Okay so to start of let me just say I'm from london. Born and raised. I'm used to being around people who look different, come from a different cultral background and speak many languages.
I love korean and its culture. I've been watching k-dramas and listening to K-pop. Naturally ive picked up quite a few words over the years and decided to learn korean so i dont have to have english subtitles on everything. I love learning hangul, the alpha was easy to learn and once knowing the basic writing format and pronunciation i was able to learn several words in two days.
I'm not ignorant though. I know that like in many parts of the world people have a low tolerance to those who look different. I see it in london from time to time and it makes me sick that people can't see the beauty in someone elses culture.
I know the rasicism comes from the older generations who are not used to having foreigners but sometimes those views are passed down to the younger generation who haven't had the exposure to other people.
It's almost like having a fantasy or a dream . You have such high expectations of it, your spent your every breath thinking about it. But when you finally experience it in real life like you realise it was better as a dream. Like a game or movie ending that you was better of not knowing.
I would love to visit south Korean to learn more and experience a completely new culture IRL but after hearing stories of people minding their own business and being spat on and shouted at because of their skin colour, maybe its best it should remain a dream to not taint my expectations.
I know many people have really positive experiences but as someone who's never really dealt with rasicism before, one or two bad events would spoil my time there.
Some dreams should remain dreams.
TLDR; How do I explain to people that even though South Korea has a low level of tolerance to those who are different, its worth the time and effort i put into knowing everything about it. How do i defend my decision to love something even if they won't fully love me back.
And would/do you love a country you'll never be fully accepted in?
Also yes part of this is due to black people being banned from one branch of McDonald's before it was shut down.
Submitted April 22, 2020 at 04:40AM by TamTyler https://ift.tt/3an0J6A