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South Koreans Struggle With Race - The New York Times, 1 Nov 2009

"Centuries ago, when Korean women who had been taken to China as war prizes and forced into sexual slavery managed to return home, their communities ostracized them as tainted. In the last century, Korean 'comfort women,' who worked as sex slaves for the Japanese Imperial Army, faced a similar stigma. Later, women who sold sex to American G.I.’s in the years following the 1950-53 Korean War were despised even more. Their children were shunned as 'twigi,' a term once reserved for animal hybrids, said Bae Gee-cheol, 53, whose mother was expelled from her family after she gave birth to him following her rape by an American soldier."

"Tammy Chu, 34, a Korean-born film director who was adopted by Americans and grew up in New York State, said she had been “scolded and yelled at” in Seoul subways for speaking in English and thus 'not being Korean enough.' Then, she said, her applications for a job as an English teacher were rejected on the grounds that she was 'not white enough.'

Ms. Hahn said that after the incident in the bus last July, her family was “turned upside down.” Her father and other relatives grilled her as to whether she was dating Mr. Hussain. But when a cousin recently married a German, “all my relatives envied her, as if her marriage was a boon to our family,” she said."





P.S.

"In a report issued Oct. 21, Amnesty International criticized discrimination in South Korea against migrant workers, who mostly are from poor Asian countries, citing sexual abuse, racial slurs, inadequate safety training and the mandatory disclosure of H.I.V. status, a requirement not imposed on South Koreans in the same jobs. Citing local news media and rights advocates, it said that following last year’s financial downturn, 'incidents of xenophobia are on the rise.'"

분명히, 이런저런 포탈에서 촛불시위 관련해 이명박 행정부가 국제 엠네스티를 무시했다며 길길이 뛰던 인간들이 다른 게시물에선 외국인 노동자의 성범죄니 하는 주제로 길길이 날뛰던 경우가 꽤 많이 보였었다. 근데, 뭐하는 조직인지도 사실은 잘 모르면서 자기들이 떠받들던 국제 엠네스티가 저런 보고서를 냈다는 걸 알면 그치들은 무슨 소리를 할까? 이명박 행정부의 아둔함을 따라갈 것인가?

P.S.2. 분명 이거 보고 "인종차별 쩌는 미국놈들 주제에 왜 우리한테 지랄임?" 하는 인간 나온다에 한표. 아마 그딴 자격론을 들고 나온다는 것 자체가 이미 책임전가 말고는 관심이 없다는 걸 보여준다는 건 이해하지 못하겠지'ㅅ'