NOTE: This is merely an opinion and with me trying to be a bit facetious, but don't call me a racist since I am one of them too.
The local news reported about a home invasion in a gated community in Porter Ranch (never heard of it before). The man who entered by force was described as being a bit unusual as he was older, dressed in a gray suit, and was Korean. Me: "Oh great."
Then remember the shooting at a Christian camp out near Temecula - a Korean Christian camp. "Um, yeah."
Also, at least a couple of family murder/suicides within the last few years - Korean families.
And then the big one - the Virginia Tech shooter - Seung-Hui Cho. *sigh*
Koreans done gone lost their minds! So it seems...
We'd always been a hot-blooded lot. Remember the uproar during the 1988 Olympics in which the Korean boxing coaches, etc., were outraged and started a fight? There are constant (rather messy and violent) student protests on the streets of Seoul. Even our food is spicy. Why?
I chalk it up to the fact Koreans have always been fighting and oppressed. They were pulled on two sides by the Japanese and the Chinese. And then, the country had its own tug-of-war between the North and South and then an arbitrary line was created by an outside entity for the Korean War, which is also known as the "Forgotten War" even though it was brutal and many lives were lost. I think it all contributes to repressed feelings held back by the "Asian politeness" which tends to explode at some point in ways one can't imagine.
Yes, I'm being broad and making some generalizations, but I'm no psychologist, so what else can I go by?
All I know is that these occurrences really get me down, and I dislike that it puts us that much closer to being on some stereotypical "list" in which Koreans would be considered crazy and dangerous; a distinction no one would want to own.
I can only hope it'll die down and go away. Equal opportunities, indeed.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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