tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080549027049886425.post1522422197682939634..comments2023-10-10T07:46:13.824-07:00Comments on Footnotes: Foreigner Only TaxisCedarBoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795881445163549278noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080549027049886425.post-68228544443843431212010-12-12T21:54:57.187-08:002010-12-12T21:54:57.187-08:00Good points raised here. I agree that, more than ...Good points raised here. I agree that, more than anything, time is required. And sometimes when I am steaming inside because yet another person on the subway is staring at me, I say to myself (in my head), "Just imagine what dark-skinned peoples in the U.S. must have felt those years ago (and some, even now, unfortunately). And just imagine what Korea will be like later on, when the "foreignness" of my appearance has finally worn off?" So I try to calm myself by remembering that attitudes are still adjusting. And I also count up all the lovely people on the subway and/or whom I've passed that day who haven't looked at me or gasped at all when I passed by them!<br /><br />But I am definitely saddened to know there are foreigner-only taxis, and will diligently resume the translation soon! Sigh...Georgeannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554911843298811243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080549027049886425.post-25884199655381277792010-12-10T06:40:10.505-08:002010-12-10T06:40:10.505-08:00(Part 2 of Kyungho's comments):
Korea cannot...(Part 2 of Kyungho's comments):<br /><br /><br />Korea cannot remain a single cultural country forever because it is getting many immigrants every day. <br />it doesn't matter if the one gets a Korean citizenship or not because he/she already lives in this country, his/her cultural background already influences, changes some others. <br />especially the wives from other Asian countries. they give birth to their children. <br />their contribution to this progress is not only their cultural inflow into the society but also their contribution to gradually changing the stereotype of the people. <br />'Foreigners can become wives and husbands'. To get married means to become one family. this is a very important point. <br /> <br />The U.K. would never imagine to become such a multicultural country before the industrial revolution, <br />France would never been a multicultural society if they didn't allow the immigrants from their overseas colonies and territories long time ago. <br />Surely, no one expected these countries would be today's multicultural countries those days because they didn't expect new cultures would affect their owns. <br />but time always does change things. because people finally realize sometimes new things work out better than their current ones. <br />that's why a lot of westerners are crazy about the Thai food instead of their own food, for instance. <br />it takes time to integrate, chnage, accept new things. Korea just started with it,<br />I would say Korea will be a multicultural country after a century expectedly. <br />moreover many Korean students study overseas. <br />they experience the new cultures in other countries, they come home with this experience to show other people.<br />Finally, it will change the whole country. <br /> <br />thanks for reading my humble writings and your comments are welcome. <br /> <br />Kyungho LeeCedarBoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795881445163549278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080549027049886425.post-47289946756024903722010-12-10T06:37:02.359-08:002010-12-10T06:37:02.359-08:00I'm posting this for my friend Kyungho, becaus...I'm posting this for my friend Kyungho, because the system failed him:<br /><br />- In the street, you would see a lot of foreigners who came to Korea to work, to live, to teach and.... to get married. <br />it is quite common to see someone who has a different look nowadays<br />Korea is on the middle of the way to so-called, 'the multicultural society',<br />In my thought, to become a multinational or multicultural society, gold sometimes does work as a catalyst. <br />people tend to move along with the economical improvement. it expalins the case of Korea that brought many foreigners in a short period of time, <br />just about 30 years ago in this country, let's say you were from somewhere in Africa, <br />the Koreans would have looked at you just like an alien, <br />because it was so rare to see foreigners back then, <br />the biggest reason was because Korea was not the place to be to look after 'Gold', <br />so immigrations didn't really mean to make sense, Korea could remain a very single racial country with the Korean culture until the Saemaeul revolution began, <br />throughout the 80s, 90s, Korea South became one of the major economies in Asia, now in the World. <br />So Korea started to get some attention from many different parties, <br />Foreign teachers come to Korea to teach their skills and languages, some students come to Korea to study, <br />some people come to Korea because they can get better pay slips. some people get married the Korean nations because they seek for better livings here than their original countries. <br />if Korea didn't really secure decent income, did those many Foreign teahers ever come to Korea to teach? I don't think so. <br />If Korea was nothing more than just an Asian country, could we see those many Foreign students at Schools and colleges? Never. because the culture itself doesn't really tell you the special reason to come to study. <br />If Korea didn't pay enough money, I wouldn't really think we could have those workers at factories and restaurants in this country. <br />If Korea didn't give more economical motivation to someone who was looking for a 'dream-come-true' place after getting married, <br />we wouldn't have seen such many foreign wives from other Asian countries, <br />Korea is a typical country that is becoming a multicultural country out of the fast economical development. <br /> <br />Someone says, Korea is never, ever to become a multicultural country. <br />but I disagree with this. because it takes a long period of time to integrate. in other words, it happens very slowly. <br />we have only had no more than 30 years of the multiculturalization history. so it is still on the way. <br /> <br />(cont'd)CedarBoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795881445163549278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080549027049886425.post-68969432242764829012010-12-09T22:44:26.827-08:002010-12-09T22:44:26.827-08:00Ditto! I really can't say anything else which...Ditto! I really can't say anything else which is an addition or in any way more eloquent. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing; I'm definitely going to promote this one on my FB page (and/or maybe I'll motivate myself to try and translate some of it into Korean for my study blog.)Georgeannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554911843298811243noreply@blogger.com