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cmxc
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Brooks
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
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I work in Japan.
I work four jobs.
Guess what? At one university, my supervisor is from DC and is a black woman with tenure.
At a vocational school one coordinator is black and they have had several black teachers, many who are ex-military or worked on bases. |
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nicwr2002
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:00 am Post subject: Re: American rejected for job in Korea because of being blac |
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I'm seeing more and more job postings that say white female teacher. I'm guessing the next news article will say, "White person rejected for job because he is a male." |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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I did not see in the article where it says the school told him he couldn't get the job because he was black.
What happened was a recruiter sent him a text message saying that. That doesn't necessarily make it true. Maybe it's just the recruiter who is a racist. |
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Died By Bear
Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
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| You think that Korean employers automatically think about the "Quincy Black" guy banging a 15 year old student every time they see a black guy apply for a job now? Hiring a black guy would pretty much ensure the parents pull their daughters out of that school/hagwon. How many employers are that desperate to hire a teacher these days? |
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basic69isokay
Joined: 28 Sep 2014
Location: korea
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:41 am Post subject: Re: American rejected for job in Korea because of being blac |
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| nicwr2002 wrote: |
I'm seeing more and more job postings that say white female teacher. I'm guessing the next news article will say, "White person rejected for job because he is a male." |
Yep. I've gotten rejected several times for being male.
As the market tightens, its really NA, FEMALE, WHITE, YOUNG.
If you are not, you will be discriminated against. It's reality in Korea. Appearance is king. Thats why everyone gets plastic surgery. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| Stan Rogers wrote: |
I did not see in the article where it says the school told him he couldn't get the job because he was black.
What happened was a recruiter sent him a text message saying that. That doesn't necessarily make it true. Maybe it's just the recruiter who is a racist. |
I saw a job advert a few months back on our local fb page. It was posted by a white american and specificically said 'no blacks'. When I questioned the ad, he simply told me hes posting what was asked.
Seems its not only Koreans that are in on this... |
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creeper1
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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Its pretty tough for the guy and my heart goes out to him.
If things really, really get tough then he may consider expanding his job search to outside of Seoul into Gyeonggi do.
Maybe even consider such far flung places such as Suwon or Bundang. |
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Fuzzy_Dunlop
Joined: 18 Jun 2014
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:48 am Post subject: Re: American rejected for job in Korea because of being blac |
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| basic69isokay wrote: |
| nicwr2002 wrote: |
I'm seeing more and more job postings that say white female teacher. I'm guessing the next news article will say, "White person rejected for job because he is a male." |
Yep. I've gotten rejected several times for being male.
As the market tightens, its really NA, FEMALE, WHITE, YOUNG.
If you are not, you will be discriminated against. It's reality in Korea. Appearance is king. Thats why everyone gets plastic surgery. |
I'm really beginning to think that the "2" in the newly enforced(ish) uni rule "MA + 2" refers to breasts. An applicant must have two of them. |
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metalhead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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It's his email address - if he changed it from 'strictlyjesus20' to 'strictlysatan666' he'd have had a job ages ago.
Because Koreans are evil. |
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 6:25 pm Post subject: Re: American rejected for job in Korea because of being blac |
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Why is this news?
Its been happening for years.
Next headline: "Koreans eat gimchi" |
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Hokie21
Joined: 01 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: American rejected for job in Korea because of being blac |
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| Chaparrastique wrote: |
Why is this news?
Its been happening for years.
Next headline: "Koreans eat gimchi" |
Because news of the Irish girl being rejected based on her genetic predisposition towards booze made it to the mainstream media.....now everyone's piggybacking. |
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Chaucer
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:02 am Post subject: |
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| metalhead wrote: |
It's his email address - if he changed it from 'strictlyjesus20' to 'strictlysatan666' he'd have had a job ages ago.
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I rather think the reverse would apply. |
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Stain
Joined: 08 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 8:48 am Post subject: |
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| Chaucer wrote: |
| metalhead wrote: |
It's his email address - if he changed it from 'strictlyjesus20' to 'strictlysatan666' he'd have had a job ages ago.
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I rather think the reverse would apply. |
Good point, Geoffrey. Even though around 30% of Korea is Christian, many English learning institutions lean toward Christianity. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Stain wrote: |
| Chaucer wrote: |
| metalhead wrote: |
It's his email address - if he changed it from 'strictlyjesus20' to 'strictlysatan666' he'd have had a job ages ago.
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I rather think the reverse would apply. |
Good point, Geoffrey. Even though around 30% of Korea is Christian, many English learning institutions lean toward Christianity. |
The Christian 30% is the 30% that matters. |
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