Oh they care. They are just a polite culture and do not speak of such things usually. Grab some bourbon and sit down with one in the privacy of your home, you’ll get a damn earful
Didn’t mean to act as though I completely doubted you, though that’s what I did. Apologies.
I wonder if that has to do w/it being a mostly homogeneous country, where minorities are still a novelty bc only the best have made it thru so far (for the most part). Or if they really just don’t care.
I have a family member who is Korean, half anyway, can’t speak the language- but his Asiany-ness shines thru. (Their word, not mine. They have a ton of these sayings, probably a defense mechanism from growing up ‘different’, which they also explained once inebriated.)
They 100% pride themselves on being fair and open-minded about everything from race to sex to life in general.
Got drunk w/em one night, was genuinely surprised at some of the conversations. And they weren’t at my lead, as I barely talked bc I was too busy listening!
They did tell me they fit in more w/blacks than whites back in high school, bc they went to an almost all black high school and never could seem to break into the few white cliques that were there.
To me, they seem to be peacemakers. An extremely fair-minded people. Very strong women who are family and home oriented. I remember at a wedding, we went to take family pictures, and their brother’s new girlfriend was there. So there was that awkward moment of “does the new girlfriend get in the pictures, or nah?”. I said nah, and the Korean mom overrode me. (It was MY kid’s wedding🤣), but I was totally cool with that, and kind of felt like a cad afterwards. They later got married, so no harm. Some things just aren’t worth fighting over!
That is one thing I noticed quick is that a lot of the women are strong (actually strong, not in the stupid Hollywood way). But I think it makes sense. Usually you see strong/ resilient women in regions that have gone through hard times/ poverty (Eastern Europe, SE Asia, Latin America, parts of Africa) and the Korean War was not that long ago.
My God, I miss Korea. Lived there for a little over a year, they do not give a shit about identity politics.
Soros is pushing feminisim there. It's starting to rot the minds of women.
I hope they see the West as an example of what not to do.
Everyone basically puzzled why America is letting 15% of the population destroy the entire country and doing nothing.
We can end all institutional racism by obeying one simple rule: one government per race.
Fight identity politics with more identity politics? Fuck no.
Oh they care. They are just a polite culture and do not speak of such things usually. Grab some bourbon and sit down with one in the privacy of your home, you’ll get a damn earful
Like I said, I lived there for over a year. Made friends and had office parties where everyone got smashed.
Korean Americans probably care about identity politics, but Koreans in Korea didn't seem to at all.
Didn’t mean to act as though I completely doubted you, though that’s what I did. Apologies.
I wonder if that has to do w/it being a mostly homogeneous country, where minorities are still a novelty bc only the best have made it thru so far (for the most part). Or if they really just don’t care.
I have a family member who is Korean, half anyway, can’t speak the language- but his Asiany-ness shines thru. (Their word, not mine. They have a ton of these sayings, probably a defense mechanism from growing up ‘different’, which they also explained once inebriated.)
They 100% pride themselves on being fair and open-minded about everything from race to sex to life in general.
Got drunk w/em one night, was genuinely surprised at some of the conversations. And they weren’t at my lead, as I barely talked bc I was too busy listening!
They did tell me they fit in more w/blacks than whites back in high school, bc they went to an almost all black high school and never could seem to break into the few white cliques that were there.
To me, they seem to be peacemakers. An extremely fair-minded people. Very strong women who are family and home oriented. I remember at a wedding, we went to take family pictures, and their brother’s new girlfriend was there. So there was that awkward moment of “does the new girlfriend get in the pictures, or nah?”. I said nah, and the Korean mom overrode me. (It was MY kid’s wedding🤣), but I was totally cool with that, and kind of felt like a cad afterwards. They later got married, so no harm. Some things just aren’t worth fighting over!
That is one thing I noticed quick is that a lot of the women are strong (actually strong, not in the stupid Hollywood way). But I think it makes sense. Usually you see strong/ resilient women in regions that have gone through hard times/ poverty (Eastern Europe, SE Asia, Latin America, parts of Africa) and the Korean War was not that long ago.
they don't give a shit about identity politics because they are 99% homogeneous population you dolt
Did I say anywhere that this isn't the reason?