Racism in Korea

Havent stayed in Korea for more than a year now, i'd say there's definitely racism in Korea. Although the rate isnt as high as in Europe and other parts of the world, but it definitely exist in Korea. It comes in different form. Staying in remote areas and being brown skinned, you get starred at alot, get less priviledges etc. On the bright side, for the people living in the cities, especially in Seoul and with the influx on foreigners in Korea, racism isnt as much of a deal. Looking at a place like Itaewon in Seoul(the area with the highest population of foreigners living in Korea), racism isnt an issue. But in other areas/neighbourhood where they rarely see brown skinned people, it can be an issue. A typical example will be Sinchon, where people living there hardly see foreigners. I once had a a 5year old ask her mum while referring to me, "엄마 어떤사람이야?"[mum, what type of person is this?]. I laughed at it only because she was a baby. This only shows that the child's just seen a black person person for the first time.

Just recently, a friend of mine was turned down on a job just because she's black. That's just ludicrous! I cant even imagine in 2010 people judge others based on the colour of their skin. Thats just bullshit (Please excuse my language). They'd better start getting used to we blacks, cos i recently saw in the news that with the increase of Africa's population, in 2050, one out of 5 people would be African, that means black. So y'all better start dealing with it.

Personally, from my time in Korea till date, i havent had anyone not black use the ''N'' word on me. They'd be in a lot of sh** if they said that to me. I have one Asian friend in school who called me by that on a couple of times last semester. He's a very cool friend of mine, and he obviously wasn't trying to degrade me or anything of that nature. I was completely fine with that. Although i hardly use the word, unless when i sing(which i love to), i'd have a problem with anyone not black referring to me using the word.