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Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject: Two Stars Join Forces for Mixed-Race Korean Kids |
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Both faced hard times as children, both triumphed over adversity to become celebrities. Now the two have come together to help mixed-race Korean children. American football star Hines Ward has invited the star of a new TV drama for ABC primetime Moon Bloodgood to help.
Andrew Lee, the lawyer who handles Ward's PR, says Ward founded his own organization to help children of mixed race in the U.S. and has invited eight children of partial Korean heritage to Pennsylvania on Dec. 3. Bloodgood and her Korean mother were invited and have accepted. They will take in a home game between Ward's team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before the meeting.
Moon Bloodgood -- who plays the role of the girlfriend of an African American detective in the upcoming 13-part primetime show that will air on ABC starting Nov. 15 -- reportedly sent an e-mail to the footballer saying she wanted to help children of mixed race, which became the impetus for the meet. Ward wrote back he would warmly welcome her assistance and invited her and her mother to Pittsburgh. Bloodgood says the concrete details of how she will be helping will be worked out soon.
The meeting between the two stars has created some advance buzz in the Korean American community. The two were born to Korean mothers and American fathers, and after struggling through years of adversity found their way to stardom due to the self-sacrifice and support of their mothers. The duo have made their heritage a matter of public knowledge and are becoming shinning role models for the Korean community. |
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200610/200610270011.html |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Moon Bloodgood...
Hahahaha....
Is the middle name Hanrace? |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:43 pm Post subject: Re: Two Stars Join Forces for Mixed-Race Korean Kids |
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Both faced hard times as children, both triumphed over adversity to become celebrities. Now the two have come together to help mixed-race Korean children. American football star Hines Ward has invited the star of a new TV drama for ABC primetime Moon Bloodgood to help.
Andrew Lee, the lawyer who handles Ward's PR, says Ward founded his own organization to help children of mixed race in the U.S. and has invited eight children of partial Korean heritage to Pennsylvania on Dec. 3. Bloodgood and her Korean mother were invited and have accepted. They will take in a home game between Ward's team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before the meeting.
Moon Bloodgood -- who plays the role of the girlfriend of an African American detective in the upcoming 13-part primetime show that will air on ABC starting Nov. 15 -- reportedly sent an e-mail to the footballer saying she wanted to help children of mixed race, which became the impetus for the meet. Ward wrote back he would warmly welcome her assistance and invited her and her mother to Pittsburgh. Bloodgood says the concrete details of how she will be helping will be worked out soon.
The meeting between the two stars has created some advance buzz in the Korean American community. The two were born to Korean mothers and American fathers, and after struggling through years of adversity found their way to stardom due to the self-sacrifice and support of their mothers. The duo have made their heritage a matter of public knowledge and are becoming shinning role models for the Korean community. |
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200610/200610270011.html |
I think this is good news. I think Korea has done more over the years to welcome people from diverse backgrounds to mixed children, foreign students etc.. |
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khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| One has to wonder why he isn't starting that campaign here in Korea... |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| khyber wrote: |
| One has to wonder why he isn't starting that campaign here in Korea... |
probably because he lives in the States... |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:13 pm Post subject: Re: Two Stars Join Forces for Mixed-Race Korean Kids |
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| The two were born to Korean mothers and American fathers, and after struggling through years of adversity found their way to stardom due to the self-sacrifice and support of their mothers. |
Right, they became famous because their moms worked hard. Man these Korean newspapers are so self-serving. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: Two Stars Join Forces for Mixed-Race Korean Kids |
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| The two were born to Korean mothers and American fathers, and after struggling through years of adversity found their way to stardom due to the self-sacrifice and support of their mothers. |
Right, they became famous because their moms worked hard. Man these Korean newspapers are so self-serving. |
I understand what you are saying, and yes it is just another stupid Korean "look at us, Koreans are the best" kind of sentence. But hardworking and caring parents can usually (not always) be found behind successful people. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: Re: Two Stars Join Forces for Mixed-Race Korean Kids |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| Qinella wrote: |
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| The two were born to Korean mothers and American fathers, and after struggling through years of adversity found their way to stardom due to the self-sacrifice and support of their mothers. |
Right, they became famous because their moms worked hard. Man these Korean newspapers are so self-serving. |
I understand what you are saying, and yes it is just another stupid Korean "look at us, Koreans are the best" kind of sentence. But hardworking and caring parents can usually (not always) be found behind successful people. |
Are you being obtuse, or do you really think there's a causal relationship between the two? Let's think about it: almost all mothers are hardworking and caring. Look at the article: DUE TO. That means "because of". Which is self-serving and typical of Korean newspapers, and why I find them so hilarious to read. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:38 pm Post subject: Re: Two Stars Join Forces for Mixed-Race Korean Kids |
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| Qinella wrote: |
| laogaiguk wrote: |
| Qinella wrote: |
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| The two were born to Korean mothers and American fathers, and after struggling through years of adversity found their way to stardom due to the self-sacrifice and support of their mothers. |
Right, they became famous because their moms worked hard. Man these Korean newspapers are so self-serving. |
I understand what you are saying, and yes it is just another stupid Korean "look at us, Koreans are the best" kind of sentence. But hardworking and caring parents can usually (not always) be found behind successful people. |
Are you being obtuse, or do you really think there's a causal relationship between the two? Let's think about it: almost all mothers are hardworking and caring. Look at the article: DUE TO. That means "because of". Which is self-serving and typical of Korean newspapers, and why I find them so hilarious to read. |
Seriously, I didn't attack you in any way there and made sure I agreed with what you were saying about Korean newspapers but just adding something. Are you just having a bad day?
But ofcourse there is a causal relationship. A kid with a non-caring or hardworking mother would most likely never be pushed, helped or given the same opportunities as others. Kids with non-caring parents (of which I have seen atleast 50 fostering) would more than likely never be successful (which is sad). Many kids are successful because their parents worked hard earning money (to pay for tuition and such), building a business (for the children to take over) or just were supportive of their kids.
I have 3 kids in my school (2 brothers and a sister). They go to no hagwons and their mother is the cafeteria lady (not much money). Anyway, they got the best scores on last weeks standardized tests and their English is fantastic BECAUSE their mother pushes them (not too hard though) and spends time helping them. |
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coldcrush
Joined: 02 Apr 2004
Location: melbourne.... Posts: 1
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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| djsmnc wrote: |
Moon Bloodgood...
Hahahaha.... |
Do a GIS of her. Me thinks her blood be good. |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| khyber wrote: |
| One has to wonder why he isn't starting that campaign here in Korea... |
I don't know if he's doing anything formally here, but he has been here to promote acceptance of mixed-race kids at least a couple of times in the last year. It's obviously working, unless anyone thinks it's coincidence that after his initial visit, the country finally changed the laws to allow mixed-race kids to attend public school. |
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