could use a fig leaf, or perhaps a little maple leaf."
The Korea Times loves it when a foreigner criticizes other foreigners. |
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mayorhaggar
Joined: 01 Jan 2013
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I like to wear my flowered shirts to represent my days on the beach in southern California and my mustache represents my Jewish heritage.
But when I'm in the City that Sparkles, the only flag I like to see is the one that represents the Land of the Morning Calm. I go to Korea to be in Korea, not Canada. |
That was amazing. |
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Kepler
Joined: 24 Sep 2007
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| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
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| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
| not sure if I can say it here but the initials are UT (not the Univ of Texas or Tennessee) |
Taking a shot in the dark, but does the first word mean your mother or father's brother and the last word rhyme with mom? |
we have a winner
I can't believe an African American would write that drivel given the way Koreans treat them here.
He's almost as bad as Clarence Thomas |
I wonder if he read these posts. From his most recent article in the Korea Times:
"Some critics of 'The Foreigner: remixed' went much further in expressing their displeasure with it. That I was a 'slave' to my Korean 'masters,' that I'm a cultural sycophant and traitor to the expat community. Interesting how all those 'master/slave' critiques came from white men towards me, an African-American.
"They found no irony in their metaphors, nor their living in Korea for a decade without a basic knowledge of Korean, nor their posting snarky letters of grade consultations with their students (letters that should be, by law and professionalism, private) on Facebook as an emblem of their power, and the derision they hold for their college students.
"Some of us are bad foreigners, and I have no problem saying so."
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/03/621_174891.html |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Kepler wrote: |
| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
| byrddogs wrote: |
| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
| not sure if I can say it here but the initials are UT (not the Univ of Texas or Tennessee) |
Taking a shot in the dark, but does the first word mean your mother or father's brother and the last word rhyme with mom? |
we have a winner
I can't believe an African American would write that drivel given the way Koreans treat them here.
He's almost as bad as Clarence Thomas |
I wonder if he read these posts. From his most recent article in the Korea Times:
"Some critics of 'The Foreigner: remixed' went much further in expressing their displeasure with it. That I was a 'slave' to my Korean 'masters,' that I'm a cultural sycophant and traitor to the expat community. Interesting how all those 'master/slave' critiques came from white men towards me, an African-American.
"They found no irony in their metaphors, nor their living in Korea for a decade without a basic knowledge of Korean, nor their posting snarky letters of grade consultations with their students (letters that should be, by law and professionalism, private) on Facebook as an emblem of their power, and the derision they hold for their college students.
"Some of us are bad foreigners, and I have no problem saying so."
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/03/621_174891.html |
Whatever university he's working at seems to have a pressing need to examine their hiring practices regarding foreigners. From his article, it appears they have picked a lot of bad apples. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| With few exceptions, the work conditions here are optimum. |
Cough splutter splutter what?!?
Yeah, perpetual one year contracts with zero upward mobility possible.
"Optimum" for who? |
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ghostrider
Joined: 27 Jun 2011
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| Foreign professors taking unapproved time off to go to to car races... foreign professors revealing confidential information about their students on Facebook.... foreign professors not paying their bills or suddenly quitting after receiving their vacation pay... it seems like universities could be more selective about who they hire. I thought there was a lot of competition for those positions. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Well, there's that "must have prior university experience to work in a university" rule now. |
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earthquakez
Joined: 10 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:41 am Post subject: Re: The foreigner: remixed |
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Some particularly choice quotes used to describe the behavior of foreigners in Korea:
"'Normal' people are hard to come by in this country, and I wondered: what evidence, albeit anecdotal, do I have to make such an assessment?"
"Luckily, most foreigners do not approach living in Korea in the ways I’ve illustrated. The problem: when you have a minority within a minority behaving in this fashion — impetuous, vulgar, insensitive, and even profane, it can color the entire group as being of that same mindset."
"Multiculturalism, racial acceptance, respect, and a more cosmopolitan atmosphere is a two-way street. Host countries have to give some, as well as foreigners. Sometimes, I feel Korea and Koreans are expected to do all the work in this regard with no reciprocity. I’m sorry, that’s not the way it works."
Is this writer legit or just another koreaboo?
The foreigner: remixed
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2013/11/197_145643.html |
I call nonsense on Mr Myers' sometime sleazy little article. I don't give a damn about your skin colour, racial/ethnic background Myers - you wrote a slag piece using ugly racial stereotypes that I honestly have never heard other foreigners utter.
That doesn't mean native English speakers are beacons of racial tolerance but your incendiary use of terms such as "squinty eyed" and "yellow demons" is calculated to reinforce stereotypes and prejudice. You are essentially whipping up the Korean sense of grievances through exaggerations and probably lies.
Yes I've heard "peasants in suits", "kimchi breath" and other comments but the "yellow demons" and "squinty eyes/eyed" I never heard during my years in Korea. These terms seem to belong to pre 1940s and immediate post WW2 bad journalism against the Japanese or the comments of a section of foreign soldiers fighting in the Korean War. They may have been said in your hearing (a big maybe) by a few of the flotsam and jetsam that washed up in Korea during the 90s and early 2000s.
I've always found that people who like to say such racial epithets while portraying themselves as being against such slurs reveal much about themselves. You're on a barely concealed campaign of resentment against native English speakers in Korea.
Oh and your writing sucks. I have no idea how you did what you say you did on your cv but surely there were far more deserving people than you. Professor?  This is just another symptom of the problem of some native English so called Professors in the university system. High school kids should be teaching them English instead. |
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ghostrider
Joined: 27 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 3:33 am Post subject: Re: The foreigner: remixed |
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Oh and your writing sucks. I have no idea how you did what you say you did on your cv but surely there were far more deserving people than you. |
AA? |
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