@@user-oj8ny8cc6j Lol that is still discrimination it's just they are doing to everybody. Just because they do it to korean people too doesn't make it any less wrong and bad.
@Millinial Picasso It's sad that black people get treated bad almost everywhere in the world. Sad reality. My black friend said when she was in Korea an old lady came up to her and said to go back to her country because she don't deserve to be there. A white person is less likely to experience this in korea
My late wife was Korean. I have been to Korea 51 times, from the 1950s to the 1970s. She passed in 1974. It was a surprise at first but you get in a taxi and he asks your age. When you don't know someone and you don't want an awkward silenced, in the West we talk about the weather. In Korea they talk about age. Not that unusual. It was always funny with my wife and me. When we met, I told her my age as the Koreans count it. She told me her age as Americans count it. For a while, we both thought I was older. She was my elder by a year.
Thats sweettt. But i couldnt get it, if she is 23 in American counts and you are 22 as American counts too, you d say you were 23, so you wouldnt think you were older. Maybe as month? And just sounds so sweet memoriesss
yeah both are just being very polite, the girl is trying to show compassion and offer a break in his everyday life and his "No it's cool" is answering "I can manage my situation and I'm not asking you to show polite compassion, thank you though"
My favorite moment of being a foreigner in korea will forever be when I went to Jeju, in the middle of nowhere this random korean dude asked me if I was german and after I said yes, if Mercedes-Benz cars are expensive. I said yes and I think I crushed all of his dreams 😅
Honestly, I don't blame Koreans for being a little surprised every time they hear a foreigner speak their language. Korean isn't commonly spoken around the world. In a reverse situation, from my own experience as a Vietnamese, the first thing some Americans told me after learning that I'd just recently moved to America was, "Wow your English is very good!" They were surprised because English isn't still commonly spoken in Vietnam. Even though there's already a huge Vietnamese-American community in USA, I still don't find that kind of reaction bothersome at all. I'm also guilty of it myself whenever I encounter a foreigner who can speak Vietnamese fluently, which is factually a rare phenomenon.
@@davidjacobs8558 You mean Korean, not Vietnamese, right? And it doesn't matter whether it's mostly natives or foreigners speaking a language, just the total number of people counts. Just like Chinese is an important language to learn even though most Chinese speakers are natives
Reason koreans ask your age is because in korean language we have a separate polite-words and sentence structures for the older ones. We put some particular postposition at the end of the word and there are even different same meaning words only for the polite-usage.
That's just the thing that I don't understand. I am Korean too. Why do you need to use the sentence structures which you'd use at younger people, while you don't even know them? Why can't we use the polite form of sentences to everyone we do not know well, regardless of their age? So what I mean; please do not ask the age when you meet people, just use the polite form to everyone. That will be really fine.
@@gentlejoy9170 so true, I have three close friends and my boyfriend and I speak informally to them, but everyone else I speak to it is formal until we reach a level of closeness
@@gentlejoy9170 나이 물어보는게 반말까기 위해서인 건 아니죠. 아무래도 문화적으로 나이가 대화뿐만 아니라 상대를 어떤 사람인지 인식하는 데에 있어서도 차지하는 영향이 있다보니 물어보는 것이겠죠. 우리 문화가 미국처럼 10살 차이든 20살 차이든 쉽게 친구 먹을 수 있는 문화는 아니잖아요? 다만 조선 시대에는 나이 차이가 좀 나도 벗을 사귀었다는 기록이 많은데 어느 정도 나이에 대한 꼰대식 관점이 바뀌었으면 좋겠다는 마음은 있어요.
@@jerrypark3050 마지막에 ' 나이에 대한 꼰대식 관점이 바뀌었으면 좋겠다' 는 말 땜에 좋아요 눌렀어요. -:) 전 중년이지만, 나이로 갑질하는 문화 정말이지 마음에 안 들어요. 한국어의 특징때문에 서로 나이를 확인하고, 한쪽은 반말 한쪽은 존댓말을 하게 되면 바로 서열이 정해지는거죠. 나이에 상관없이 모두에게 가벼운 존칭이 사용되면 가장 좋을 것 같아요. 조선시대때만 해도 나이상관없이 친구가 되었다고 하셨죠? 제가 아는 바로는 나이로 서열이 정해지는 이 좋지 않은 문화는 일제시대때 일본 군국주의에 의해서 만들어 졌다고 해요. 일제시대에 일본에 의해 만들어진 문화가 아직도 곳곳에서 마치 우리의 고유문화인양 자리잡고 있는걸 보면 화나고 안타까워요.
It's the same in all Indian languages, but we don't ask the person's age rather just use respectful language with strangers. Even if they are just a kid, it's okay. Not used majorly, but okay
as a korean native i feel sorry for what you mentioned. korean people are not so globalized yet and need to learn how to live with different people. i'm always grateful for people coming to korea from overseas because they add diversity to this country. i believe things will change over time. and i hope you enjoy korea while you are here.
xrollinx I believe you are like me. I am American, but I know that America is not perfect. Just because it isn’t perfect doesn’t mean I love my country any less. I love being an American. xrollinx loves being Korean.
Hahaha we just don't touch a person we don't know. We respect our personal space, but old people are exceptions - they can touch you, because they grew up in period of friendship (the Soviet Union) between citizens, so they used to it and don't have any angry intentions. But frienda often touch each other to show support and kindness. It's a type of a bond, something personal, so if the Russian touch you, that means that he/she really likes you and want to be friends)
@@user-wk8bs3ko5b well, for example, I'm not afraid of people I don't know. But if a stranger takes my hand or touches a shoulder, I strain because I don't know what he/she wants from me. I start thinking about the worst, don't know why 🤣 May be it happens instinctively, because on the forehead of a person it is not written whether he is good or he has a bomb with him. Unfortunately, I got into 2 terrorist attacks: in Moscow (Dubrovka), and an explosion in the metro in St. Petersburg. This is one of the reasons I don’t like being touched by strangers
I'm Korean and I lived my whole life in other countries outside of Korea and anywhere I go I am a foreigner too. But it's very embarrassing to see how Koreans are so racist. Korea has developed in many aspects but the minds and cultures are very close-minded. You can't really say Koreans are very well mannered or they have etiquettes either. And sometimes they think being polite it's okay to even cross that personal/privacy line.
@Ryan Lajara rly? why do you generalize all korean people as these people you just mentioned? I am a korean who has lived outside my whole life and I can promise you not all of them are racist lmao...
@@jerrypark3050 may I ask why this is? I tried googling it but didn't come up with a concrete answer. I'm genuinely curious, not trying to start anything
@@paolagracia4876 I once went on reddit and some US military guy wrote stories about how they would call hospitals and police stations at night to check if any of their men were there (for drinking, fighting, etc), so they could get them back before leaving for missions the other day (or for Navys, to go on ship and leave to their new location). I fell into a hole of reading many US military stories and damn, they always make it seem like all of them have such discipline but guess there are some big pigs, I mean rules got more strict but I was kind of "shocked". So reading the comment about soldiers (from Jerry) gave me flashbacks to all those stories and now I totally understand why
2:20 This is a problem for every immigrant..my parents came to Europe 30 years ago, I was born & raised here. I've been to Asia twice in my life - yet people see me as a foreigner. No matter where you live/were raised, if you look different, you'll always be a foreigner to them.
@@maxheller7815 what do you even mean? I’m a full blown Bosnian/Bosniak, language and DNA. I lived in Bosnia (Southeast Europe), my parents’ home country, coming from Canada. I was never accepted at all, despite literally looking pale, visibly European. They even made fun of my skin tone and what I wore, talking shit about me behind my back. They literally have a similar mentality to many Koreans. If you’re a foreigner, you can’t hide it even if you “look” like them. The moment you damn speak or say what you like gives it away. And also going from one country to another in Europe makes you a foreigner by default. Looks don’t mean shit. Europeans don’t like each other, especially not Eastern Europeans.
@@maxheller7815 not true tho :x my parents are from Poland. The country next to germany. I was even born in germany yet people still ask me where I'm from 😄 because I have the typical 'face of a east european woman' and a slightly accent (I'm just rolling my R a little bit more than a usual german). But since I know it's not meant to be racist but interest I'm ok with it. I'm just getting annoyed when they apply stereotypes on me like NO I never stole a car man. Get over it ☠️
@@maxheller7815 my ethnicity is indian but my parents came to germany about 30 years ago. I was born and raised in germany ,and eventhouh i act and talk like any other german i am still considered as the indian girl and when i go to india i am considered as the girl from germany ,so no mather where i go i will be a foreigner
"when i go to stores they're always following me, its annoying" Sales ladies in the Philippines: Hold my tea (wooow thanks i got 1k likes hahaha luv y'all 🥺)
They don't do that only in Asia. I'm from Serbia and my sister gets angry when she is looking around in a shop and the sales lady keeps following her and asking does she need help so she just leaves the store. I work at a casino/sport bar and if someone you don't know sits on a slot machine you have to go ask themselves do they need help which makes people mad because they probably know more about the thing then you who just got the job and they have been sitting on the fucking thing for years. It's because companies want to raise the quality of customer service but sometimes depending on the policy they introduce they make people mad.
same in Saudi Arabia😂 I remember once in Sephora the sales lady made me buy some of Dior backstage products that I already have ughh what a waste of money
One of these that really upset me when I lived in Korea was the language exchange one. It really felt like so many people only spoke to me because they wanted to improve their English, not because they genuinely cared about me as a person. I remember that hurt a lot sometimes.
@@freyamcgregor8011 yesss!! That would have been hilarious. I dont think it would bother me to talk to them if they wanted to practice their language but if it did I would have soo done that sldnkd? Ejdjorjek? Haha and watch them run away🤣🤣🤣
@@PoeticComments I did this a lot in korea when people apporached me in english i switched to french and pretended to not know english. Only to switch to korean and say my native language was french and I didn't speak english (Which is a big lie since im american, I just happen to know french on an intermediate level, if i ran into a french speaker they'd so easily be able to call me out LOL) People immediatly lose interest in you as soon as you claim not to know english
What the russian lady said really got to me like damn, I'm from Germany and physical space/distance is rly important here. Like if possible and also while talking people stand relatively far apart like at least an arms length and unless they know each other well wont touch at all unless for a handshake. So the idea of being touched randomly by someone I would also perceive as a threat
Yes same as Arab.. My teacher was Canadian he didn't care abt personal space everytime i ask question i regret it😂😂 it just uncomfortable to stuck in ppl and look directly in their eyes from short distance.
Yes! I live in Ukraine and I can't imagine grabbing someone or even touching someone on the street, entering a stranger's space like that? Even looking at them for longer that thrre seconds. Patting someone on the shoulder is the maximum amount of physical contact I can bare with. I don't get how people can act otherwise. Here, people will even restrain themselves from speaking to strangers without a valid reason, like no one will talk to you just because they feel like it, and sometimes people will even remain silent and look the opposite way when someone does something inappropriate. The general thought is that everyone minds their own business, so no one bothers eachother. I don't think the Russian woman said anything weird at all, if so correct me please
Well it’s the same in every country. I was born in France, I always lived in France and people keep considering me as a foreigner. You guys are maybe not used to it but for some people like me it’s our daily life and it would be until the end.🤷🏻♀️
French definitely don’t like anyone who’s not French French. They even shit upon Canadians from the Quebec (French-speaking portion) who try to speak French which apparently isn’t the “right” type. So ridiculous. Don’t get me started with how people in Quebec treat anyone who comes there to speak in French with “the wrong” accent... I’m European and I don’t really like them generally either lol. Not talking all but the general nationalist mentality..
Haha, well, nothing against French but the whole Europe knows that French are the most racist country at least in Europe. I would add Russians to them:)))
@@melaxy33 I’m a Quebecer and I can tell you that these ppl are probably older ppl who are more conservative bc the younger generation is a lot more open since we all grew up in a place full of different ethnicities. And the thing with French is bc in our history we faced a lot of things to be able to keep our language. We were under the English authority and keeping French as our first tongue took so many fights that it has become a part of us to defend it. If you found ppl being mistreated bc they can’t speak French well I’d say it may have been bc they insulted our language. We also aren’t that fond of French ppl bc of how they think of us and how some of them come here without trying to adjust to our ways of doing stuff. A bit like going to Korea from America and refusing to talk to your elders in a polite way. As a Quebecer I am sorry for those who got insulted by us and I can guarantee you that we aren’t all like this 😊😊☺️☺️
Ehhh I'm from France and we arent like that France is more cosmopolite (is that even a word ??) than Korean by far I dont know what is your ethnicity but if I see an Asian person I won't be like haha where are you from or how wow your French is really good Maybe France is a bit racist but French people arent "surprised" by foreigners/ different ethnicity as Korean do and never clubs will reject you bc youre black As for Quebec, in France they just have the "Nice guy reputation" (like every person is kind) and we do make fun of their accent (sorry)
I get you. I'm half German, half American and grew up in Germany. In Germany I'm not really "German" because I have a little bit darker skin, but in American I'm not American because I never lived there and basically don't know more about the culture than other foreigners. So basically I'm nothing lol
My Korean friend in high school broke ties with all his diverse friends when he went to college in Cali. He cut everyone off except for Koreans. Also my other Korean friend was all about Koreans are the superior race in everything. Kinda sad. I prided myself in my school back in the day because my clique was the most diverse group. While mostly everyone else just hanged around with their own ethnic group.
They're delusional if they think they're a superior race. They've been colonised multiple times. How is that superior. Their origin and culture is highly influenced by Japan and China. They're making a name for themselves now because of Samsung and Korea wave but then it's just recent.
@@jeffersonsantiago5567 I heard it's like a direction in Korea to take extremely pride of themselves because like you said they were colonized there whole history and only recently got there independence.
The main reason why people form cliques in diverse schools is typically the language barrier rather than the ethnic-cultural barrier. But they definitely can't be forgiven for actual discrimination obviously. My school is very diverse and the only Korean in my year who tends to socialize outside the Korean clique speaks better English than Korean.
@@jeffersonsantiago5567 Lmao how did Japan influence Korea when Korea was the first ones to introduce civilization to the Japanese. Stop your fucking nonsense.
In our Korean culture, there is a spirit of love for humanity, called "Hongik Ingan" (pronounced Hong-ick In-gan or 홍익인간)", which is to live and work to broadly benefit our neighbors, society, country and humanity (to make a better world for all humans and all mankind). I am sorry and ashamed as a Korean. Personally, I didn't have that experience, but I apologize instead as the same Korean. Every individual person deserves equal respect and love in the community of humanity. We Koreans will watch more of this video, so we will reflect on ourselves and be careful not to do that next time. Thank you for giving us honest feedback.
It's not you who needs reflecting, but the gesture is still appreciated. You're very kind for that. Hope to meet more people like you in Korea! 너무 감사합니다~ 🙏🏻💕
I would like to meet people as you in Korea, when I visite one day. As a Mexican I'm so social, warm person and kind, I mean maybe I'm so naive and trustful person... Whatever I hope meet people as you, because I don't have fair skin, but I don't have black skin... I'm in the middle ._. maybe is more racist...
As a foreigner in Korea for 5 years I always get comments such as "you should lighten your skin" or " your pretty, but you would be better with white skin" and such. It got to me at first, and made me feel uncomfortable to be "me" but now I just learned to cope with it, which is very sad. I just hope the "appearance is everything" thing will dial down and Koreans would learn to love themselves for who they are and not what media tells them is "pretty" or "handsome".
Phoenix Archer im sorry to hear that but thats so weird the people around me would NEVER tell a foreigner to 'lighten their skin'. Don't cope with it. Tell them it makes you feel sad if it does. Korea's a small place and we never had any resources with resulted in extreme competion to get everything. Even looks became a part. Everything superficial somehow gives advantage. I hope your stay in korea had good sides as well..
A. Since TV was invented, most of the Asian women have been influenced by western movies and cultures in which a lot of white men or women are playing the handsome character whereas, other races such as Asians or Black people play the funny character. Therefore, the perception that whiter or lighter skin makes them better looking has manifested itself in their minds which is ridiculous in my opinion. However, that's what has been happening. Hence, certain stereotypes are associated with skin color. B. Korean people are closed-minded due to the geographical difficulties to access other countries such as the US or Canada where so many people of different skin color are living together. In other words, they simply haven't had enough chances to get used to foreigners. In addition, they are not able to speak English fluently which makes them hesitate to have international experiences because they care a lot about what other people think and always want to be perfectionists. This trend has changed in the young generation and many people have already interacted with people from all over the world. However, in my opinion, to change their perception of the standard of beauty takes years. Therefore, I regret that you might have been heard ridiculous comments from Koreans and I think you should ignore that because they are not fully aware of what they are saying due to the reasons that I mentioned above. Don't cope with that, it's not simply worth it. They were not able to widen their horizon, and maybe you can try to understand their point of view.
유성호 actually I thought it was more Koreans find that the darker skinned the more you worked where as the lighter skinned the less you worked. It's very different in western society though. We find the darker you are the more "exotic" and richer because you can afford to go on holiday, while the paler the poorer because you can't afford to go anywhere. Both sides are wrong, we should all just accept everyone.
Phoenix Archer I hope foreigners living in Korea learn how to speak in Korean as well. I dont know whether you can speak in Korean but whenever I see foreigners complain about Korea or Koreans but they cannot speak in Korean, it is no more bullshit
우리 문화에 따라 호칭을 정하기 위해서 나이를 물어본다곤 해도 상대가 부담스러워 할것 같다면 나이에 관계없이 서로 높여주는게 맞다고 생각하네요. 상대방과 위아래를 정할 필요없이 서로 편히 지낼수도 있는거잖아요. 개인적으로 저는 호칭을 정하는쪽이 더 불편해서 다른 누군가를 직접적으로 부르진 않거든요.
maca Whats worse is the actual korean people in the comments trying to justify it as “well Koreans are attacked in America by blacks”. Like are you fuckin serious?
There'll always be some kind of racism or discrimination. Both sides have people visiting the other country and meeting the wrong people. What I mean by that is: Of course there are kind Black people in America and kind Koreans in Korea but again, those foreigners meet the wrong people and then judge them and generalize. I'm Korean-American, and I extremely don't like how Koreans discriminate by color. However, I've also experienced being generalized by all sorts of races in America. The typical, "do you eat dogs?" (Fuck no) or "Asians are horrible drivers" (They have never been in a vehicle with me / I never got a ticket and I want to keep it that way like any other sane person). Honestly, I'm just thankful I didn't hear these when I were younger, otherwise I would have been really insecure about myself. I also get complaints from my non-Korean friend about how a Korean did this or that to them or what they saw some Korean do. How am I supposed to know why they did something? They are strangers yet they connect them to me because I happen to be Korean.
I don't really get people who take offense on merely being recognized as a foreigner. You can even settle in for 20 years but there's no way around the fact that you will always appear a foreigner at first sight because, well, you are.
ikr, like i don't see what's such a big deal about it? if you are russian and live in korea for 20 years, you are still russian lol~ i don't see why should that be so offensive
Exactly, Korea is not a country like America! These people here have very narrowed sight, they try to interpret everything from American perspective lol
@@jerrypark3050 how could they be perceiving everything with an American way when most of them weren't American? I'd say two or three of them were. One woman even said she's Russian. Not all "white people" are the same.
@@daniellelsogb Well I was talking about the comments here, not the interviewees(I don't even want to oppose to opinions of those people who've had real experiences in Korea) if you still think the comments are mostly written by non-americans then yea please ignore that part
Hello, I'm a Korean-American expat growing up in West Africa, so I know what it's like to be the outsider, the foreigner, the black sheep. Thus, I’m not speaking from a place of ignorance in this comment. I appreciate these folks sharing their honest opinions and experiences, which are essential to progress. But I do have some problems with what they said. I sincerely understand their frustration and grievances. But complaining about people being too nice seemed like a bit much to me. About the language exchange thing. Yeah, I reckon that must be annoying. But y'all gotta know that Korea has only recently started getting foreigners. Right up until now, Korea was always extremely, extremely isolated: It didn't interact with the West until the late 1800s (and even then, contact was minimal). We had trade going on with China and sometimes Japan, but that was about it. No one cared about us and no one wanted to visit us … These things take time. I found this complaint outrageous: "how old are you?" I was surprised that the interviewees did not seem to know how essential age is to us. Korean culture is based on confucianism, in which respect must be given to our elders. In order to establish a relationship and in order to know how to address someone, age is crucial. That's why it's not rude to ask someone's age in Korea. It’s normal, I assure you. My own younger siblings don't call me by my name because that would be disrespectful. I don't know about the "keeping their age a secret" sorta thing. That's just weird. Sorry about that, interviewees. Yes, Korean culture can seem nosy to foreigners. I gotta tell y'all, it's just the way we roll and show affection. If strangers do it to you, well, it might be because you're a foreigner, so sorry in advance. In these sort of matters, we're quite blunt and straightforward and I honestly like it like this. If it really bothers you, living in Korea might not be for you. As for the "wowing" every time a foreigner even speaks one word of Korean ... I shake my head. I’m pretty sure foreigners would not prefer it if Koreans pretended they couldn't understand them or even looked down on them snootily because the French are like that (I know because I lived in France for a year). I'm telling you, when I was growing up in the States, everyone assumed I was Chinese, or at least Japanese. Korea is the most underrated East Asian country. Speaking Korean ain't like speaking Chinese or Japanese. So you can’t really blame the people that have for thousands and thousands of years lived in a homogenous society to be shocked when foreigners speak Korean. As I said before, these things take time. Please try to be more understanding. Everyone, America is the melting pot of the world: America doesn't have the same concept of "foreigner" like other countries do. Consequently, of course Koreans are going to ask you where you're from. Of course they're going to ask you how long you've been in Korea. YOU ARE A FOREIGNER. Trust me, here I am, growing up in West Africa, I've been here for 7 years, nearly half my life, and people always stare at me, want to touch my skin and my hair, express surprise if I can speak their language, etc. etc. But I can’t complain BECAUSE I AM A FOREIGNER. What else can I expect? Practically no tourists come to visit this country ... I'm one of the only "white" people in my city. So, yes, no matter how much you know, no matter what, you will ALWAYS be a foreigner. Again, Korea is a homogenous society, populated by Koreans. I'm sincerely sorry if y'all receive discrimination cuz that still ain't right. And of course there are lots of things that should be changed. I'm not denying that. As for, the club thing not allowing that black woman in. Again, my sincerest apologies. Please don’t think badly of the rest of Korea just because of a few bad experiences. There are some crazy discrimination cases in America, but that doesn’t mean America isn’t a great country! There have been some other club cases like that, but that's not just related to being black, I'll have you know. I've heard of this before and it applies to all foreigners. The reasoning was largely either because clubs wanted to regulate their customers to Koreans (sorry to say, but foreigners do have body odor) or because of foreigners causing trouble before. The latter is more common, I believe at least, and it has happened before: foreigners starting things (the higher crime rate in Itaewon is largely due to foreigners). If the club doesn’t want foreigners, many just make excuses, not saying anything outright. Yes, there is going to be discrimination everywhere. When I was in Italy, all these white people kept staring at us which was weird cuz I thought Italy would be more used to foreigners. Apparently not, I guess. But please listen: Korea is a tiny, underrated country in East Asia that has been there for thousands and thousands of years, through invasions, wars, and worse, but we’re still there. No outsiders really came (beside the missionaries) because Korea was simply unknown. So please, don’t expect anything grand like the States. We’re still getting used to foreigners. Korea ain’t America, y’all gotta know that. So please, please, please don’t complain about people being shocked to see foreigners. I wanted to write this because some elements of this interview angered me and I wanted to explain the other side. I fully understand theses interviewees, having grown up as the minority in West Africa, but some parts of this just weren’t right. Anyway, my sincerest apologies for the bad experiences these interviewees have had.
.... thank you for writing this one....... it's informative.....yes....every country.... society and culture have there own Merits and demerits......no one is perfect.....we can always learn from each other......and I hope we do keep learning what is good leaving behind the bad things....
What an organized view! As a Korean, you just took the words out of my mouth. Thank you. It really takes time to Korean people that world is getting more globalized and it includes South Korea so we should respect diversity and try to embrace foreigners. But as you said, it is not a common event for us to encounter foreigners in normal days so they shouldn't expect us to be all cool and okay. Especially, for the elderly. I sincerely feel sorry for you guys who have experienced unpleasant events though.
Club is a private business. They have the right to deny service. And I agree as a Korean that it's cringy when people are so amazed that a foreigner can speak the language. Personally I'm not impressed. I've been learning Russian, Chinese, German, and English. I don't want or expect to be congratulated for my personal effort. Why should I be impressed that someone who LIVES IN KOREA can speak some basic Korean? Makes absolutely no sense to me.
Not all Koreans are racists or closed minded, I have a Korean friend who is a RU-vidr and I knew her from RU-vid I've ways loved her videos, and now we're friends and we talk like almost everyday! I'm Egyptian and she is Korean but we're both humans! She treated me like her young sister❤️
exactly, especially the younger Koreans, they are a lot more open-minded~ it kinda bothers me that everyone else, especially americans label them all as "racist", like there's no racism in america or the rest of the world
I am a dark skinned girl but I like and love my skin colour. It's my confidence and strength. The only that defines you is your talent and not your colour. Example is Nicki Minaj , she is also brown skinned but is loved by so many. So please ignore racism and if anyone mocks at you teach them what behaviour should be like
People and kids will also walk up to you and ask for money if your foreign because they assume since you had money to fly over here you must have money to give.
I used to be a part-time tour guide during my summer breaks, and this one time i had to accompany few tourists who were coming back from their trip. They were bit grumpy when i got there to pick them up (understandable, i was late by a hour, i was leaving other tourists there) and understandably was very angry at me. I apologized and we got into a silent car ride. And then she asked, how old are you, what do you study etc etc. I was 17, i majored in architecture at the time. And wow, that personality change. Koreans are very quick to judge you on your "status". And that is very gross.
I had the same experience as the first guy with the bag situation. It was my first day in Korea. I was waiting at the subway station with my huge luggage and a small carry on. People were crowding around me and waiting for the subway too. There was an ahjussi with his wife was behind me. The minute the doors opened, people started rushing in while squishing me in the process. Without saying a word, the ahjussi behind me quickly went in front and took the carry on from my hand.. it happened so fast, I just said "Oh!" and quickly squeezed my way behind him. Once inside, he quickly turned around, returned the carry on, bowed his head slightly and disappeared to another cart with his wife. I'll be honest, at first I thought he was going to steal my bag lol... but he was just trying to be helpful because I was stuck....or maybe he was annoyed that I was holding him up behind me lol. Either way, I was shocked but I still thanked him!
Heidi Charlize Fernandez Yeah but it's still scary if they don't tell you what they're doing. In my country if you do that, people will assume you're stealing their bag like what s/he said.
So sad that they discriminate Filipinos while the Filipinos are the first asian who send troops to help them in Korean war and Philippines is the only country who defeated and retreat china and n.korea... there is no s.korea right now if there is no Philippines save you country... They sacrficed their live, they left their families, but still they are willing to sacrficed their lives just to save other country(s.korea)...thats why Philippines must be respect because if there is no Philippine army then there is no s.korea right now... Because Philippines is 2nd richest country in Asia in 1970-1980 next to japan but sad to say in 2000 corruption got worse and we fell down and many Filipinos suffer ...but our country is starting to bring back it's trully place to be... Love you all from Philippines💓💓
It's more than that, Korea remains a caste based society. Koreans ask all those questions in order to determine your position, relative to their own, in that caste system. Once they have determined that relationship, then they will behave toward you "appropriately" meaning they will treat you as superior, inferior, or a peer from a societal perspective, not a humanity perspective. The questions are to "size you up" so they know the proper way to behave toward you, what is acceptable, what isn't, within their cultural norms.
@@piperp9535, about the caste-based system, it lasted up to the Joseon(or Chosun) era, which ended at 1897. Although you're partially correct, it isn't prevalent in modern S.Korea.
@@blobmelt4955 I lived there 82' to 84', 88' to 90', and 96' to 97'. I've been married to a Korean woman for over 35 years. You can argue that their caste system is gone, but that doesn't mean that their societal mannerisms don't still reflect their origins in that system. I have seen it reflected in imigrants here in the US.
@@Repudiate no tangent, we are not just talking about honorifics, to suggest that all of this is only about honorifics is oversimplifying the issues that were raised. No matter how true it is, that the caste system is gone, the Korean society and it's normal remain influenced by it.
when I watch things like that it makes me realise that korea just begun to open their borders to the world! And I think I'll like to vist korea one day but I don't think I could live there.
Yeah me too. I don't like people who say "i love korea i want to live there!" And that clearly comes from just watching dramas. I've watched so many of these and everyone say the same problems.
that's same everywhere.. it's not that easy making many friends abroad. When u make 2 or 3 friends, u feel like u don't have to try more to make more friends, cause i have 3 best friends already. So that kind of minds makes you stop trying, i think.
I do want to say that every country has it's own faults. yes, of course Korea has racism, but so does america, a country founded BY immigrants. my friends who are south asian say they dealt with more bullying in america than they did in korea for their race.
Guys istead of accepting our mistakes and improving them theirs a fight going on here , ok I just wanna say as I am also asian , I know that comparing of the skin colour is still going on here , I have never been to korea or Philippines but as I read news articles I get to know about these things but we need to accept it that not all people are same and as time goes by everything will become good to not only in Korea but also in other countries .
@Ryan Lajara Sir, I don't know who hurt you, but you're being very hypocritical, ignorant, and racist right now. Internet is full of racist people from everywhere, and because you read some racist comments does not make an entire race evil. Of course, I experienced racism too, but blaming an entire country or race is beyond childish. For every racist person (or in this case, Korean) you meet, you're find tens of kind, non-racial people. By assuming that one group of people is all the same, you are being blatantly racist and hypocritical. And how could call being a decent-human-being-that's-trying-to-calm-down-a-racist someone who brainwashes people when you are more brainwashed that everyone here? And please look at the context before attacking people, it doesn't make you look good. Also, I heard that #apologizetophilippines also trended for days/week? in S. Korea.
ikr~ it kinda irritates me when people just blame Koreans for being racist when literally every country is at some point. And tbh America is probably the most racist of all...
Not to insult any of their qualifications, but a lot of Korean businesses hire based on looks... so the prettier you are, the better chance you have of being hired.
"For some people like Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand. It feels like I can receive discrimination." I'm from the Philippines and I can really relate to her. The world isn't unfair, humans are.
jeon ww I felt that, not to me though but to my cousin. I am Filipina but with fair skin and when we visited I got some compliments, but I witnessed racism because of skin color to my cousin. We bought odeng in a side vendor and I asked if we can take a photo, the vendor said yes to me and not to my cousin. Never bought odeng in that store again.
I'm studying in Phillipines and I feel exactly the same with that..Filipino child and peoples are really staring at me when I ride Jeep(in filipino's bus)...I think that's Asian personality lol
@@user-tq7ze1fu6d i can relate to that. When i saw someone which for example Korean or Chinese I'm tend to look at it not because we discriminate but because Filipinos are so excited and being new to it because of nationality. When I was in college there are lots of Koreans came and we made friends to them. Since that Philippines really fond to Korean Dramas
So true! Gusto kong pumunta sa mga countries like japan or korea but their beauty standards scare me 😅. I feel like I’ll be stared at and I don’t want that to happen lol. Ang hirap kasi some parts of the world have different standards like sa mga western areas yung mga tao, they want to be like a tan colour whilst sa asia gusto nila ng puti 😅😅 I’m on the dark sided spectrum of Filipinos and with all the marketing for lighter skin in the Philippines and tanner skin here in England, it’s really confusing. Hopefully one day standards will disappear.
The video wasn’t saying that only Korea is racist , it was just an expose. THEY WERE JUST SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES IN KOREA AND DIDNT SAY OTHER PLACES WERENT RACIST
Yan Opam Being honest, trying to stop racism is more of a western ideal than other places. It’s a real shame, especially as a southerner with rebel flags in my room, but if people want their country a certain way, then I guess that is that. I’m wouldn’t want to force others to do what I find morally correct. If their society changes with time or doesn’t, then so be it.
I hate to break it to you but as the other commenter said, in South Korea and in a lot of other Asian countries (as far as I know) they aren’t really trying to stop racism. That is happening more in the western countries. My parents went to China to get my adoptive baby sister and they said that the natives treated them differently. It is a shame but every country has its flaws.
As an Indian I feel very proud because you'll find people of every race here from kashmir to kanyakumari and from Gujarat to arunachal pradesh. People in my country are very welcoming we always respect foreigners. There is a saying *"अतिथि देवो भवः"* Atithi Devo Bhava is a Sanskrit verse, translated literally it means “The guest is equivalent to God”. This saying says it all😊 Jai hind 🇮🇳
@@kaziasifmahmud2839 lmao why you being salty? Let's not defame and generalize the entire country on the basis of few extremists that make the news. The general population in very nice and open to others.
@@bhavyabhargavi5927 sorry to say bro. I have seen the shit with my own two eyes. Not being salty, it's the fact. You keep your atithi devo bhaba with you. You can't even treat foreign tourists well.
But then again if three generations of my family has lived in America "where are you from?" Is still something that I hear frequently. It's just a part of breaking a barrier in every country and what people have instilled in their brains
Honestly, at least where I'm from, we just ask that as a conversation opener. It's an easy question and it opens up the conversation. Most of the time we don't actually care where you're from. It's America, we're a melting pot of different cultures and people from all across the world it gets old fast here. Unlike other countries where a foreigner is either new and exciting or not welcome.
chelsea chang exactly. An asian person could be born in another country and have lived there his whole life and get asked where they're from. then dumb idiots like the guy in the video start crying about how unnaccepting Koreans are. "Omg, I lived here for like 3 years and I can speak at a middle school level, why do they think I'm a foreigner."
chelsea chang where are you from is a perfectly fine question to ask really. The problem is when you're born in America (for example) but your ethnicity is different than the norm and they pry you for your ethnicity once your initial answer didn't give them the answer they wanted. In some cases the follow up can be off putting depending on how they word the question. But I honestly don't see why these foreigners have problems with Koreans asking them that question. Caucasian is not the norm in Korea, much less Korean born Caucasian.
chelsea chang maybe they would ask something like "are you mixed or smtg?" I live in malaysia and they sometimes doesn't even ask about my actual race since i was born and raised here. Like in US and Singapore immigrants is pretty common and people won't ask where are you from except if you have accents.
That's a certain degree of truth. even young Korean feel as well like me so many younger people want to going abroad . but You should know about it. actually when 'white people' living in Korea, they are treated nicely more than 'Most Korean'. cause Most Korean people think white people have superiority (specially standard of beauty)
If you're a foreigner in Korea, the problem is, you're a foreigner... Korea's attitude is, 'you are not one of us' (even if you speak Korean and know more about its history than they do)
I'm a Vietnamese Asian American and it's sad to hear from the one asian lady that koreans aren't always accepting of people from other asian countries. Even though I'm asian it's like I'm not even accepted by my own race. It's like if you were from France but weren't accepted in Spain, or if you were from Nigeria but weren't accepted in Kenya. I have always wanted to travel to Japan or Korea in the future but my parents have always said that people there may still not be very nice to you, and I was and still am always afraid to find out if that's true. (btw i've never been to those places yet, and probably won't for a while)
*2:38** everytime I hear racial discrimination because of black or brown colour my heart breaks into thousand pieces. The guy sounds sad when he said that too*
@@Caysum21345 Every race has bad people, but some races have more of them, thats why Asian people discriminate brown and black and not white people. Or maybe you think that asians are stupid racist people who discriminate black and brown people for no reason ? In this case you are the racist.
@@HostileGG Asians need to stop idolizing white people for their color. If black people were to believe the media too we would treat asians very discriminatory. Get out of here with you small mindedness!! Some white people are very racist to asians and they still try to kiss their ASS!!!
HostileGG idk if youre asian or white but if youre asian i hope you know that at the end of the day white people do not and will never see you as one of them no matter how much you kiss their ass and join in their racism against black and brown people. if you really think black and brown people have more bad people than white people knowing what trump does here in america, the existence of the kkk, the assassinations of martin luther king & malcolm x, slavery, and how black people were once legally considered 3/5 of a person, on top of the fact that nearly every mass shooter has been a white man here, then you need to go back to school and see both a history teacher and a therapist
HostileGG you are right! Asian people DO discriminate against black and brown people. Thanks for the agreement. Maybe you can help spread positivity and equality in your community instead of being a racist a**hole! 😊😊
Seems like koreans are overly polite when it comes to white foreigners but discriminatory to black foreigners. Why the discrimination? I don't understand why some people can discriminate a person based on their skin color. It's just silly and pointless. I hope homogeneous societies like Korean learn to treat people from different backgrounds like they would a Korean person. We are all humans, you don't have to behave a certain way around people of different races.
Northern Light Apart of me wants to reply to it comment with historical facts and statistics but another part of me knows that ur an idiot based on the utterly stupid comment u just made so I won't waste my time.
Northern Light Just stop, obviously no one agrees with your discriminatory ideas here. If we should keep things separated, then please return all your items from China, don't use anything invented by another race, and get off of youtube because this is a global platform. Go to a sight that only has your race.
Pureblood Give and take, right? The same Koreans set up market in the U.S. and around the world. Korea didn't accomplish it all on it's own. With that kind of idea globalization shouldn't be a thing.
also korea is consider a poor country in term of jobs and employment so you assuming immigrants there for money it high likely wrong since there is way better places to get money for a job rather than korea most people who r there in korea r rich immigrants that actually benefits the country so ur just a white worshiping shit head that should be grateful for the tourism there
That’s not rude at all. You just wanna talk to a person you rarely see and improve the universal language you don’t get to practice much. To the foreigner, it might be annoying but the Korean it’s a rare, no ill intent opportunity.
Twice Is love when I talk fast, I sometimes start speaking in a different language, so I’ll just randomly switch to Spanish when I’m taking in English.
@@Repudiate lol not everyone wants to waste their time to someones "english practice". Go find some companion on internet which is interested in your stupid talks. I've heard a lot from foreigners been "trapped" on the streets by mean koreans wanted to practice, and those foreigners tried to be polite and not to say "go practice elsewhere, I have my things to do". If you are Japanese and not weaboo placed those hieroglyphs then you know how annoying useless chat is, and how rude is to waste someones time for your benefit.
Brothers and sisters, I am Korean and Im here to sincerely apologize every discrimination that you have gone through in Korea. I consider racism is the worst thing that people can ever do to one another and its even worse when the discrimination is based just on one’s skin color or nationality. But kindly understand the poor Korean who committed racism on you. Korea is a developing country and even though its economy is high level and buildings, fashion and other things are modern, there are some people who have failed to catch up with having a appropriate and polite mindset and ended up being immature. They are bad but pity persons too because they are not learnt of what they are not supposed to do or say. Please remember that there has always been nice Koreans too and if these kind of revelations and regrets go on surely you could find entirely changed Korea in a near future.
I think I'm about to cry about "Black People" "Talk to the manager" thing. It really hurts ang magmahal ng ganito kung sino pa ang idol mo dinidiscriminate ka ng buo
Some of the things they said I felt it when I first moved to the US in the early 2000s, some americans would be surprise I could speak English in just a year, or they would ask if I am Mexican because I speak spanish... Being a foreign is not easy anywhere...
Yeah it’s kinda sad. If only we as humans could find a way to communicate in ways that are genuine and loving. It makes me feel sad when people discriminate against others.
I'm sorry that you have to experience discrimination Where I live are so many people from different nationalities that I can't even imagine being overly curious about someone's nationality Everyone that lives here is part of this country even if they don't speak our language At least from my point of view Well sometimes I do ask where their family comes from but only if the conversation went in that direction
They probably asked if you were mexican because in the U.S. Mexicans/Mexican-Americans have a larger population than other latino groups or backgrounds.
also i'm from china but i live in Norway, people speak about me in norwegian because i speak chinese with my family. they assume i don't know what they're saying, so if they say something rude i'll say "takk" (thanks) and leave 'em shocked
White guy complaints about koreans being too kind "no, I don't want you to hold my bag, lady". Black guy complaints about racism - he just wanted to go in the club. Anyone else sees this?
로마에 가면 로마법을 따르라고 한국에 오면 한국의 실정에 맞게 변화하는게 맞지 그냥 관광객이면 모르겠지만 한국에서 사는 외국인들 한국에 오면 한국인의 생활습관을 존중해주고 그게 나와 맞지 않는다면 각자의 나라로 돌아가는걸 추천드림 이 사람이 나에게 왜 이러지??? 라고 하지마라 그게 한국이니까 그런거임.
@@spaceartist1272 everything about her lmao. The aggression in her voice compared to the person before her. I came to the comments knowing that more than half the comments would be talking about her. It's a meme for Russians to be aggressive, so that struck that meme.
I understand some of the issues mentioned, of course. However, I don't get why they get annoyed by things like being offered to carrying their things or being praised for their Korean skills, really. I've been to Korea twice, and at least in my experience, they were mostly nice (and I'm obese, a thing that not only in Korea is something a person might be discriminated for). When I was in a subway, I gave my seat to an elderly woman. She was so thankful, she immediately asked me to carry my bag. I just said it wasn't necessary and that was it. The elderly man that was originally sitting next to me, ended up giving me his seat (among all the Korean people in a cramped subway) when he had to leave. I guess he saw my respectful action and appreciated it. Same with Korean language. It's nice that they appreciate the fact that you made an effort to learn the language. I came across a few foreigners who expressed to feel discriminated because no one would talk to them, while they've never tried to learn a single word of Korean. One of them had been living there for two years, I found that disrespectful. And foreigners are sometimes not allowed in clubs because they are more bound to get into violent fights. I was harrased by a foreigner in a club, I ended up leaving the place in fear. Something like that never happened with a Korean guy. I mean, of course we can feel it's unfair, but they are probably just avoiding problems. The age thing is also misunderstood, if you know a bit about their culture you'll understand that's their way of chitchatting and also their entire communication system is based on age, so it's only natural for them to ask. In fact, sometimes just for being a foreigner you get benefits too, like free entry to some clubs or different events. And the guy saying "it doesn't matter if I lived there for 3 years they keep asking where are you from". If you look non-asian, and you wasn't born there, then you are indeed a foreigner who happens to live in Korea. There are Asians living in my country, and it doesn't matter for how long they've been here, it's only natural to ask them where they came from, in a friendly way.
Thank you! Half of the stuff mentioned in the video made me wanna scream. Why would you move to a different country if you’re not willing to understand and respect the culture? The age thing might be rude in the west but isn’t in the east. Can people stop calling things rude or annoying when it’s something they didn’t grow up with?
@@Mel-jl8dt "Why would you move to a different country if you are not willing to understand and respect their culture" That's KEY. Of course there are things to develop as in every country (regarding discrimination for example), but hating to be asked your age or being praised about speaking Korean is a non-sense to me. If a foreigner speaks Spanish well, I'll praise them as a way of encouraging them. Plus Korean language is not 'mainstream'! English or Spanish speaking people is more common, but Korea is a small country that gained international interest just a few years ago. That's why I understand their surprise. Trying to hold conversations with the lady in the street food cart, with ajummas in the subway or the man in the convenience store was one of the best experiences while being there. They were all smiling at my basic Korean skills and made me feel their joy. What can be so terrible about that?
@@elianameaguad I totally agree with you! I’ve sadly never had the chance to go to Korea yet (I was supposed to go 6weeks with a language school but covid ruined everything) but I’d imagine people are really happy when someone tries to communicate with them in Korean. The fact that they might automatically speak English to foreigners is probably because they just want to make their life easier based on what I know of their culture. The only person who had a valid reason to call the situation he encountered a problem was the POC man. He faced racism the others didn’t. They faced what any foreigner would in any country.
@@Mel-jl8dt you understand their intentions and you didn't have the chance to be there (yet!). In my case, a group of teenagers talked to me in English and they were from a church, I chatted with them a little bit, said I wasn't interested, and they were super polite. Another time, I heard a heavenly 'do you need help?' when I was terribly lost, and the girl was adorable and just helped me. Store ladies are working, they are told to work like that and offer you products. The guy who complains they guide you towards a wrong direction, that also happens everywhere and it's not always from a bad place. Happened to me in my country and I also might have guided people wrongly in my hometown some time, as I have a terrible sense of direction, it wasn't a bad intention. In fact, once I asked a couple for directions and they walked with me for 5 blocks in the opposite direction they were going!! so they walked 10 blocks to help me and turn back to their starting point. Another time I was absolutely lost and I only spotted one person jogging, asked her about a place and she took her time to call somebody on the phone to be sure she was leading me the right way. Maybe I was lucky? In both situations I tried my best to talk in Korean, I never started a conversation saying "excuse me" in English. I don't know, I just feel that they mention things that are more of a personal issue than a foreigner problem. The word problem just feels too big haha. I hope you can visit Korea soon and share your first hand experiences!! Just be aware of 'Church' people, as there are a few cults out there, but with your mindset you won't experience many difficulties :)
@@elianameaguad you’ve pinpoint exactly what it is! They talk about personal experience and generalize them. Out of the all the videos I’ve watched of people talking about Korea this one seems very biased. All the other videos mentioned how helpful the people were and all. Of course every country has its flaws and Korea has been romanticized a lot lately for some reason. It isn’t the perfect country but it comes to respect they are much better than us. Racism is an issue over there because they don’t have a lot of foreigners so they behave the way we did when we first started getting foreigners. It doesn’t excuse it but they have to go through the process we went through. People following you in the shops happen in a lot of places too so I’m kinda confused as to why this is on the list. I was followed in a shop in England like.. that’s an everywhere problem. Either way it’s important to remember that the perfect country doesn’t exist and that when we visit a place we shouldn’t expect the population to adapt to us but we should adapt to them and I feel like a lot of white people forget that... Thank you so so much! I can’t wait I’ve been taking more and more Korean classes so I can get by when I get there at least
It's not ok to be racist. Were I'm from (Nuevo León, México), there are hundreds of korean people living, and we don't discriminate them, we welcome them, but many of them discriminate us and treat us badly.
그냥 총체적으로 한국이라는 나라에 외국인이 들어온 지 얼마 되지 않아서 그렇다고 봅니다. 다양한 인종끼리 마구 섞이며 살아온 외국이랑 다르게 한국은 99%가 같은 종으로 이루어져있던 시기가 반만년이었는데 1990년대 후반 부터 외국인들이 들어오기 시작했기 때문에 아직 한창 외국인을 알아가고 있는 단계인 것 같습니다.
Indria Neige 네 그렇죠 그런 시간적,역사적 사실들을 따지고 보면 사람들의 인식이 전환이 그렇게 느린 편도 아니에요 다들 부모세대들이 가지고 있던 여러가지 어색한 부분들이 다양한 매체들에서 접할 수 있는 정보들과 실제적인 만남들로 빠르게 개선되어 나가고 있죠. 우리나라는 비교적 IT기술 보급률과 발달수준이 상향평준화 되어있기 때문에 인구대비 정말 많은 사람들이 빠르고 정확한 소식들을 얻을 수 있습니다. IT기술의 발달로 이전보다 매체들에 대한 접근성이 높아지며 더 다양한 주제와 관점을 가진 자료들이 사람들에게 도달하며 많은 편견과 인식들을 바꾸고 있습니다.
yes, but regarding asking age and occupation and other stuff, it's pretty much same. I think culturally, Koreans want to know more about individual every detail...BTW, i am Korean but sometimes i felt really weird when others kept asking about age and all sort of kinda personal subjects.
No. I am a Korean. Since when I was child, i did not understand that why people ask too many personal things like nosy peckers... I know it's cultural thing but some people do it in impolite way like police interrogation...
Oh man, I felt the last man 🥺 Is sad that this not only happens in the US but in other Countries as well. We should learn to appreciate people for who they are not their skin color.
I mean this doesn't only happen in Korea it happens all over the world. Racism goes many ways like same in other countries where Asians get treated differently as well. I'm glad this video was made its an eye opener that not everything in Korea is just amazing, I mean it is ofc a very beautiful country and people there could be really nice but yeah.
So they can virtue signal for four minutes? It's been well reported that this is what they do. The over niceness only applies to whites. White worship yadayada
@@ShaferHart We dont really *worship* whites tho... to be honest many korean people are interested in talking with foreigners of all races but black people are usually more tall and bulked up so people who grew up in korea could be pretty intimidated by them and avoid them.. also another thing that I think has to do with stereotypes about korean people is our kinda violent language. Did you know that the korean language has the most amount of curse words?🤣 But to be honest among koreans saying bad stuff to each other isnt really a serious thing unless its reaaaally offensive. We just use it as a sign of friendship😂 I also agree that many foreigners could be offended by koreans talking about them behind their back, cause we koreans have our own community. Throughout our country's history we have been invaded many times so at those times people sticked together and went though hard times, for example korea is the country that recovered from the economic crisis the fastest. At that time people just gave all of their gold to the country and they melted it into ingots and sold it away and we did many campaignes to fill out the debt to IMF. When there is a foreigner, it is just natural for us to talk among ourselves because we dont know them well.. sorry if you were offended by some korean😭😭
lol at the guy at 2:19 saying he isn't treated like a Korean for being there for three years. I was born in the United States, I basically can only speak English but I'm always asked "Where are you from" because of my ethnicity. When I tell them for example California or New York they say "No, where are you really from" or something to that effect. This is done by both blacks and whites. I do my best not to be offended or bothered by it anymore. And another to thing to consider is they just might not know how to word the question properly for example "What's your ethnic background?". This isn't a Korea specific problem.
Is asking where you're "really from" seen as a negative in the US? Because I live in the UK, specifically London, where there are more foreigners than Englishmen (including myself) and it is seen as quite normal, almost expected, to be asked where you're from. Since the majority of people are foreigners, asking where you come from (the country of your ethnicity) is normal and is not at all seen as a negative. Even the ethnically British people are asked this question. Just curious.
@@maryyencruorem564 its not so much offensive as it is presumptuous. And it gets annoying when youre asked on a regular basis. It creates a feeling of alienation and can bring up bad memories of instances of blatant racism (id bet that almost every asian american can recall at least one). The reality is that we we're born and raised in the same country as the person asking. i dont expect the person asking to know this just by looking at me. if you want know about my ethnicity, then ask about my ethnicity. if you want to know about where i was born then ask where im from. And dont conflate the two.
