South Korea is the most racially homogeneous country IN THE WORLD. Add a cultural psychology of being historically oppressed/invaded/ravaged, and you get a psyche that is quite resistant to unfamiliarity.
Eh, it's the same in all other countries without a multi-racial society. People just straight up assume stereotypes, younger people who haven't (yet) been infected by the bigotry are cooler.
Yep.
Am surprised black teachers are getting rejected. Being black in Asia definitely is equated to being a foreigner, so it would follow that they'd want a "Real Westerner" to teach English.
This probably seems extremely random but this made me wonder if there are any countries that are racist against white (Caucasian) people?
Lol damnIt is no wonder Katie Mulrennan, an Irish teacher, was also recently refused a job because of the perceived heavy drinking habits of her countrymen. She received a message that claims she would not be hired due to the alcoholism nature of your kind.
This Philippines is actually a little better in this respect when it comes to accepting other cultures. You will be treated like royalty if you are a foreigner, doesn't matter if you are white or black, so long as you are American or European. Lots of great exposure from NBA (Basketball is huge in the Philippines) so if you are tall and black, everyone thinks you're a basketball star. They also have some experience with the native Aetas, which were the aboriginals of some islands and they all have darker skin and curlier hair. Not to mention the diversity of Filipino groups themselves with completely different languages and cultures like the Ilokanos of the north, the highland mountain Igorots, the lowland Tagalogs, peninsular Bikolanos, the Visayan Islanders and the Islamic Moros down south. Many Filipinos also trace their ancestry, or part of their ancestry to China.
There are some racism here and there and white people and fair skin mestizos still get favorable treatment, especially on TV and the media but the situation is a lot better compared to East Asia. Filipinos in general are exposed to more cultures other than their own and are more tolerant as a result.
Please tell me more.
it's like that here too in the states. difference is, you get shot for being black.Eh, it's the same in all other countries without a multi-racial society.
how would you view a korean who is more than qualified to teach english but is heavily tattooed?It is part of my job to hire new teachers here in Korea.
Grimløck;170650037 said:it's like that here too in the states. difference is, you get shot for being black.
how would you view a korean who is more than qualified to teach english but is heavily tattooed?
It is part of my job to hire new teachers here in Korea.
Me and my Korean counterpart do take appearance into account. I have never not hired someone because of their skin colour, and in fact just hired a black teacher and also have an indian teacher who we hired a couple months ago. What is important for me is how warm and friendly a person looks. I tend to rule out obese teachers because we teach kinder and need to have energetic teachers.
I did know of one overwight amaerican girl who was hired over the internet at my friends school who when they saw her at the airport sent her straight back.
Also in my previous school i know that they would not hire black teachers. The women in charge wanted only white british men, and thought kids would not understand black people because of their lips.
on the whole, i have known a lot of black teachers here and most have not had problems with their schools, but then I don't know how many other black teachers never even get the chance to come because schools flat out reject them.
Lol, that doesn't sound like the work of professionals.
funny you should say that because i have friends who were deported from the states to korea and they got jobs teaching english there. mind you, they don't have college degrees and they barely scraped by the toefl test. they do keep their tattoos nicely hidden, though.Tattoos are pretty much a no no. If a teacher can keep them hidden then fine, but the parents just want professional looking people. It is why parents at my school have been fine with non white teachers because they have always looked warm, friendly, and professional.
lol
like clockwork
This probably seems extremely random but this made me wonder if there are any countries that are racist against white (Caucasian) people?
I know most here are arguing that SE Asia is in general full of rampant unabashed racism, but I took a look at this wikipedia article and holy shit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_ethnic_nationalism
Are other Asian countries like this? Seems Koreans seems to take super special pride on their ethnic background and shun everyone who is not Korean or Koreans who patronize with non-Koreans.
Korea is East Asian which are mostly homogenous
South-East Asian countries in contrary are probably the most diverse region in the world, ethnic wise
Shut up. 67.3141592653589793323% of Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans are racist as fuck. They're just worst at hiding it than others.
I loved the accurate estimate. ^^
Depressing article, racism is everywhere. People here are shitting on Asia and America, do you think Europe is immune?
It's still a big stinky shit everywhere if you ask me.
Sure, Switzerland is shit but do you honestly believe an ad like that would make it to the public in the UK, US, Scandinavia etc?
It is part of my job to hire new teachers here in Korea.
Me and my Korean counterpart do take appearance into account. I have never not hired someone because of their skin colour, and in fact just hired a black teacher and also have an indian teacher who we hired a couple months ago. What is important for me is how warm and friendly a person looks. I tend to rule out obese teachers because we teach kinder and need to have energetic teachers.
I did know of one overwight amaerican girl who was hired over the internet at my friends school who when they saw her at the airport sent her straight back.
Also in my previous school i know that they would not hire black teachers. The women in charge wanted only white british men, and thought kids would not understand black people because of their lips.
on the whole, i have known a lot of black teachers here and most have not had problems with their schools, but then I don't know how many other black teachers never even get the chance to come because schools flat out reject them.
teach kinder and need to have energetic teachers.
I did know of one overwight amaerican girl who was hired over the internet at my friends school who when they saw her at the airport sent her straight back.
Also in my previous school i know that they would not hire black teachers. The women in charge wanted only white british men, and thought kids would not understand black people because of their lips.
Casual attention is hard to classify as positive - but it'd be difficult to describe without experiencing it - imagine being gawked at as an animal in Zoo (although I got worse experience with that in Japan).Estellex said:Did you get a lot of "positive" attention from the girls?
WTF? This isn't scripted, is it?
Oh, fine then.If I remember correctly (I think I read about this on /r/Korea a few months back), that guy's on some TV show here. The lady recognized him and was just surprised to see him.
If you watch Korean TV, movies etc you'll see random white people with barely a grasp of Korean scattered everywhere. For no reason, not even like the scene is in Europe or something. It just looks wrong.
WTF?? This isn't a joke, is it?
Hahah I am really regretting not taking you up on your offer hahah.
all you need to do is ask.
The vast majority of the world is a lot more racist than America. Most of the world lives in relative homogeneity.
In this case, understanding the reference doesn't really make it any funnier.I'm sure this is a reference to something. Without the frame of reference, it's tough to read this post.