I'm Korean.

[Xyclone]

My mom immediately started stereotyping all Koreans as angry and mean people, and I told her what she was doing. There's been crazy Whites, Asians, Blacks, Latinos, etc., one person is not representative of a whole population.

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: Deadtrees
Just like anyone else, hearing the news in the beginning has been really uncomfortable. It reminded me of that Columbine High. Incident where some of the people I knew back then were shot. Now that I hear that this rampage was done by a S. Korean, I feel sick in the stomach. That would be because I, too, happened to be S. Korean studying abroad.

I, of course, do not think the killer being Korean has anything to do with this rampage. An individual psycho is a psycho no matter what his nationality happens to be. I do not see any connection between him being psycho to nationality of his. Damn?.I?m already defending myself.

Anyway, I?m curious how this would impact views on Koreans in general. From what I know and based on my experiences, most of Americans can?t distinguish the difference between N. Korea and S. Korea. Whenever there was a N. Korea issue, I hated how I had to explain that I?m from S. Korea and the differences in between N and S Korea is so huge that it?s not even comparable. On top of that, now that this has happened, I?m just speechless.
What do you Americans think this about the killer being Korean? Beside you, what do you think how other Americans would view it?

Well?.this whole situation where I feel sorry for the dead, worrying about myself as well as other Koreans just make me sick in the stomach.

P.S: I'm worried because I know what those Middle Eastern people has been going through since 9/11. On top of that, as I've mentioned, Americans don't seem to know the difference between N. and S. Korea and that I fear Americans would think Korean= people from a nuke crazy, people dying in hunger country + psycho mass murder.

koreans were always considered as the most violent people in the asian community. when I think of a korean male, I think of someone who likes to start fights. I hate to be blunt about this, but this is how most of the asian community feel about koreans. sorry for stereo typing..

having said this, this has always been the view long before this guy went around and killed 30+ people. I would say this is more of an individual case than a representation of all koreans.

I personally have had no problems with koreans.

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: chowmein

Originally posted by: J0hnny
I'm asian and I'm angry!

people at work are scared of me now ... :heart:

your username just made me hungry for some Asian today. yum yum

It's natural to be angry, but for god's sake don't resort to cannibalism.

 

[bdude]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

koreans are considered the black people of asians. lack of culture, most koreans were farmers not that long ago.

The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.

lack of culture
lack of culture
lack of culture
lack of culture
lack of culture
lack of culture
lack of culture
lack of culture


At first I laughed. Then I cried. Then I laughed again. Then I cried. Then I farted.

 

[noto12ious]

Originally posted by: Dacalo

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

koreans are considered the black people of asians. lack of culture, most koreans were farmers not that long ago.

Wow, what a dumb fvck you are.

haha don't mind 0roo0roo...he's a tool, as evident by his posts.

i have many good korean friends... and they're highly cultured.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince

Originally posted by: Deadtrees
Just like anyone else, hearing the news in the beginning has been really uncomfortable. It reminded me of that Columbine High. Incident where some of the people I knew back then were shot. Now that I hear that this rampage was done by a S. Korean, I feel sick in the stomach. That would be because I, too, happened to be S. Korean studying abroad.

I, of course, do not think the killer being Korean has anything to do with this rampage. An individual psycho is a psycho no matter what his nationality happens to be. I do not see any connection between him being psycho to nationality of his. Damn?.I?m already defending myself.

Anyway, I?m curious how this would impact views on Koreans in general. From what I know and based on my experiences, most of Americans can?t distinguish the difference between N. Korea and S. Korea. Whenever there was a N. Korea issue, I hated how I had to explain that I?m from S. Korea and the differences in between N and S Korea is so huge that it?s not even comparable. On top of that, now that this has happened, I?m just speechless.
What do you Americans think this about the killer being Korean? Beside you, what do you think how other Americans would view it?

Well?.this whole situation where I feel sorry for the dead, worrying about myself as well as other Koreans just make me sick in the stomach.

P.S: I'm worried because I know what those Middle Eastern people has been going through since 9/11. On top of that, as I've mentioned, Americans don't seem to know the difference between N. and S. Korea and that I fear Americans would think Korean= people from a nuke crazy, people dying in hunger country + psycho mass murder.

koreans were always considered as the most violent people in the asian community. when I think of a korean male, I think of someone who likes to start fights. I hate to be blunt about this, but this is how most of the asian community feel about koreans. sorry for stereo typing..

having said this, this has always been the view long before this guy went around and killed 30+ people. I would say this is more of an individual case than a representation of all koreans.

I personally have had no problems with koreans.

Viets are the most violent. Koreans are too pvssy to do anything. They care too much about their Guccis and BMWs.

In history I would say China is the most violent; all the fighting they did amongst themselves to unite the kingdoms to one China. Then the Japanese; all the heinous Hitler-esque war crimes they committed. Koreans are generally pacifists, euphemism for "we only care about ourselves so we're not going to bother you."

The stereotype of angry Korean husband beating the wife is not unique to Koreans. Arabs, blacks, hispanics, whites, all beat their wives. Japanese men prefer to sexually degrade their women. Chinese men are generally pvssified by women because of the fvcked up Male:Female ratio.

 

[Midlander]

For what it's worth, there are many highly educated Koreans in my town. I don't think it's an exception.

I honestly didn't think twice about the nationality of the killer at VT. He was a very disturbed human being. His race had nothing to do with it.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: bdude

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

koreans are considered the black people of asians. lack of culture, most koreans were farmers not that long ago.

The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.
The black people of asia.

lack of culture
lack of culture
lack of culture
lack of culture
lack of culture
lack of culture
lack of culture
lack of culture


At first I laughed. Then I cried. Then I laughed again. Then I cried. Then I farted.

Maybe he thinks that because they dominate pop culture (movies and music) in all of asia? I guess he's forgetting about all the multinational corporations korea has produced (Samsung, LG, Hyundai, Daewoo, Asiana, Korean Air, Helio (through SK Telecom), Hankook Tires, etc). But maybe he thinks BET and Sean John pwns all those.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: Eghck

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: blustori
I am korean and moved to Northern Virginia from Maryland a couple of years ago. Some of the things I have noticed for a while now is that a lot of korean kids/people here are spoiled. When their parents are working 24/7, they're obviously not watching what their kids are doing. Also, when you see high school kids with BMWs and Benz, you know something isn't right. And, when you go to coffee shops around this area, there are a lot of asian kids, especially on weekends. They are very loud and have no consideration for the people around them. This generates many stereotypes and fuels racism.

The overall feeling I get from the majority korean population here is that they are materialistic. They always talk about cars, houses, jobs, Ivy League schools; it gets quite annoying. I just want to say that I am against this kind of lifestyle, and I do not represent this group of korean people. People like this obviously ruin it for others. Although it's not right, society has a way of blaming a particular race whenever something bad happens.

sounds like koreans here in socal. lol. :Q

to be honest, I think its built into their culture. There are of course exceptions, but generally I've been told by my fellow korean friends, that Koreans have a very strong sense of pride as well as a heavy concept of "keeping face" or as we usually say "keeping up with the joneses".

koreans are considered the black people of asians. lack of culture, most koreans were farmers not that long ago.

The lack of culture isn't entirely their fault. They have a wonderful cultural history. The Japanese did a great job of taking that away from them.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: blustori
I am korean and moved to Northern Virginia from Maryland a couple of years ago. Some of the things I have noticed for a while now is that a lot of korean kids/people here are spoiled. When their parents are working 24/7, they're obviously not watching what their kids are doing. Also, when you see high school kids with BMWs and Benz, you know something isn't right. And, when you go to coffee shops around this area, there are a lot of asian kids, especially on weekends. They are very loud and have no consideration for the people around them. This generates many stereotypes and fuels racism.

The overall feeling I get from the majority korean population here is that they are materialistic. They always talk about cars, houses, jobs, Ivy League schools; it gets quite annoying. I just want to say that I am against this kind of lifestyle, and I do not represent this group of korean people. People like this obviously ruin it for others. Although it's not right, society has a way of blaming a particular race whenever something bad happens.

sounds like koreans here in socal. lol. :Q

OMG QFT. I am half-Armenian, and because I go to an Armenian private school (AGBU), my friends are very materialistic and drive Benz's and BMW's and throw huge, extravagant parties and wear very expensive clothes. Having said that, my area (Northridge/Porter Ranch) has been flooded by Koreans lately. Whenever I'm at the Starbucks with a few friends, seeing them in the parking lot or watching them doing things really makes me want to punch one of them in the face so they can shut the fvck up. That said, I am not a racist (even though I obviously like my own race better than Asians, it's predisposed genetically), I just hate pricks. Check my above post.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: Xyclone

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: blustori
I am korean and moved to Northern Virginia from Maryland a couple of years ago. Some of the things I have noticed for a while now is that a lot of korean kids/people here are spoiled. When their parents are working 24/7, they're obviously not watching what their kids are doing. Also, when you see high school kids with BMWs and Benz, you know something isn't right. And, when you go to coffee shops around this area, there are a lot of asian kids, especially on weekends. They are very loud and have no consideration for the people around them. This generates many stereotypes and fuels racism.

The overall feeling I get from the majority korean population here is that they are materialistic. They always talk about cars, houses, jobs, Ivy League schools; it gets quite annoying. I just want to say that I am against this kind of lifestyle, and I do not represent this group of korean people. People like this obviously ruin it for others. Although it's not right, society has a way of blaming a particular race whenever something bad happens.

sounds like koreans here in socal. lol. :Q

OMG QFT. I am half-Armenian, and because I go to an Armenian private school (AGBU), my friends are very materialistic and drive Benz's and BMW's and throw huge, extravagant parties and wear very expensive clothes. Having said that, my area (Northridge/Porter Ranch) has been flooded by Koreans lately. Whenever I'm at the Starbucks with a few friends, seeing them in the parking lot or watching them doing things really makes me want to punch one of them in the face so they can shut the fvck up. That said, I am not a racist (even though I obviously like my own race better than Asians, it's predisposed genetically), I just hate pricks. Check my above post.

I would say Armos are worse than koreans by about a factor of 1.2. Persians are worse than koreans by about a factor of 1.5 (in the materialistic wannabe baller sense).

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: TechKnight
I am asian. (Not Korean) I am on campus right now. Our engineering build rents two floors to the US Army. I took an elevator to the 4th floor along with three caucasian guys. One of which is in uniform. On the 2nd floor, the elevator door opened and an elderly caucasian professor entered. He took a glance at me and then turned and said to the uniformed person "Do we need the army here to protect us now from all the psychos?" They all laugh. I am not amused. :|

you should have said something to the professor?

 

[Lurknomore]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: Eghck

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: blustori
I am korean and moved to Northern Virginia from Maryland a couple of years ago. Some of the things I have noticed for a while now is that a lot of korean kids/people here are spoiled. When their parents are working 24/7, they're obviously not watching what their kids are doing. Also, when you see high school kids with BMWs and Benz, you know something isn't right. And, when you go to coffee shops around this area, there are a lot of asian kids, especially on weekends. They are very loud and have no consideration for the people around them. This generates many stereotypes and fuels racism.

The overall feeling I get from the majority korean population here is that they are materialistic. They always talk about cars, houses, jobs, Ivy League schools; it gets quite annoying. I just want to say that I am against this kind of lifestyle, and I do not represent this group of korean people. People like this obviously ruin it for others. Although it's not right, society has a way of blaming a particular race whenever something bad happens.

sounds like koreans here in socal. lol. :Q

to be honest, I think its built into their culture. There are of course exceptions, but generally I've been told by my fellow korean friends, that Koreans have a very strong sense of pride as well as a heavy concept of "keeping face" or as we usually say "keeping up with the joneses".

koreans are considered the black people of asians. lack of culture, most koreans were farmers not that long ago.

Having trouble putting thought to words?
And you have 40k+ posts??

 

[JS80]

apparently the parents own a dry cleaners.

 

[Aimster]

0roo0roo is Chinese ... so I take it the Chinese people view the Koreans as "less" than them?

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: Phokus
Be glad you're not of middle eastern decent, they got the worst harassment after 9/11 from so-called "patriotic americans"

this is true...and sikhs were shot and killed because people thought they were middle eastern.

Now that i think of it, where was the outrage against whites after Timonthy McVeigh and Columbine?

They blamed that on video games

 

[Aimster]

Originally posted by: JS80
apparently the parents own a dry cleaners.

I wouldn't be surprised. In Northern VA 99% of dry cleaners are owned by Koreans.

At first they were making millions. It was very obvious by the kind of lifestyle they had. Then all the other Koreans started to copy them. Now they probably make 1/10 what they used to. Still good money, but those who got in on it first made $$

Where I live they have Korean shopping centers all over the place.
Annandale, VA. 90% of the doctors, dentists, restaurants, are all Korean. 90%+ of the Internet gaming places, dry cleaners, and bars = Korean.

They are smart people. They managed to establish a strong foot in the heart of redneck, VA.

 

[AlgaeEater]

Originally posted by: Deadtrees
Just like anyone else, hearing the news in the beginning has been really uncomfortable. It reminded me of that Columbine High. Incident where some of the people I knew back then were shot. Now that I hear that this rampage was done by a S. Korean, I feel sick in the stomach. That would be because I, too, happened to be S. Korean studying abroad.

I, of course, do not think the killer being Korean has anything to do with this rampage. An individual psycho is a psycho no matter what his nationality happens to be. I do not see any connection between him being psycho to nationality of his. Damn?.I?m already defending myself.

Anyway, I?m curious how this would impact views on Koreans in general. From what I know and based on my experiences, most of Americans can?t distinguish the difference between N. Korea and S. Korea. Whenever there was a N. Korea issue, I hated how I had to explain that I?m from S. Korea and the differences in between N and S Korea is so huge that it?s not even comparable. On top of that, now that this has happened, I?m just speechless.
What do you Americans think this about the killer being Korean? Beside you, what do you think how other Americans would view it?

Well?.this whole situation where I feel sorry for the dead, worrying about myself as well as other Koreans just make me sick in the stomach.

P.S: I'm worried because I know what those Middle Eastern people has been going through since 9/11. On top of that, as I've mentioned, Americans don't seem to know the difference between N. and S. Korea and that I fear Americans would think Korean= people from a nuke crazy, people dying in hunger country + psycho mass murder.

You're going to get the stereotypes thrown out as usual, but people with stereotypes always throw them out whenever the opportunity arises. Nothing is going to change; it's hot now but it won't be hot a few months from now when, sad to say this, the world is going to forget this incident except for those invovled.

If a celebrity like Jay Leno died tommorow, you would hear news on him 24/7 until the cows came home. People would barely remember the incident at V. Tech as "That shooting spree".

The only thing I've been hearing left and right is political banter back and forth about gun control. Korea only has been mentioned because the government of Korea issued a statement, and that a certain cartoon released from a newspaper was (is) highly insensitive of the whole matter.

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: nweaver

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: Deadtrees
Just like anyone else, hearing the news in the beginning has been really uncomfortable. It reminded me of that Columbine High. Incident where some of the people I knew back then were shot. Now that I hear that this rampage was done by a S. Korean, I feel sick in the stomach. That would be because I, too, happened to be S. Korean studying abroad.

I, of course, do not think the killer being Korean has anything to do with this rampage. An individual psycho is a psycho no matter what his nationality happens to be. I do not see any connection between him being psycho to nationality of his. Damn?.I?m already defending myself.

Anyway, I?m curious how this would impact views on Koreans in general. From what I know and based on my experiences, most of Americans can?t distinguish the difference between N. Korea and S. Korea. Whenever there was a N. Korea issue, I hated how I had to explain that I?m from S. Korea and the differences in between N and S Korea is so huge that it?s not even comparable. On top of that, now that this has happened, I?m just speechless.
What do you Americans think this about the killer being Korean? Beside you, what do you think how other Americans would view it?

Well?.this whole situation where I feel sorry for the dead, worrying about myself as well as other Koreans just make me sick in the stomach.

WTF? The only difference between a North and South Korean is a political boundry drawn on a map. I doubt anyone in the world can tell the difference other than a Korean and them only after conversing with the person.

Someone beat you with the stupid stick? N. Korea is communist, repressed, etc. S. Korea is a modernized country, with lots of freedoms. It's like saying East & West Germany during the cold war were the same.

Read much? Place a North and South Korean in a room and tell me which is which without talking to them. Show me where I said the 2 countries were the same? Perhaps you and the OP were the ones beaten with a stupid stick. Most Americans understand very well the differences between the 2 countries political systems etc. I took the OPs original post to mean that Americans could not tell the difference between a Korean from NK and a Korean from SK and that is what I was addressing.

To the point of his original post however I doubt there will be any backlash against Koreans or Asians in general due to this incident. There is no history of Asians committing terrorist acts in the US or in the world generally.

There are differences but yes, without speaking to them it would probably be fairly difficult if you have limited exposure to asian people. Getting out of Bumblefuck, USA and going to a big University helps a lot. I knew a North Korean and a South Korean kid freshmen year, their mannerisms, style and way of talking were pretty different and though it may be attributed to just chance they did have some recognizable facial differences. How they talked was huge though. Very different. I would imagine it would be like a guy from New York and a guy from Tennessee trying to speak another language like Korean. Verbal tendencies from their base languages would carry over and make two distinct talking patterns as well as pronouncements.

 

[AlgaeEater]

Whoops double post.

 

[Aimster]

I didn't think North Koreans came to the U.S? How did they manage that?

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: AznAnarchy99

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: Phokus
Be glad you're not of middle eastern decent, they got the worst harassment after 9/11 from so-called "patriotic americans"

this is true...and sikhs were shot and killed because people thought they were middle eastern.

Now that i think of it, where was the outrage against whites after Timonthy McVeigh and Columbine?

They blamed that on video games

and Marilyn Manson

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: SirStev0
I would imagine it would be like a guy from New York and a guy from Tennessee trying to speak another language like Korean. Verbal tendencies from their base languages would carry over and make two distinct talking patterns as well as pronouncements.

A better analogy would be trying to compare a guy from north tennesee and south tennesee.

 

[s0ssos]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: rh71
This morning my mom emails me saying that the killer was Chinese (that's what she heard from initial reports) and to be careful since there will be more hate towards us. I'm thinking to myself... only the true idiots would react with hate. I laughed it off.

I'm not looking at Koreans any different than before this happened.

Now if it were a global case like 9/11 and everything's that come to pass... that's a different story. It's a certain bias, but still not hate.

You underestimate the stupidity in this country.

You know what ? I think you're absolutely right.

yes, you are absolutely right.
i went over to the seoul craigslist, and there were a lot of posts bashing koreans.

initially, when i read the dumb reuters article about how koreans think there'll be a backlash against asians, i was like-what stupid people would do that?

well, now i know. apparently there are a lot of stupid americans.

 

[s0ssos]

Originally posted by: nweaver

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I think the difference is that this guy acted alone while the terrorists acted in a coordinated way and promised to do it again. Of course, the Arabs in America that celebrated 9/11 certainly didn't help. If a bunch of Koreans started rallying in the streets, praising what this guy did, you'd see the tide of public opinion turn against you.

ftw

really? why does that even make sense to you?

i can't understand some people