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okokokok
Joined: 16 Jul 2009
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 Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:39 am Post subject: Indian accuses Korean of racism |
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/08/117_49537.html
A bit surprised this hasn't been posted, or maybe I'm just not seeing it. Anyways, I'll throw it up and perhaps it won't be deleted.
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Human rights groups have launched a fact-finding team to investigate a claim by an Indian professor who has accused a Korean of humiliating him through abusive and racial language.
The move led by a group of NGOs comes after policemen allegedly sided with the Korean offender during questioning.
The incident is the first case of its kind to be reported to police, indicating that many more such claims could pop up in a nation where as many as 1.2 million are foreign residents.
According to Bonojit Hussain, 28, an Indian research professor at Sungkonghoe University, he was riding a bus with his Korean female friend in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, on July 10 at 9:15 p.m.
As the bus traveled toward Bucheon City Hall, a neatly dressed Korean man, who was sitting behind them yelled, ``What a disgusting odor! You're dirty.''
The Korean, later identified as Park, kept shouting, ``You must be an Arab. It's dirty. F*** you!''
Park continued using offensive language and hurling four-letter words at him in Korean and English for about a minute, Hussain told The Korea Times, Monday.
When Hussain asked him why he was treating him this way, Park answered in English, ``You Arab, you Arab.''
The Korean even insulted his Korean female friend, saying ``Are you Korean? Are you happy to date with a black man?''
They asked the driver to stop the bus, and then took Park to a nearby police station.
``We knew he drank alcohol, but he was absolutely sane at the time,'' Hussain said.
Hussain intended to file a complaint against Park, but police officers tried to discourage him from doing so.
``They asked the two sides to apologize to each other. But I refused because I did nothing wrong,'' he said.
Hussain filed the complaint that night and the case has recently been forwarded to the prosecution.
``It was not my first time to be subject to racial abuse. I have had many similar experiences. But this time was serious,'' he said. ``It wouldn't have happened to me if I were a white man.''
Hussain said he has no intention to withdraw the suit.
A judge at the Seoul Central District Court commented, ``In this case, the accused could be punished for slandering the foreigner, and if convicted, he could face up to one year in prison or a fine of 2 million won ($1,640).''
Hussain said, ``Any behavior and language looking down on foreigners constitutes racial discrimination originating from an imperialist point of view, which should be eliminated.''
He urged the government to pay keen attention to the issue, as South Korea has been rapidly transforming itself into a multi-racial society.
He said that this is the right time for the government to kick racism out of the country, which has believed itself to be racially homogeneous.
The accident has motivated human rights activists and NGOs to form an anti-racism committee and ask the National Human Rights Commission to look into the case. |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:17 am Post subject: Re: Indian accuses Korean of racism |
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``It was not my first time to be subject to racial abuse. I have had many similar experiences. But this time was serious,'' he said. ``It wouldn't have happened to me if I were a white man.''
Hussain said he has no intention to withdraw the suit.
Hussain said, ``Any behavior and language looking down on foreigners constitutes racial discrimination originating from an imperialist point of view, which should be eliminated.'' |
Sure, drunken ajosshis always give whitey a free pass. 
Other than that, good luck to him. Though, how did they get Mr.Park to the police station? |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:04 am Post subject: |
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Dudes that rape children, steal billions, beat up people with steel rods, DON'T do jail time. What are the chances of getting jail time just for hurling abuse at an Indian guy?
The guy should count himself lucky he's not the captain of a parked oil tanker otherwise he'd be doing jail time. |
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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| GoldMember wrote: |
Dudes that rape children, steal billions, beat up people with steel rods, DON'T do jail time. What are the chances of getting jail time just for hurling abuse at an Indian guy?
The guy should count himself lucky he's not the captain of a parked oil tanker otherwise he'd be doing jail time. |
Wonder how much time the rape-matricide will get. I'm sure something along the lines of "losing your mother is punishment enough." |
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Shiktang
Joined: 10 May 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:13 am Post subject: |
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I wonder if the abuse started, because the Indian Professor was in the company of a reasonably attractive Korean female. Moral of the story is that "there is no guarantee you wont get abused if your in the company of a Korean female" maybe.
At least the guy kept his cool, and the bus driver must have felt bad if he let the three of them off at thepolice station. |
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js99
Joined: 25 May 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:36 am Post subject: |
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I'd still like to see how this plays out- does justice gets served or do they slam the Indian guy in jail on a trumped-up charge?
However, if justice is indeed served, it would serve as a precedence for further claims of abuse by other expats. |
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thoreau
Joined: 21 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:50 am Post subject: |
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What would happen if every foreigner in South Korea pressed charges whenever they were a victim of racism on some level?
Would it start a national dialog? |
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travelingfool
Joined: 10 Mar 2008
Location: Parents' basement
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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What would happen if every foreigner in South Korea pressed charges whenever they were a victim of racism on some level?
Would it start a national dialog? |
If anything it would create a national backlash. Many (not all) Koreans simply don't like foreigners and won't like you no matter what you do.
An older (white) lady who is friends with my parents went in to some kind of Korean owned clothing store in Garden Grove, California and was told that she was not welcome and told to leave because she was a "foreigner". A lot of Koreans don't like "foreigners" abroad, much less in their sacred fatherland. |
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craash
Joined: 19 Feb 2006
Location: Locked, cocked, and ready to ROCK!
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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Yesterday - a grade 3 student told me "Teacher, ALL Waeguks (foreigners) are dirty and bad"...
I guess racism (and garbage) is installed into Koreans when they are very young... |
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OnTheOtherSide
Joined: 29 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| craash wrote: |
Yesterday - a grade 3 student told me "Teacher, ALL Waeguks (foreigners) are dirty and bad"...
I guess racism (and garbage) is installed into Koreans when they are very young... |
They're just jealous of us because we waltz into their country making decent money, getting lots of sex, partying and having fun, and living on easy street. Seriously. |
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benji
Joined: 21 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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| travelingfool wrote: |
| thoreau wrote: |
What would happen if every foreigner in South Korea pressed charges whenever they were a victim of racism on some level?
Would it start a national dialog? |
If anything it would create a national backlash. Many (not all) Koreans simply don't like foreigners and won't like you no matter what you do.
An older (white) lady who is friends with my parents went in to some kind of Korean owned clothing store in Garden Grove, California and was told that she was not welcome and told to leave because she was a "foreigner". A lot of Koreans don't like "foreigners" abroad, much less in their sacred fatherland. |
I hope this lady brought hell upon this store. When I go home, if me or mine is treated this way by a Korean establishment, I will unleash the fury on them. |
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shinramyun
Joined: 31 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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They're just jealous of us because we waltz into their country making decent money, getting lots of sex, partying and having fun, and living on easy street. Seriously. |
They hate waygooks for their bitching and moaning.
It's the truth. |
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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| shinramyun wrote: |
| OnTheOtherSide wrote: |
They're just jealous of us because we waltz into their country making decent money, getting lots of sex, partying and having fun, and living on easy street. Seriously. |
They hate waygooks for their bitching and moaning.
It's the truth. |
Why would they bitch and moan? Korea is paradise. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| travelingfool wrote: |
| An older (white) lady who is friends with my parents went in to some kind of Korean owned clothing store in Garden Grove, California and was told that she was not welcome and told to leave because she was a "foreigner". |
I sure hope she contacted the authorities about that. It's explicitly illegal in the US. |
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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| travelingfool wrote: |
| An older (white) lady who is friends with my parents went in to some kind of Korean owned clothing store in Garden Grove, California and was told that she was not welcome and told to leave because she was a "foreigner". |
I sure hope she contacted the authorities about that. It's explicitly illegal in the US. |
Yeah, a bit off topic, but I was trying to rent out my apartment, and it seems craigslist is finally taking the Fair Housing Act seriously. A lot of people were posting ads like "no single mothers" or "We want an Asian roommate." NO CAN DO! |
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