Talk:South Koreaball/@comment-45685626-20200810123428/@comment-26192486-20200913005424

I think it's unfair to compare how South Korea handles foreign cultures to countries that we tend to see as 'multicultural' like the United States, Canada, and Australia. The US has experienced hundreds of years absorbing different cultures from around the world while the Korean Peninsula has preserved their native culture for thousands of years. The same can be said about Japan, China... pretty much every country that isn't the US, Canada, and Australia.

I'll bring up nationalism since it's very relavant to this topic. In the west, nationalism is usually seen as an evil thought due to its contribution in both World Wars. However, countries outside of the west see nationalism as one of the main reasons for the creation of their country. The truth is that every country on this planet has their own version of nationalism and even regions, provinces, counties, communities, and states have their own kind of nationalism, too. I don't think nationalism itself is evil and see it more like medicine: it's good for you when you need it but take too much and it'll become poison (ultranationalism). The key factor of nationalism is the preservation of native culture and the unity of the people, language, cuisine, and traditions of the country.

If you're going to call Korean people 'racist' for not accepting people who aren't of their ethnicity, then you might as well call everyone else racist because they will most likely do the same thing. That's reality. I don't think it gives the Korean people a pretty picture but I don't like enforcing people of foreign countries to think how we do. Quit dangerously generalize people for being something negative and just think "why?" with a valid reason. Even if, there's still a great number who are willing to accept foreigners as long as they respect the culture.

Also, just do a quick Google search of 'japanese black face', 'korean black face', and 'chinese black face'. It's all the same. I'm not too sure if these people who were performing were fully aware that 'black face' is very offensive here in the US, but I'm very sure that Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese, in general, don't find them to be their main source of humor at all nor are familiar with it.

I dislike quick generalizations and assumptions because they are dangerous and lead to hatred. Heck, I even need a self-reminder to not fall into these. I usually reject groupthink because it's impossible to truly achieve and people will think differently. These are just my thoughts.