Comments on: But I’m Already Married!

By: magisterosa

magisterosa — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:42:58 +0000

My boss (Korean) reckons that the going rate for a Korean to marry an Australian for Australian residency is 60,000,000 won. I keep that in mind when meeting dwenjungnyons.

By: Antti

Antti — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:47:25 +0000

When I learned the name of the Finnish woman in the show, it took me a while to realize that she had taken a couple of my courses in the early 2000s in the uni. I recall her grades were good, but she wasn’t exactly a sudajaengi.

By: arthjourneyman

arthjourneyman — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:16:55 +0000

#31, Maybe so, but on the other hand, the amount of malicious-type questioning would be abit more. I think that it’s ’cause in the end, most Koreans do have respect for Western culture and achievement (which many white people, who may not be part of, can be fortunately stereotyped with), and so won’t be as snarky (and if he’s got ‘double eyelids’, might be considered a blessing). Any backlash you do see on an expat from locals stems mostly from an inferiority complex, imo…
*ducks in case of dung slinging*

By: globalvillageidiot

globalvillageidiot — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:02:36 +0000

#15 - Netizen Kim, I never said I don’t stick up for - or haven’t stuck up for - my kid. But thanks anyway for your hardcore Bronx perspective.

#25 - Sonagi, you’re right. There is never a hint of malice in what people say about - or how they say it to - my kid. He would just get to experience a lot less of it in Toronto, Ottawa, etc.

By: mateomiguel

mateomiguel — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:24:10 +0000

… lets take over most of Europe, northern Africa, and torpedo the hell out of the North Atlantic!

By: exit86

exit86 — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:55:47 +0000

Personally, as a white, Western male, I am outraged by
these Korean foreigners taking our white Western women!
How dare they corrupt our pure race! We whites are
“One Blood” and we have no desire for our pure blood line to be
tainted by foreign elements.
White Netizens of the world UNITE!!!!!!
Let’s band together as One Nation of Caucasians
and fight, fight, fight!!!!
Let’s inundate some websites!!!!!!
Let’s make some t.v. special report documentaries!!!!
Lets . . . . Let’s . . . . .Let’s . . . . .

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:41:56 +0000

Correction: …that was terribly treated by his school teachers here….

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:40:26 +0000

I know a Korean-American that treated just terribly by the teachers in school here after his family moved back to Korea. They accused him of pretending he couldn’t speak any Korean (he really couldn’t). The Korean English teacher even accused him of pretending he couldn’t understand him (he really couldn’t. The English teacher’s English couldn’t speak English at all. He probably just repeated sentences he had memorized).

By: Breaktrack

Breaktrack — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:12:15 +0000

I believe most Koreans mean no malice towards Global’s son as well.

I taught a woman whose son was 3/4 Korean, the other 1/4 being caucasian, and students and teachers were both assholes towards the child. The family moved to the US because of this. I mean shit, the kid looked Korean for crying out loud.

Your friend knows the score #25. A Korean friend of mine moved his family to Canada for the same reason your friend moved to the US.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:04:49 +0000

Other than calling Global a wuss, I agree with Net Kim’s post. Koreans speaking English to Global’s son and chattering in Korean amongst themselves mean no malice or prejudice. The foreign population of Korea is less than 2%, nothing close to a critical mass that would change the thinking of 49 million people. Some close friends of mine left Korea for the US because the Korean father believed that his biracial son would be happier in a multiracial, multiethnic society.