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billybrobby
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I wrote an article about this:
http://theyangpa.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/its-time-to-end-the-prejudice-against-discrimination/
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It�s Time to Put an End to the Prejudice Against Discrimination
by Kenny Kim
Despite what some people may have to say against it, I�m proud of my heritage. After my father moved to America from Korea 30 years ago, he absorbed many American values, but he also retained much of what makes Korea so rich and dynamic. He believed in strong family bonds and respect for one�s elders. He believed in a dedication to education and furthering oneself. And above all, he believed in the time-honored mistrust of dark-skinned people that my people have held for generations. A lot of people looked down on him for this and said he should change his ways. But I say it�s time to for American to change its ways. It�s time to put an end to the prejudice against discrimination.
My father was the first person on our block to not let black guys into his convenience store. A lot of people told him he was crazy. They said, �Why not just constantly watch them on the video cameras like everybody else?� But he was tired of bowing to the system and being a closet racist. Why should he have to live in shame? Why couldn�t he be accepted as an open racist? So he stuck to his convictions and later, when the store down the street was robbed by a black guy, people began to realize he was right. There�s no need to throw out traditional culture in favor of blind assimilation. Some traditions should be kept, like eating kimbap, and wearing hanbok, and telling your son you�ll disown him if he ever dates a white girl.
I know, a lot of you are thinking that Americans are open and accepting to all types of racists from around the world. Sure, America is accepting as long as you�re a polite little racist who keeps his mouth shut. But every chance people get, they try to stifle your cultural identity. I often hear people snicker that my culture is �backwards� and �close-minded�. Sometimes, I even hear people say slurs behind my back like �fucking bigot� and �dirty persecutor�.
I will always carry with me the rich heritage of traditional racism given to me by my dad. He passed away a few months ago, killed in a hail of gunfire as he tried to defend the store against a black security guard who was servicing the ATM machine. Even though he�s gone, I will still remember back when I was little and he would sit me on his knee and tell me, in voice resonant with the wisdom of an ancient culture, �I hate the way Mexicans smell.�
And one day, if I�m lucky, my kids will hate the way Mexicans smell too. |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| billybrobby wrote: |
I wrote an article about this:
http://theyangpa.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/its-time-to-end-the-prejudice-against-discrimination/
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It�s Time to Put an End to the Prejudice Against Discrimination
by Kenny Kim
Despite what some people may have to say against it, I�m proud of my heritage. After my father moved to America from Korea 30 years ago, he absorbed many American values, but he also retained much of what makes Korea so rich and dynamic. He believed in strong family bonds and respect for one�s elders. He believed in a dedication to education and furthering oneself. And above all, he believed in the time-honored mistrust of dark-skinned people that my people have held for generations. A lot of people looked down on him for this and said he should change his ways. But I say it�s time to for American to change its ways. It�s time to put an end to the prejudice against discrimination.
My father was the first person on our block to not let black guys into his convenience store. A lot of people told him he was crazy. They said, �Why not just constantly watch them on the video cameras like everybody else?� But he was tired of bowing to the system and being a closet racist. Why should he have to live in shame? Why couldn�t he be accepted as an open racist? So he stuck to his convictions and later, when the store down the street was robbed by a black guy, people began to realize he was right. There�s no need to throw out traditional culture in favor of blind assimilation. Some traditions should be kept, like eating kimbap, and wearing hanbok, and telling your son you�ll disown him if he ever dates a white girl.
I know, a lot of you are thinking that Americans are open and accepting to all types of racists from around the world. Sure, America is accepting as long as you�re a polite little racist who keeps his mouth shut. But every chance people get, they try to stifle your cultural identity. I often hear people snicker that my culture is �backwards� and �close-minded�. Sometimes, I even hear people say slurs behind my back like �fucking bigot� and �dirty persecutor�.
I will always carry with me the rich heritage of traditional racism given to me by my dad. He passed away a few months ago, killed in a hail of gunfire as he tried to defend the store against a black security guard who was servicing the ATM machine. Even though he�s gone, I will still remember back when I was little and he would sit me on his knee and tell me, in voice resonant with the wisdom of an ancient culture, �I hate the way Mexicans smell.�
And one day, if I�m lucky, my kids will hate the way Mexicans smell too. |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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If you'll allow me to wax philosophical, I'll say this:
The general Korean American agenda has 2 facets: promoting Korean culture and fighting against discrimination. Unfortunately, Korean culture IS discriminatory. So there is some cognitive dissonance.
Of course, discrimination is not the defining feature of Korean culture. And not all Koreans are discriminatory, and those who are are not consistently so, and Americans are also discriminatory, etc. The two facets are really not entirely or even largely at odds with each other. But there is some conflict, some places where they rub against each other. Like when a Korean preaches the gosphel of anti-racism but refuses to marry outside his race on principle, or has a parent who wouldn't allow it. Then you get these contorted arguments about how the Korean perspective of race is different from the American perspective, cultural relativism, etc. Some of the arguments are valid, as Americans have a unique idea of race and are uniquely obsessed with it, but let's face it, Koreans are hugely racist. I really can't listen to another Korean tell me bluntly, "I don't like black people. They're scary," and think otherwise.
The laughable thing is when white people or korean americans want to get on the high ground over the other about race/prejudice/xenophobia. Neither has a hegemony over it. |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| endo wrote: |
| billybrobby wrote: |
I wrote an article about this:
http://theyangpa.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/its-time-to-end-the-prejudice-against-discrimination/
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It�s Time to Put an End to the Prejudice Against Discrimination
by Kenny Kim
Despite what some people may have to say against it, I�m proud of my heritage. After my father moved to America from Korea 30 years ago, he absorbed many American values, but he also retained much of what makes Korea so rich and dynamic. He believed in strong family bonds and respect for one�s elders. He believed in a dedication to education and furthering oneself. And above all, he believed in the time-honored mistrust of dark-skinned people that my people have held for generations. A lot of people looked down on him for this and said he should change his ways. But I say it�s time to for American to change its ways. It�s time to put an end to the prejudice against discrimination.
My father was the first person on our block to not let black guys into his convenience store. A lot of people told him he was crazy. They said, �Why not just constantly watch them on the video cameras like everybody else?� But he was tired of bowing to the system and being a closet racist. Why should he have to live in shame? Why couldn�t he be accepted as an open racist? So he stuck to his convictions and later, when the store down the street was robbed by a black guy, people began to realize he was right. There�s no need to throw out traditional culture in favor of blind assimilation. Some traditions should be kept, like eating kimbap, and wearing hanbok, and telling your son you�ll disown him if he ever dates a white girl.
I know, a lot of you are thinking that Americans are open and accepting to all types of racists from around the world. Sure, America is accepting as long as you�re a polite little racist who keeps his mouth shut. But every chance people get, they try to stifle your cultural identity. I often hear people snicker that my culture is �backwards� and �close-minded�. Sometimes, I even hear people say slurs behind my back like �fucking bigot� and �dirty persecutor�.
I will always carry with me the rich heritage of traditional racism given to me by my dad. He passed away a few months ago, killed in a hail of gunfire as he tried to defend the store against a black security guard who was servicing the ATM machine. Even though he�s gone, I will still remember back when I was little and he would sit me on his knee and tell me, in voice resonant with the wisdom of an ancient culture, �I hate the way Mexicans smell.�
And one day, if I�m lucky, my kids will hate the way Mexicans smell too. |
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That was wrong but funny |
Nah. Just funny |
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rD.NaTas
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
Location: changwon
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| when i saw this i thought "dave chappelle is back on air" |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Look, funky Chinamens! |
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The Hammer
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Ullungdo 37.5 N, 130.9 E, altitude : 223 m
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: "The Magical Negro" in America |
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| komerican wrote: |
| Also, not only is this Western experience/guilt irrelevant for Koreans it is being used by Westerners to bully/intimidate/marginalize Koreans. |
For example? |
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ReeseDog
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
Location: Classified
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Did the OP actually use the word "negro?" |
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