Against+the+Racism+in+Korea

By Eunkyoung Kwon

The reason why I chose this sensitive topic...started from this article. Korean Baseball Star Catches Heat Following Racist Remarks Towards American Pitcher

When I read this article, I feel so upset, and I couldn't understand the racist baseball player. In this article, you can see the citation from ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Ryan Sadowski‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍: "**//Sixty years ago, Korea was a homogeneous society that has advanced faster than any other place in//**  **//the world in history.//** **//It has taken Americans nearly 300 years to reach a level of racial equality//**"  (Jeff Liebsch, 2013).

There are lots of good people over the world, they hate the racism. But, there are some racists everywhere... Sadly, South Korea also has those kinds of people. As Mr. Sadowski said, Korea was a homogeneous society. Now there are lots of foreigners in S.Korea, some of them got married with Koreans, and they are living in there. We call these people as a "Multicultural family". Here are charts about multicultural families are living in S.Korea. You can see how many they live, and which countries they are from.

media type="custom" key="23374546"media type="custom" key="23374552" The foreigners who live in Korea are constantly increasing these days. Most of them are from Asian countries.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Unfortunately, some Koreans don't want to accept a multicultural society.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Here is a video which explains the multicultural situations in S.Korea.

media type="youtube" key="SCLLdhHlZvE" width="560" height="315"

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">As you can see the video, some people don’t like foreigners are living in Korea. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Like these adults, some students (especially middle school students) are similar to them. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Children who were born in multicultural family use to be bullied by some students. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">The main bullying reason is “their appearances (e.g. faces, skin colors..) look slightly different than other Koreans”. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Korean government is trying to support the family and the children. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">They are trying to support the families as financial, educational ways. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">But many multicultural families live in rural areas, and most of the helpers are volunteers and social workers. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Emotional supports and education for the diversity still needed to them.

Week 1 : Introduction week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 2 : Gathering datas Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 3 : Finding solutions Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 4 :Discussion week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 5 : Role-playing week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 6 : Finishing & Sharing the ideas Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

<References> Liebsch. J. (2013), //<span style="font-family: 굴림;">Korean Baseball Star Catches Heat Following Racist Remarks Towards American Pitcher // Retrieved from http://busanhaps.com/article/korean-baseball-star-racist-remarks