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[alphalfa]

Is there any truth to the belief that people here in Korea are of one race?
My KT believes this to be true. I disagreed with her assessment.

What are your thoughts on the following passage taken from the global voices online webite?


Korea�s minjok is a fantasy. There is actually no such thing as a Korean race.

Korea is a multi ethnic society. Koreans actually originated from different racial stocks, the Koguryo in the North, and the Sam Hans from the South and many others.

There is no racial relationship between the 2 primary racial stocks, the Koguryo northern stock and the Sam Han from the South. In my opinion, the Koguryo tribe is more closely related to the Northern Chinese tribes than they are to Sam Han.

So it is a myth that Koreans are of �one� race. It is actually made up of many different races than later were united to be called �Koreans�.

In accordance with this United Nations call, I call on Korea to stop using the word �Koreans� to refer to their race, but to revert back to the original naming convention used by their forefathers. A nationwide study must be made for every Korean to trace their roots back to which tribe they belonged to. Then the racial designation of their race should read Koguryo, Sam Han, or Silla, or Balhae etc. etc..

Koreans must realize that they are from different races, some are Koguryo, some are Sam Han and embrace this multi ethnicity.


alphalfa

[ajgeddes]

Ethnic group and race are not the same thing. Yes, all Koreans are the same race, but "Korean" is not a race.

[chriswylson]

Koreans are basically a pure race, yes. It's pretty obvious (unless you graduated from a liberal college in Canada).

[Adventurer]

If you look at Koreans, some resemble South East Asians and some resemble Mongolians in appearance so obviously Koreans came from a mixture. Also, there were several separte kingdoms in Korea. Also, a Korean prince married a woman from India and had children.

[The Perfect Cup of Coffee]

[chriswylson]

"If you look at Koreans, some resemble South East Asians and some resemble Mongolians in appearance so obviously Koreans came from a mixture."


So because you and your brother / sister don't look exactly the same, it means that you have different parents?! You're not very sharp, are you?

[Alyallen]

[chriswylson]

Name a race where everyone looks EXACTLY the same....

That's precisely my point, you dummy. That Koreans resemble (in your eyes) Mongolians or Japanese doesn't mean Koreans are not a race.

[Geckoman]

Biologically race does not exist. It's a scientific fact. Educate your Korean teacher (KT).

See: http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=97417&highlight=

[jajdude]

I thought the first human footprint was found in Ethiopia. If so, there you have it, we're all Ethiopian.

[Alyallen]

[chriswylson]

"For example, I'm Black"
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=97417&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0


This is what you wrote, alyallen. If race is a mad concept, how come you state that you're Black? You also posted your opinions in the thread entitled'Interracial marriages in Korea". Since race, in your opinion, is an illusion, how can you even post in such a thread? You're confused, that's all I know.

Jajdude, if you feel Ethiopian, then by any means please go back there. You probably have a similar IQ as the people there anyway.

[Adventurer]

[quote="chriswylson"]"If you look at Koreans, some resemble South East Asians and some resemble Mongolians in appearance so obviously Koreans came from a mixture."


So because you and your brother / sister don't look exactly the same, it means that you have different parents?! You're not very sharp, are you?[/quote

You aren't being serious, now are you? If one Korean is very brown and looks like he is from Cambodia and another looks like he could be from Mongolia it would be clear that several Asian groups mixed to form modern Koreans. When people think of race, they think of Caucasian, Asian, African etc.... You can argue this in many ways and say the Chinese and Koreans are one race or say the French and German are from different races. Whatever, man.

[chriswylson]

adventurer, if your brother has black hair and green eyes, and you have blonder hair and brown eyes, does that mean you have different parents? of course koreans don't look exactly the same, they're not all twins!!

[Alyallen]