Comments on: Hines Ward to visit Korea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/02/hines-ward-to-visit-korea/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:46:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: parkatcircle.com » Blog Archive » Hines Ward Bandwagon http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/02/hines-ward-to-visit-korea/#comment-29281 parkatcircle.com » Blog Archive » Hines Ward Bandwagon Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:44:30 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2381#comment-29281 [...] Other blogs have covered this already… Lost Nomad gave some background here and here. Here is another good post from Cathartidae. The Marmot’s Hole gave some more info here, here, and a more in-depth post here that has gotten many replies and is worth a read. That post addresses the issue of mixed-race Koreans and the hardships they have. I think that this current obssesion about Hines Ward is a bit silly. Nobody had ever heard of him, let alone cared about him, before this. A friend of mine was teaching a high-level class of university students while the Superbowl was on. He turned on the TV during a break and explained that one of the star players has a Korean mother. None of the students cared (it’s just stupid American football) and they asked for the channel to be changed. The next day, after Hines Ward was all over the news, the students came to class praising Hines Ward. They asked my friend, “Did you know about Hines Ward?” My friend pointed out that he was the same person he’d tried to tell them about the day before and rolled his eyes. [...] [...] Other blogs have covered this already… Lost Nomad gave some background here and here. Here is another good post from Cathartidae. The Marmot’s Hole gave some more info here, here, and a more in-depth post here that has gotten many replies and is worth a read. That post addresses the issue of mixed-race Koreans and the hardships they have. I think that this current obssesion about Hines Ward is a bit silly. Nobody had ever heard of him, let alone cared about him, before this. A friend of mine was teaching a high-level class of university students while the Superbowl was on. He turned on the TV during a break and explained that one of the star players has a Korean mother. None of the students cared (it’s just stupid American football) and they asked for the channel to be changed. The next day, after Hines Ward was all over the news, the students came to class praising Hines Ward. They asked my friend, “Did you know about Hines Ward?” My friend pointed out that he was the same person he’d tried to tell them about the day before and rolled his eyes. [...]

]]> By: aletheia http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/02/hines-ward-to-visit-korea/#comment-28911 aletheia Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:49:42 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2381#comment-28911 Mark, Want to bet? HERE WE GO STEELERS! HERE WE GO! Mark,

Want to bet?

HERE WE GO STEELERS! HERE WE GO!

]]> By: Mark http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/02/hines-ward-to-visit-korea/#comment-28898 Mark Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:50:52 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2381#comment-28898 Too bad...it's going to be bad for ??? when he show up without that big ass Super Bowl ring. Too bad…it’s going to be bad for ??? when he show up without that big ass Super Bowl ring.

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