| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Ward Hines, positive or negative |
| positive |
|
47% |
[ 11 ] |
| negative |
|
13% |
[ 3 ] |
| undecided |
|
0% |
[ 0 ] |
| who cares? |
|
13% |
[ 3 ] |
| possible future shift in attitudes |
|
26% |
[ 6 ] |
|
| Total Votes : 23 |
|
| Author |
Message |
sadsac
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Gwangwang
|
 Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:44 pm Post subject: Hines Ward, why the hype? |
 |
|
Here we have an American with Korean and African ethnicity. Up until a month ago a virtual unknown in Korea. Wins the MVP at the Superbowl and is suddenly the new flavour of the month in Korea. The question I would like to pose is, has he been a positve or negative influence on exposing the difficulty that mixed raced kids face in Korea and will it impact on the rampant homegeny displayed by Koreans? As an Aussie just curious about this phenomenon here. You have the South Korean skaters win the World Shortcourse championships, gold at the Turin olympics and they receive virtually nil recognition at home. Is it just me that thinks that's strange? 
Last edited by sadsac on Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:46 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:30 am Post subject: |
|
|
[....]
Last edited by Moldy Rutabaga on Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:47 pm; edited 2 times in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dcrayne
Joined: 25 Nov 2004
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:23 am Post subject: |
|
|
| OK. His name is Hines Ward. Not Ward Hines. Obviously, your knowledge of him is very little. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sadsac
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Gwangwang
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:45 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Thank you for correcting my mistake regarding his name. You are very correct in your assumption that I know very little about him. The point was more on will he impact on Korean ideology regarding racial purism. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:59 am Post subject: |
|
|
A mistake I made as well. It is likely that some of the media outlets have spelled his name in reverse, Korean-style, with the last name first. The OP might have unconsciously remembered seeing this.
Ken:> |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:07 am Post subject: |
|
|
| I heard he sold poisoned milk to schoolkids. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
bellum99
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: don't need to know
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:11 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Korea has a caste system not a class system. They say class system but if you can't move from one class to the next then it is a caste system. They respect only people who are higher than themselves. Hines is the first Black-Korean mixed child to ever become a success (in their eyes). He is richer and more successful than any of them and they know it, so they respect him. Seems very Korean to me. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
little mixed girl
Joined: 11 Jun 2003
Location: shin hyesung's bed~
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Hater Depot wrote: |
| I heard he sold poisoned milk to schoolkids. |
i heard that joke already!  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sadsac
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Gwangwang
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Up until winning the MVP he was a virtual unknown in Korea. Yes the caste system is alive and well in Korea, but he is about as Korean as I am, bar the one distinction of having a Korean parent. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject: |
|
|
It wasn't poisoned! It was good, healthy malk..
Ken:> |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
