My Racist Experience Teaching English in Korea
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2017
- Not all school are like this one. But they are definitively out there.
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She basically thought you were too Asian looking to be an English teacher :O that's messed up
true same with brown skinned people.
36 minutes to say that. ok thanks!.
I am also have European and Asian ancestry, and I find that a lot of more unenlightened people are just uncomfortable with people of mixed race. We kind of shatter the idea that you can put groups of people in separate boxes and that your cultural identity will never change.
Antón it's a good guide to how to teach there. everybody wants a Seoul appointment... until III kicks off! yikes!
Antón it's a good guide to how to teach there. everybody wants a Seoul appointment... until III kicks off! yikes!
Well.. that was quite shocking. I heard so much bad stuff about Korea and racism. Sometimes you're not foreign enough and other times you are too much of a foreigner.
I'm confused by that stupid logic 😐
I lived in Korea for 8 years. I didn't see any racism because I wasn't looking for it. Many people throw the racism word around like candy, especially in the US. Most of the time there isn't any racism involved, it is just people taking it the wrong way.
@@JasonManners Interesting. I hear this a lot from white people.
You can even be Korean and born in Korea and they will discriminate you because you don’t use whitening cream
@@briannarichardson1596 its probably that way with every race but white people since they are considered the standard of beauty.
I had an experience before in Japan where I was invited for an interview for a teaching job. This involved teaching young kids English and exposing them to a foreign culture. The employer was very eager to have me signed while we were talking on the phone though he knew I come from the Philippines and my picture was also on the resume I sent to him. Later on, I discovered that I was just a spare tire in case the British guy did not show up for the interview (but he did). The school head talked to both of us at the same time. He offered the British guy a contract right away and turned to me and said, "Sorry. But I have to be honest here. When it comes to you and this guy, of course, I would prefer a native speaker." I was shocked at his honesty. Though I did not expect to get the job after seeing who the competition was, I somehow expected him to be a bit subtle---to tell the guy he was the one he accepted after I left. The thing that I was so upset about was, though he had no intention of interviewing me anymore, he still invited me to come to his school together with the British guy and offered the guy a higher rate, more than advertised, while I was listening. We were both seated on the same couch! He did not interview me anymore. After the guy accepted his offer, he took us both back to the nearest train station. That was when I ran to the ladies' room and cried there. I think I cried for like twenty minutes or more. When I went out of the ladies' room I saw the British guy waiting outside for me! I was shocked again. He apologized repeatedly. I told him it was not his fault that he should not feel guilty about it. I thought that would be it. That he would let me be on my own. But he went with me all the way to Osaka then just took another train back to his destination. I really appreciated his effort. To make the story short, he did not stay long in that school. I think he quit after a month, and the school head phoned me again to ask me if I was available to cover for their British teacher. I flatly said no.
Thanks for sharing your story. This happens to me nearly everyday as a Filipino outside of ph in an English-speaking country . Since I do marketing and writing in English and am not an English native speaker, it’s harder to get a job and always being judged. Take care KABAYAN.
Edit: It's different though when it comes to healthcare jobs. Filipinos are more accepted in that regard but not when it comes to competing with them in their own native language like communications jobs. I think that's where they draw the line and consider you a threat. I think the hiring manager of the Korean English teacher was jealous of the Korean's English skills and her discrimination toward him was out of envy -- not racism perse but envy, which can stem from insecurity. It's important that when you are interviewing, you have to determine the attitude of your boss right away. You have to find out if he or she gets jealous of your skills. It's a delicate balancing act. You can be smart but not smarter than your boss, if he or she is insecure.
Good! Thats Pinoy pride,nek.nek nyo...but I think these foreigner can only do this if you give them that vibe.
A sweet story, as soon as the hiring person was so rude and unprofessional I thought “well obviously that was not the kind of place you want to work, no great loss there.” You could have been hired and spent months working there having your spirit worn down little by little each day. :( But the fact that the other person who interviewed with you was concerned about you and was so thoughtful, it makes your story feel ultimately heartwarming and it seems that when you are the stranger who goes “abroad” you will meet all kinds of people and sometimes the good ones can more than make up for the bad ones. I hope to have the opportunity one day to do something nice for someone who’s having a bad day the way that British guy did for you.
good to hear the solidarity from the british guy toward you.
Should've ghost them when they asked you 😆
Yup. Sounds about right. They'd rather have a Russian or Swede who speaks broken english than a brown person speaking fluent english.
That's terrible. But once it really backfires them they will understand. I hope...
why does your sentence sound like a insult for some innocent people?
@@redbetta2191 No
@@redbetta2191 yes
@@redbetta2191 yeah, I wish too
My dad told me that that's how they handle things in Asian countries when they want someone to quit.
They give you overwhelming amount of work until you quit.
So it really seems like she's trying to make you leave.
That is just so messed up! Luckily there are many teaching jobs around so we can always find another one.
They do it in western societies too. They put pressure on you with work loads, or try and make you feel miserable until you quit yourself. If you still don't quit, they'll make shit up to make you become "redundant", like, the company is "cutting costs". Next thing you will hear they hired someone else straight away.
this is f*cked up, it can lead to Depression and someone commiting suicide because they can't take it anymore and they think they aren't good enough, just fire them
IsThisRealLife when you realize it’s happening to yourself. 🙃
River Walker lmao. If you realise it's happening to yourself, sabotage the business before you go. Why not?
Imagine having Terry as a teacher..
I'm getting some kinky ideas sorry 😂
😂😂😂😂 I wouldn't pull any strings. He seems really mature and sharp.
Victoria Cornelio NAMJOOOOOONNKKHHHJOJHDDUU
I wish
Victoria Cornelio same honestly
Sad to say but my sister was bullied by a Korean students. I'm thankful that we left korea for good and stay in the Philippines. Many people expect that korea is always the best but not all.
I hope all korean come here in Philippines so I dont have to come to S. Korea 🇵🇭 you’re always welcome here
@@danching6057 she's a koreaboo obviously
Good for you @Dan Ching,because your country is rich, good in social specialy in economy✌✌✌my beloved 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 😪still fighting..
@@irishconcepcion2900 who?
marelyn
As a 15 years old korean I want to say really sorry to people that experianced racism in our country. These days it is getting better but still, it is serious. I feel so ashamed...
I really hate people who judging people with color and appearance. I think our society have many people like that.😔
Yea it's a bad stereotype to have. As a 15 year old African American I agree, i definitely see it getting better :) it seems its because this generation was brought up better
Not getting better. It's getting worse
@@Cocoonel well I would simply say it's getting recorded more. But when you think about it, it cant possibly be getting worse.
its weird in this case. his Korean boss didn't like his Korean side. but she was doing it mroe so for her school since the moms would complain but she knew better than that
Multi-cultural, immigrant countries with supposedly enlightened attitudes can't get this right, how can we expect a homogeneous country like your's to do better? I'm glad he found a place that welcomed and valued him. You can be proud of that!
I had expected the racism to come from students. But to have it come from an adult, much so an elder, it's very disgusting and very very terrible
sometimes... in asian countries, the elder racism is much worse
its usuallly the other way around
so he was too korean,
in korea.....
It's the same thing in China. They would prefer to hire some fob eastern european with a prototype Caucasian face over a versed educated Asian-American who can actually speak english fluently. In fact, hired asian-faced english teachers make less, on average, compared to their white counterparts holding skill variation constant. Kind of sad
arvin bhattacharya and i thought about when i would teach there not to be korean enough...
Nobody knows what the word racist means including those who peddle that shit.
arvin bhattacharya lol that's what I thought too
uh.....huh....
I don't wanna insult koreans but i found it funny how education is their 1st priority when they(some of them) have so much to learn about human rights and how to respect other people
Lol i was also thinking that ,,,,
Why parents don't teach there children about , whatever is the culture you should respect and show some humanity , and treat everyone as humans
yeah this kinda sucks... blessed living in Singapore
Maybe it's because of how proud they are of their own country and of themselves and less interested in other countries. I had a korean bf and he....jesus....the way he acted was as if they are the centre of earth. Also others who live in my country distance themselves from others and give off the vibe of: I'm looking down on you.
Disclaimer: this is my opinion based on my experience and observations so don't be butthurt and say :'OmG sTaHp Generalizing'.
I agree that many Koreans are not considerate ad disrespectful to other culture, one example this Korean lady that happened to be studied English in the Philippines. She so ungrateful that when people noticed that when she speak English, people says that her accent is like a Filipino,... And she is mad when people say it to her....by the way, Filipino English accent is one of the best in the world.
Haha. Agree.. Like how they are crazy to learn english language in american accent but they didn't even know the word "RESPECT"
Blond, blue eyed, pale skinned pretty females are on the top of their list even if they are not native English speakers.
Handsome caucasian males are second. Blacks, yellows or browns would be hired only when there are no whites. That's the reality in Korea.
Same in Japan.
Stop reinforcing a bad stereotype. First of all a lot of blacks have respect and are beautiful, famous or not. Also saying pretty blue eyed blond is over stated. There are many beautiful brown haired and brown or hazel green eyes.
@@underated17 Talking about Korea. As a black person living in Seoul he is not wrong.
That’s why I’m upset my friends got hired. Like they don’t care that they are fluent in the language and are certified to teach. They got hired because no one else wants the job
@@underated17 in most Asian countries the stereotype is alive and well sadly
was nice listening to a 36 minute rant without "like... um.. ah... like... you know", thumbs up for that
Phi Almighty The magic of jumpcuts
Yea he speaks very good english and not a bunch of "like" and "you know what i mean". I watched this whole video without skipping.
He should definitely be a voice actor!
I heard several "you know" "I mean" "like" fillers and I justed skipped around listening to bits. Perhaps fewer than the average young youtuber but still several in there.
SSMarrow They were just a few, like a normal person would talk. If he cuts them he would sound like a robot...
You need to do voice acting omg your voice is amazing! 💕
I was thinking the same thing. He's got that smooth robotic voice I swear I've heard in hundreds of CZcams videos.
Not really it sounds normal
Well-modulated and tempo, but not boring.
not only his voice is amazing 😉
TBH I think hes like 5'5" and maybe 120lbs. More a gym goal for me than a date goal. 😂
So basically Jenny is a Karen....asian Karens do exist....they are out there.
My neighbours are examples of Filipino Karens!
Same here
Jesus ofcourse there are racists in every culture or colours people. Its not at all a typical white thing and I can talk about it because I have experienced racism against me as white person so yea xD
What is Karen?
yeah... true..
it's kinda funny how Koreans are really serious about bullying cases and they want to be respected when they are abroad (as they should, it's your right), but when it comes to foreigners in their country, most when these foreigners don't look Americanized enough, they outcast them or shout doors for them. I mean, US is one of the countries with the most cultural diversity of all the globe. Thanks to immigration, they have almost all races in their country. How do you expect every American to be white and to have blue-green eyes?
i'm not hating, sorry if someone took it that way
It didn’t sound like you were hating. You were just making your point.
well it's not immigration only US army is not full of white ! it's the white people who create this kind of superieur human of the earth ... you sound ignorant not hating but your name sound hispanic so maybe you just don't know like some people...
@saphirefoxie Chan a single clear drop of water can't make a puddle of dirty water clean.
but many white Americans still hate black people
for example if you are stoped by police and you white and start talking desrespectfully police wont do anything serios to you unless you broke law
but if you black and start talking disrespectfully there a chance that polls will arrest and even shot you for no reason
@saphirefoxie Chan well good for u. for some ppl life in south korea was hell. literally a terrible country with terrible ppl. good food tho
i taught in Korea for a year and I can tell you the racism is real. Everything seems to be about "face" literally and figuratively. People are openly racist towards other asians especially, but also towards other people like africans/middle eastern. They love white people but you are still treated as an outsider and kept out of the loop from most things. I always said that I felt more like a clown or entertainer or something.
It's the same here in China too! Am sick of this just because I am a non-Chinese who looks Chinese/Korean/Japanese kinda.
Brandt Johnson I hate that saving face shit
Well you are an outsider. Imagine if you were considered an outsider (POC) of the country you were born and raised in (Canada/US/UK etc)
Clearly being considered an outsider in where you are from is terrible, and in Korea many people who are born there but do not look Korean are also treated that way. A friend of mine has a child who is half Korean and he had to deal with that. I can't even imagine if you lived only in Korea and only knew Korean language but you didn't look at all like Korean what you would be treated like. It would be terrible.
Sounds like an anime plot.
It's so nice to listen to a well-educated and mature young man here on youtube who doesn't start his sentences with YOOOOOO!!! 😂
Fic Read Yo...thats not cool yo I'm offended..... lol j/k
this made me laugh yooo 😂
Hitman.. Okay I'll stop😅
Fic Read lol
Yoooooooooooo
He is literally a gentleman. He is so professional, polite, patient, genuine and so much more. I don't get why so kind-hearted people are getting treated so unfairly :( I'm happy that u got another job and enjoyed it! and li te ral ly i'm so proud that you started youtube!
America isn't only white people! This is coming from a white American! We need to stop claiming being American means being white! Technically Native Americans are the true natives of America! We need to stop judging people on their looks!!! Its about your personality and skills you have acquired! Looks are just a bonus! But shouldn't be judged!!
Yeah, that’s ridiculous. I’m glad that some people in the world have sense.
Who said anything about America? English is a white language
Yes and I think that’s why Asian countries treat whites in such a high pedasyils especially back in the day. There’s multitudes of ethnic groups but like most of the world, the darker your skin the worse your treated. It’s defiantly improving bummed to hear it’s still like that over there. I’m only interested I. Japan. Never thought about visiting S. Korea now hearing so many experiences imma pass
This is so true. I've seen many videos of African Americans vlog about their experience of not getting the teaching jobs over in Korea because they aren't white even though they have all the qualifications and even then some. It's really crazy how most Koreans only think of white Americans as American.
@@kuroe-chan5190 do you mean pedestal? Sorry just thought 💭 hhhuh? What’s that no disrespect!
Am I the only one who thinks Terry is soooooo well articulated?? Like damn he speaks so well!! I'd love him to be my English teacher!! He explains himself so well.
Seriously? He says "I felt outcasted" and "she outbursted", and also does air quotes when it doesn't make sense.
at least he doesn't interject with 'like' or 'um' every other second
If he was white, you wouldn't say that
LetsNeverPlayAgain Yes. Yes I would. That's why I said it. Lots of people don't pronounce their words properly that's the whole reason I commented. His race never crossed my mind and it shouldn't have crossed yours either. He's an American who's first languages is English. If he was white I'd say the exact same thing. Chill dude.
I don't need to chill, I said eight words. Yall the one who needs to come to terms with the fact that he treats people of a different race differently. Chill, dude.
It sounds so weird to listen to someone who doesn't say "um, erm, uh"
arry starks AND I LOVE IT THO
arry starks Trudeau
He cut it and edit the "um, erm, and uh", that's why
It sounds amazing when people can concentrate on what they're saying and not trying to multitask or just do something as simple as talking.
14:43 dude
racism in Korea as soon as I landed - i was in line for the portable wifi at the airport. the european guy who came before me got all the smiles and special treatment from the girl at the counter, when it was my turn the attitude turned very cold and i could literally feel her rolling her eyes and sighing without actually doing it.
Yohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh they must have been rude sorry for what you experienced 💞
is it weird that Im brown,and had a pretty good experience in Korea?
@@Random-qi3vv I am brown too /south Asian and I wanna go to Korea but idk if I will face racism😞I lived in the west since I was like 11 and never faced racism so idk what’s it gonna b like in South Korea
@@whooopsiesssssssss9770 Well,i've spent time with some guys and girls. All of them were pretty cool.Its good as long as you respect their culture and are confident with yourself.
@@Random-qi3vv yeh yeh I understand that😁I am pretty confident but I wanna improve my Korean a bit more before I go since I don’t wanna go to their country without knowing basic Korean
Terry you should probably go into modelling. Like, seriously.
He has a great voice, too. Also, doesn't speak to fast or too slow like in so many videos.
You do look like a Korean movie star.
not sure if compliment or hating
He's a handsome man.
@@ohhi5237 pretty sure it's a compliment
@@devjoshi12 oh you know her?
@@ohhi5237 I am her
The students were probably disturbed by such a beauty.
I know right, She was a FooL to rid His Fine-ass Off.
I know, right? He's effing beautiful. Foolish woman.
Word, I would have perfect attendance to his clasd
I was low key thinking the same 😂
Victor Hugo da Silva lmao
As an English teacher myself (in Austria) who had his fair share of difficult bosses and toxic teaching environments, i have to say. I wouldn't have been as respectful with Jenny in the end. Being a teacher for 10 years now has taught me that people don't deserve respect for exploiting you. They only understand one language and that's the honest, brutal truth of how incompetent they are and how bad of a role model for their students they are.
I'm glad it all worked out for you in the end!
Terry, I watched this ENTIRE video. I intended to watch a part of this, but I was hooked! Your story was like a soap opera. I just watched a black woman's account of teaching in South Korea. She hated it and went through so many racist issues. It is interesting to see that YOU experienced the same type of racism she did! Your voice is AWESOME! You should consider voiceover work! I am now SUBSCRIBED to you! I love your vibe and your heart! I know this video is old, but I wish you the best and I am going to check your other videos because your story is beautiful! I'm old enough to be your mom, but I would have been so proud to have such an intelligent, thoughtful son!
I agree
This is sad. He is polite, well-spoken, and educated, it is stupid to act like that isn't a big deal. Another thing, this guy is clearly very handsome, if I were Jenny I would get some glasses because if he doesn't have "the right look," I don't know who does.
But the point is that looks aren't supposed to matter in language instruction. If it's not right to prefer a Caucasian look, then why would it be right to prefer a handsome look?
苑安雄 I was saying that looks don't matter because he has the legit qualities of a teacher. I only metntioned the good looking part as a joke.
It doesn't matter whether he is handsome or not, the problem was that he didn't look "foreign" enough per say and he obviously doesn't look English or American.
One Potato Lol I know that obviously it was just a side note / joke
tumblekelly Aye my bad then, apart from sarcasm british people aren't exactly known for their sense of humour.
Discriminated for not being different...how ironic.
Oh how the tables have turned.
He’s half white, that’s the racist part
Followyourideas (Aikido Shodokan) Yeah. So strange. You would think that they’d like someone like them
This was 3 years ago but i've just watched the whole video and my heart is aching about what happened to you there man. Afterall, RESPECT and KINDNESS are always the best comebacks to such injustice. I felt every single minute of this video and I hear u man, I hear u.
Truth. I love living in Korea! But I also had similar experiences sometimes. I taught at Pagoda in Shincheon, Seoul back in 2009 -2011. Guess hasn’t changed much. Although we have serious racial issues in America, at least we work at it. And we are actually lightyears ahead of some countries, like Korea, where racism isn't really even yet recognized as an issue.
''How to bribe them with candy...''
Flammeous *-Terry 2017*
Flammeous Hello, my name is Candy Vexilla :)
*Hops in back of van*
Issa Joke!
Flammeous LMAOOOO IKR 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Maybe Jenny needed some candy
I worked at an english school in Japan (I'm blonde-haired and Causasian American female) and realized a few months in that I was being paid MORE than all my Asian coworkers, as well as never being monitored/critiqued in how I was even teaching or what I was even doing (in other words I could have been doing a terrible job and nobody would know) not to mention, no teaching degree and no resume were asked for. In other words, I was hired on the basis of my racial identity alone.
Aside from being constantly sexually harassed by my boss, used as more or less the image boost for the company and forced to teach mostly male students, I felt exceedingly uncomfortable and more and more sure of the fact that being an english teacher in Asia was not nearly as simple and fun as I thought it would be.
Racism feels uncomfortable even when you're benefiting from it. And it's definitely not just Korea.
Leaholea Valuable words, Im a half black and half white from Colombia, my life is easier than my black friends cause I have clear skin, it sucks even if you are "beneficiated"
Leaholea sexually harassed? Teaching majority male students? Wtf!! First I was like, "oh well done privileged little white girl" but you had an awful experience.. I'm so sorry you had to face that 🙄🙄
Racism alert, Christina!!!
Mixing with different ethnicities being sick was also something Hitler said btw
Love Debby She should be grateful for being sexually harassed?? What is wrong with you?
Christina x You’re a dumb bitch. A very dumb bitch. People like you shouldn’t mix with anyone, including ‘their own’. Disgusting.
I actually listened to you until the end of the video! You are a very engaging story teller, Terry! And just subscribed too! Thank you for sharing your experience!
Bro this video has 3 years already, and your story doesn't get old. It's very, very interesting.
articulate, ice white, smart.. vampire confirmed
InViKTus 😂
You forgot goodlooking
InViKTus ice white? Where?
Red eyes, thin eyebrows
this comments full of unattractive girls and gay guys
Gee! I listened to you for 30 minutes without getting bored. Very nice monologue! In spite of the shabby treatment you've go,t you're still well mannered. Bravo!!!
I didn't I got bored 20 seconds in. Still bravo though, most anyone has ever gotten me to.
me too
Yeah... that’s the downside about Korea. They have a huge tendency to judge you based on your appearance. There’s this socially embedded idea of Caucasians being superior(?) in their minds. Koreans do tend to treat you based on appearance. Money is obviously a strong driving force in Korea, and generally, employers don’t treat contract workers too well. The laws are really weak regarding these workers and there are some Koreans who are really disrespectful. The fact that your ex-employer watched over you and literally stalked you is disgusting. I’m a Korean who’s a Canadian citizen and I did have a similar experience moving to Korea for the first time. Your experience wasn’t entirely the same as mine, but I’m really sorry that you had to go through that shit :( There are horrible people everywhere🥲
Its true, I am superior, I am amazing, true, true 😎
I have been through a very similar experience in 2 combined occasions, one for teaching on a private English school in Brazil and another regarding racism/xenophobia and Korean beauty standards. So I can relate to many things you said, still I can't even think about how you felt, this was all really sad and I am happy that things turned out well in the end. You deserve all the best and I'm truly sorry you had such a bad experience on your first days in Korea. As someone who has watched your videos almost since the beginning of it all, I could never guess you were going through so much. I'm happy for where you are now and that things are doing well ❤️
As a black man who has no problem with anyone and just recently retired, I have gone through that a lot.
It may surprise you but me as a White guy I had both bad and good experiences of being white. Also in some areas I do not feel different. Even once somebody said to me.. look.. that place Is good but you know.. full of white people. He looked at me and said.. Maybe it could be good to live there though.
I did not say anything because I was thinking that at least we had some common ground. I know it may sound strange or funny to you but what can I do? I am where I need to be. I talk to whoever I need to talk. My major criteria of judging people is their attitude towards me. I know people are different. Different colours, sizes, attitudes, education, interests, experiences and many, many more. You have to deal with it. What If you met someone from outer space? Would you complain too? If you have to deal with someone then try your best . If you survive it is very good. If you enjoy it and get something out of it then awesome.. After some time it gets very different I had a Chinese girlfriend (most of girlfriends were Chinese or else) and I had to remind myself she was Chinese because to me she was my girlfriend and not someone with this or that identity. Just sharing with you, so you feel better.
Robert Brozewicz what’s was the point of this? He can’t relate to any of this or even apply it to his daily life
Robert Brozewicz, no one cares🤦🏻♀️
Coral63 haha
@@coral6325 I do
Ugh it's even harder because of how heavily important Koreans put surface looks to be. Image and outward appearance is so huge and it's really annoying when people gauge your qualifications by how you look. I'm sure Jenny would've had a different impression if you bleached your hair blonde and wore blue contacts. 😒
What a nazi
NamiiCho single?
Lewis Mahandar As a White man I love asian women and I fucking hate our white women who hate men.
Lewis Mahandar somewhat true. A lot of men dont want the girls of their own ethnicity & strive to be with white women. And the asain, blacks, hispanics, etc girls are left feeling unwanted with low self esteem and a lot of the time settle for guys who dont treat them right.
Imagine having one of those talks with Jenny, and then a contact pops out....Awkward....
You are such a great story teller. I usually have a very short attention span but you kept me engaged with the story and I wanted to hear how you resolved this situation. Good job Terry! It sucks that you had to go through that especially since you had never gone through anything similar. You learned how to stand up to a bully. Jenny was a bully and you stood up to her. Whenever I hear of young people teaching English in another country I am reminded of my nephew who also started doing the same thing in Japan. I am sure he went through something similar as he is 100% Filipino. Be well Terry and the best of luck on your journey. Keep telling your stories!
I love this speaking voice. It’s so soothing to listen to.
I have experienced crazy racism from a Korean owned company in LA. My last name is “Yu” so they assumed I was Korean. When I walked into the room, I saw all their faces dropped. The interview was super awkward as I could tell they had something on their mind. At the end of the interview, they asked me if I was Korean. I told them I was Chinese and that was that. Finally on the follow up call, they told me that I was fully qualified (over even) but they wanted a Korean person. I’m glad you made your story public. I wish this lady would be called out and made accountable. Your English is fantastic and they were lucky to have you.
They could tell you weren't Korean by looking at you?
Michelle Yu LMAO when you said their jaws dropped I thought you’d be black or something 😂😂
ToolShed BootyGoon lmao
@@nono7105 East asian look very similar, but there are difference on dressing style and mould. especially Korean, Since south korea is a small country, young males tend to have similar hairstyle and dressing style
thats not racism..Maybe you are because you got offended easily because they thought you were korean.
Hello Terry, I totally understand where you are coming from. I am a black guy from New York City who has taught in china and found it difficult to continue working there because they assume that all Americans look like Brad Pitt. So even though I have a degree and teaching experience, I still get overlooked for 99% of jobs because I am not white. On paper I am everything they want, the phone interviews always go well, until they see you and then they are disappointed. I get emails every week based on my profile on ESL jobs cafe but I cant get hired once I do the video interview when they realize I am black. Being born and raised in the USA, speaking great English, and having all the qualifications, unfortunately isn't enough when you don't fit the image. I landed a gig initially for two reasons: 1) I was willing to work in a small city that couldn't attract many foreigners and 2) I met two US-based Chinese recruiters who interviewed with in person and they were able to vouch for me. I had a Chinese American friends who had similar experiences while we were over there. So I truly want to thank you for doing this video as there are many people who face this type of discrimination when looking for a job teaching in Asian countries.
They were just telling you ''Hey, look, lad, it's the 21st century. Go full Michael Jackson or stay in America.'' xD
No ones going to care about your experience because it’s not Korea. Only Koreans are racist to these people’s eyes.
James wee you need to travel more.
yippykiay13 I’m being sarcastic.
I am Chinese and live in US right now. I totally understand your experience, many people in Asia still have the image that America or any western countries are white people countries which is true in reality to some degree. Many parents and the owner of the school only care if the teachers look white. Owner of the schools wants to make their school looks more international and professional. Even through many of foreigner are losers or fuckboy. They aren't even from a english-speaking country or have no teaching skill, but parents don't know. Hopefully things will get better as China develops and Chinese people get expose to western world more.
It goes down to this, you were raised well by your parents. You are very respectful. And I did not get bored of your video. Actually it is worth sharing. One of the best videos I have watched.
Thank you Terry for sharing your story. Really heartfelt and inspiring -
@ all racist people, Welcome to your tape.
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MoreJamsThanJiminWillEverHave your user is art
btsjoseph lmao ty
btsjoseph *hannah baker intensifies*
this is too funny XD
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TERRY, you are very lucky in the sense that you don't have to suffer double or triple discrimination. You are very lucky that you have good luck and a very fair skin. People with a so called ugly look, darker skin or even average look have to suffer surreal and look/appearance discrimination day in day out beside the racist experiences.
So you offer $$$upport? Or just support_hose?
My parents' friends invited me to Korea over the summer to get paid to play with their kids and their kids' friends in English. But they advised me to pretend I couldn't speak Korean (I'm ethnically Korean, born and raised in the US). I guess Koreans are suspicious of Asians being able to speak native English, which is wild.
Wtf? That sounds really weird
They just wanted their kids speak only in English , nothing more than that . If the kids find out you understand and speak Korean, they will try to use Korean. I think the parents did not kniw how to make you understood correct
@@estherkim5469 yes, that's a good point. But also, it seems like Koreans think Korean Americans who can't speak Korean are better at English or are more American.
@@SK-fy8dl I think that's because if the teacher speaks very good korean, they might think ' oh this guy has been exposed to korean culture too much maybe he's english is not very good' but the truth is bilingual person is smarter and better teacher.
Good for you Terry. I have a cousin who taught English in South Korea and she is Maori from New Zealand. As a Maori we have a brown/light brown complexion sort of like Latino/Hawaiian complexion. Fortunately she didn’t have a bad experience like you did, in fact she had a wonderful time & even met new Korean & foreign friends in SK. I have read & watched a lot of CZcams Videos of how Foreigners are treated in SK esp if yr not pale-skinned so I’m quite happy that my cousin was treated good. I liked how you mentioned that you have no regrets because your experience only made you stronger👍🏽this is so true.
story telling skills on point
Jatziri Quinn ikr
Jatziri Quinn true that
We call those backhanded complements were they are saying something "nice" but it's a underhand insult. I get "you're cute for a black girl" quite a bit
You're cute as you!
Damn girl I'm sorry: (
I don't think they're trying to insult you. They don't understand that its a backhanded compliment. They live in a homogeneous society and some of them rarely see people with dark skin. As a society they just don't find it as attractive as pale skin so when they see a black girl they think is pretty of course it shocks them. They aren't used to thinking of people with dark skin as beautiful. I know that sounds fucked up but I really don't think they mean it in a malicious way
Wtf black girls are cute
Oswald Thatendswald I agree their way of thinking is taught, as all things are. But just because they don’t “mean it maliciously” doesn’t mean it’s not wrong and ignorant. It still hurts, regardless of intention.
It was really relaxing listening to you. Your voice is like so calm and I didn’t really need to focus on what you were saying to understand it. I’m glad at the end everything turned out well. I actually have been thinking about going to SK to teach english. But I don’t, I’m not a native english and I for that I should learn korean. So, I think I shall stay at home hahah.
고생많아셨어요 ㅠㅠ so sorry for how you suffered the first 3 months.
I’m glad that you enjoyed at least the next 13 months teaching there :)) If you ever think about coming to Seoul, don’t hesitate :) I believe people might treat you better. You have a shinny light 💖 in your eyes.
Your voice is so nice, I wish you were my ebook textbook reader.
got fired after working for a year in a hagwon because they finally found a blond girl with blue eyes. So even if you're white, being brunette with brown eyes will not be enough to win over a russian girl with a thick accent. appearance is the key in Korea! glad i got out of there.
Midnight Goddess wow, so sorry to hear that. Many Eastern Europeans in Taiwan are also teaching as foreign teachers, some of which have strong accents and yet still have a better chance of getting hired than Asian-Americans or other ethnic Asians who grew up in an English speaking country. I guess I have to consider myself lucky to have a job teaching as a foreign teacher in Taiwan.:)
Midnight Goddess how did they understand her accent? What's your nationality?
ashnburt11 I Most kids don't. They just have to play simple games with them., using hand gestures to communicate. I am an American. :).
I'm upset that countries like Korea and Japan require a photo of you for a job application. The photo was literally the only reason why I was rejected last-minute for a job in Japan translating games into multiple languages. Guessing by their new staff picture, they hired a white guy with blue eyes and blonde hair who 1. doesn't speak Japanese well and his resume looked like a google-translate document 2. could ONLY speak English, and was therefore not an asset to them like I would have been
Knuxiefan And that's why Japan is falling behind.
I think whoever that freaking girl was just envious. You have a great english vocabulary plus your voice sounds handsome that complement to your handsome face.
I have to commend you for your honesty and authentic portrayal of what you’ve experienced. While it is true that it was chaotic in some ways and wasn’t the most ideal, you turned that negative experience into an opportunity - remaining as open minded & curious- to seek employment someplace else while exploring possibilities on the career you’ve initially trained for I.e. films. The three -four months that you’ve endured and doing something about it show a level of maturity and a testament to your emotional intelligence especially when you realize that you’re essentially straddling between two worlds- that of being an American & Korean. You know who you are and where you stand and having the capacity to pivot between two cultures. Hats off to you. Keep on believing in yourself… keep your dreams alive.
"too Korean in Korea."
Yeah, Korean Natives are very rude and racist to English Speaking Koreans. Another CZcamsr who was also Korean got sh** in a Korea restaurant for speaking English.
sweethearts 86, I had this experience when I was 15 years old when I was having a conversation with my friend and this passerby chinese rascal overheard us and by sound he heard knew that we were speaking in English then he used the most vulgar low class cantonese language to f... me up. My friend is a Malay boy and I am chinese. Imho this rascal is suffering from an Inferiority Complex. It look like this kind of event happened everywhere in the world.
if I were you I would just tell to eat shit no need to be polite to people like him
sweethearts 86 you don't know what racist actually means.. And it's a meaningless term anyways!
I was born and raised in America but Im still Korean so I came over here. yet I Fuckin hate Korea please save meh.
He's so handsome
@ALIYAH ALLEN 😭😭😭😍
arlene soto he is lol
@@JoseEnrikes lol😂😍
ikr like hes what i envision when i think of a hot asian guy lol.
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Similar to other Asian countries. They wanted more “white” blue eyes 😔
Great job, Terry! I love your narrative. The accent and the look you have in front of people with their own biases and prejudices will always be there. Having a different ethnicity brings about a tolerance issues even in similar and/or other diverse population. I could still feel and experience this living. In the USA for almost half a century as a foreign graduate professional in healthcare.
your voice is so calm. it's so soothing to hear u talk
Kim Mirae I swear I was gonna say the same thing!!! It's true stuff.
I thought the same. He sounds like a professional talk radio host.
This is the same in Japan.
I haven't had a teaching experience, but I had to move to Japan when I was 12.
I'm half Japanese half Turkish, was born raised in Australia. I also barely knew any Japanese before I moved.
We had to move to Japan for family reasons.
When I first moved I could only speak English, but because of my Asian appearance everyone would stare at me (not in a good way) whenever I spoke English. I really felt uncomfortable. It was when my American uncle visited Japan when I realized the racism. My uncle has the American look (tall, blond etc) that Japanese people would call "foreigners". Whenever he would speak English everyone would look kind of amazed, but if I was just with my Japanese mum they would stare at me making me feel very bad as if I was showing off my English.
Ever since I hated speaking English outside, I had a big fight with my mum because I didn't want to speak English outside but my mum didn't want me to care what people thought about me. Now I can understand why my mum was angry at me, but back then i just couldn't handle the feeling, I had anxiety speaking English outside. Ever since we haven't spoke in English as much which I really regret. You do forget if you don't speak the language.
Japan I think is getting better very very slowly. But still there is a lot of racism that I can't even start writing down. Maybe because Japan is a homogenous nation.
Well, from my point, Japanese are really hard working but at the same time, they are stubborn and slow to change or accept new things. I hoped that the young generation of japan is better at this aspect but unfortunately they dont compare to the previous generation. So that mean this situation will not really getting better at all
Yeah I feel sorry for what you have experienced in Japan. They need to learn to have more accepting attitude as much as possible. But I still think Japanese are better than Koreans, If you were in Korea instead of Japan there would be high possibility that you would get bullied or hated just cuz of you being a foreigner. I just hope the situation will get better in the future,
Just a little about your last sentence. "Japan is a homogenous nation" is a common misconception. For instance the "mountain people" are often seen as a different culture from people from say Tokyo. Different dialects and everything. A lot like southern whites and northern whites in the USA*. There's the Ainu people, who were native when the Japanese people came there. There's also people of Ryukyu, the southern islands, AKA Okinawa and its surrounding islands. The people of Okinawa et al. are mostly descendants of Korean and Chinese who came there and colonized the Ryukyu islands before Japan annexed it.**
The reason almost all of these people are called Japanese is that once someone is born (or Naturalized) in Japan***, they are listed as Japanese ethnically. The Japanese government conflates national identity with racial identity, and this is, from my limited reading and viewing on the topic, because of the ideas of early Imperial Japan. It was the end of the feudal era and the government wanted to create a national identity, so they codified a national religion (Shintoism) and said everyone in Japan is ethnically Japanese.
All this accomplishes, from a race relations viewpoint, is covering up the problems with how people are viewed and treated.
*Haven't been to Japan, and haven't read on the experiences or troubles of moving from city to city and the cultural clashing that can happen (such as being forced to work longer, etc.) The comparison between Southern and Northern whites is probably not very accurate based on history; it's just how I see the situation.
**Okinawa used to be known as the Ryukyu Kingdom, which owned the archipelagos south of Japan. It had its own language and that language is still in use today. It's like Spain annexing Portugal and saying all the people living in Portugal are ethnically Spanish, even though they speak Portuguese. This is also just a comparison. I remember reading it was closer to Spanish vs Russian in language roots.
***Not sure what being Naturalized in Japan means. Would be interested to hear from anybody who's a second generation immigrant, and if you see yourself as Japanese or if you are allowed to say you're a different race on documents or if the government decides you're ethnically Japanese.
Dan, (I guess Leo now because you changed your name) I may just come off as an angry Korean to you but are you aware how Koreans and Chinese are treated in Japan. Your comment just shows how ignorant you are about Korea and Japan. All countries including mine deserve criticism like this in order to progress but do not put Japan on a pedestal while doing so. I think you are just letting your personal bias get to you.
Japan isn't better than Korea, both countries worship whites because of heavy western influence and hate everybody else. Japan is a homogeneous nation. Korea also has regions with different dialects and has problems with regionalism so I guess by your definition Korea isn't homogeneous as well? I also busted you spreading anti Korean fake news around, you have no credibility.
Dan I think you are Japanese or a Japanophile, you are subscribed to a lot of weeb shit and channels only a Japanese person would be able to find.
Wow, this was really eye opening!! You are so professional and I’m so impressed by your strength and for standing up for yourself!! Bravo!
That was lengthy but I enjoyed listening to your story. Your voice and manner of storytelling is calm and every word is understood. The last comment being the result of your being a teacher. Teachers exert an extra effort to be understood. I am pretty sure your students loved to listen to you in class just like the people here listening to you on CZcams.
That is so weird!! I thought they were gonna hate on him for being too "American"
Ella Mary ironic you mean?
Whut?
he means it is ironic, not weird
lashleeyy
Ahhh well yeah
Nah it's the other way around in Asia. White people are put on a pedestal. Even more so with regards to teaching English in Korea and Japan. Irrespective of one's abilities or mastery of the language. The more Korean you look. The more prep you have to do. The more classes you have to teach. You're examined and tested and under the scrunity of the microscope. You don't get weekends off. You're coerced to work on Saturdays and then Sundays. Less breaks. Depends from one school to the next. But that's literally the major concensus. That's why I pretended not to speak Korean during my whole tenure. Even when they had their doubts. I continued with that...excellent acting on my part for keeping it up as long as I did. Which brought more money. Weekends off. And more breaks. Got caught 1 month before contract expired. Was asked to come on the weekends? I said hell nah, homie don't play that. And booked my ticket back. Reverse migration also means reverse racism in Korea.
Your voice and story telling ability are fantastic. I watched the video all the way to the end. Keep it up, Terry. Thanks for sharing:)
Very much agreed. Terry, you are very much talented in story telling.
I patiently listened to ur experience, it was quite touching. Never let anybody tell u what u can't do. People like Jenny only reminds u that life has something greater for u which is far better than d teaching job. Keep d success flag flying.
Giving you the thumbs up just for how clear your speech is! So articulate with your words
"Calm thyself"
Jimins Jams jimin found his hand. ARMYMMYMYMYMY
"too korean in korea" damn😂
Wow, that Jenny must've not known about the "after school" schools here in the Philippines where Filipinos tutor Korean students in their English subjects. I used to do that. Glad it all worked out for you then. And you do speak English very well.
New subscriber here. I'm glad that I came across your channel. I enjoyed watching and was actually glued to your story. You are so eloquent and clear. A true virtue of a good teacher. It was Jenny's loss that she didn't really see the good teacher in you. I'm glad you're doing what you love to do and by this channel you're continuing your teaching by the information your giving out there. My congratulations to your Mom for bringing you up as good and respectful person.
"right across the river was NORTH KOREA"
Forget that I’m swimming to south :)
Lol i used to live at theborder too and yes, there IS a lake
When you talked about how Korean schools prefer "foreign looking teachers" I immediately went back to my experience teaching in China. The very first thing they would compliment was how white my skin was or how much they liked my hair, even before starting the actual interview to see if I could teach! They'd say I looked very English (which I'm not) like it was the only thing that mattered.
Esther Díaz are you Hispanic? Is your skin color white or tan
Yes and I'm VERY white, and that's what it seems to only matter unfortunately.
Esther Díaz I get where you're coming from. I'm also Hispanic and my skin are three shades of pale skin. My face is a light honey color, my arms are a very light honey color, and my legs are white af. My hair are also not the "typical black thick Mexican hair", I have dark to golden brown color. Everyone in my school thinks I'm white, even though my lastname is in Spanish. They all were shocked when I speak Spanish or when I tell them that I'm Hispanic. It hurts me to the point where I think of dying my hair black.
Hang in there buddy :) The language-teaching world can sometimes get excruciatingly racist but it's up to us to stand up for our background and fight :)
I think you missing the point here. The reason we aka Asians said that because complimenting people is our nice tradition. We like white skin and we really admire the beauty of foreigners. It was a totally harmless conversation especially with Chinese ppl and you were being so serious about it.
YT offered this video to me as I watch a lot of Korean content, and I ignored it for days, but finally clicked, figuring I'd fall asleep as I was already very sleepy. But Terry, you are such an articulate and interesting speaker, that 36 minutes absolutely flew by and felt like 15 instead. I'm so glad things worked out well for you. Subscribed!
We all go through life experiences. Congratulations for being a strong minded & smart young man. You are awesome just the way you are.
Jenny better not come on my block
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Jenna gonna get hurt tonight 👌
still Jenny from the block
I see what u did there😏😏
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crap.
his voice is so soothing.....
Disabled Poptart yeah. Every second comment here seems to be about his looks. Then theres me and I can only think about this amazing voice. I want to sound like this 😐
Disabled Poptart lmao "crap."
Retro Bit Baby RBB your profile pic deadass made me think I had an eyelash on my phone screen
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Army.
wow, so amaze of your reaction despite of those treatments you had. You really raise by your parents very well. SANA ALL!!
Bless you more terry.😊
I'm sorry you went through that horrible experience however I am glad that you finished strong with a much better employment opportunity with the willingness to share with others for us to learn from. May excellent health, peace, joy, and love always find you.
I want an English teacher like you Terry.
I don't think now because him himself doesn't speak full on Korean but he does know quite a lot from what I've seen I'm not gonna speak for Terry and say what I think but that's what I personally think either way that would be good for you!
Tae Kookies well it's a plot twist for me I wish I was a math teacher to solve his problems
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I really wanna hear you speak more Korean!
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It's been educative watching your video. It's my first time coming across your channel, and I've so much respect for you. I wish I could meet you in person. You sounded honest and respectful.
I enjoyed listening to your video. It was so inspiring. Your first experience was tough but turned that bad experience into a valuable lesson in life.
Terry's intros are aesthetic worthy
TERRY, you are very lucky in the sense that you don't have to suffer double or triple discrimination. You are very lucky that you have good luck and a very fair skin. People with a so called ugly look, darker skin or even average look have to suffer surreal and look/appearance discrimination day in day out beside the racist experiences.
Its not just in Korean culture, im Mexican and i can say for a fact that its looked down upon to be dark skinned. When my parents are on facebook and see some relatives new born and the kid is pale and blue eyes they are like shiiiit handsome af and dark skinned kids are pitied and called ugly its crazy they feel sorry for the parents. They see white skin as rich people and dark skinned as poor you see it in adds over in Mexico as well. Its sad but luckily i think that will change will the newer generations.
I was born pretty pale, to the point that people think im white and my family and relatives always praised me or it i just never understood it. Once i got older i started to understand the favoritism. It always bothered me but older generations are the most stubborn people I've ever met.
MRpickleYandR Oh my gosh! Same for my family too! My aunts and uncles have this mindset about how dark their kids are.
I hate when they come visit because the first thing my aunts tell my mom is how light I've gotten since they came or how dark my other siblings have gotten.
My grandpa speaks very bad about the hardworking people who work in the field saying how they should take care of themselves and get papers. When I first heard him utter that, I instantly lost my admiration for him, to the point where I will greet him and have a little chat, but not sit down and spend long hours talking to him.
I'm also Mexican (and female) and while I am a bit dark, I am praised for my tall height (5'9) and looking Samoan.
My aunts' exact words: Well at least she doesn't look like a Oaxacita.
It's the same with black people too 😔 my cousin (who's on the lighter side) is with a dark skinned guy and when she got pregnant she and her mom(my aunt) were like "i hope the baby's not dark skinned" and i'm just like??? why does that matter? I also found out from my mom that that same aunt would call my other aunt 'blackie' when they were kids just because her skin was darker than all of their other siblings. it's really gross and i hope you're right and this idea dies out
Exactly! My parents are both kind of light skinned not super though but my brother came out incredibly light skinned (he's the palest person i know even out of all the white people that i know), has light brown hair and green eyes, and he's everyone's favorite. My other brother on the other hand is a bit on the darker side, black hair and brown eyes just like me except my skin isnt as dark as his and my brother is more looked down upon. Also, my lighter brother is overweight (which im not saying is a bad thing) but then my parents are all like "oh who cares, as long as he's white he still looks good" okay but now my brother has a bunch of health problems because of his weight but that doesnt matter because he's white, right? I love my brother to death my I wish my family wasnt so disgusting like this
MRpickleYandR I'm Mexican and I can tell you this is not true.
My brother and cousin were born more or less on the same date. You know, with only some months of difference. My brother is so pale, but my cousin have dark skin. So, when my grandma saw them for the first time, she was excited about my lilttle brother just because he had light brown hair and really white skin. And my cousin was very ignored.
She said something like "Take care of this boy, he is cute and have QUALITY, not as the son of (Insert here my aunt's name)" And yes, she said quality.
Do you ever just get random recommendations from random channels and watch them at 5am when you know you should probably sleep?
Me rn bro 🤦♂️. Good episode though .
@@unpopularopinion1032
Yes, just in this moment
Hi Terry! It was pleasure listening to you. I’m sorry that you’ve had such an unfortunate experience. I’ ve been an english teacher in Spain for over 20 years. I am an english national but come from spanish family. I embrace both of my cultures dearly but it isn’t always easy. I wish you all the very best for the future and hope you will be able to have many positive ventures in your life.
I can really relate to your story. I was teaching students German in China and I am a German born Chinese. I was never treated the same as my colleagues who were Caucasian and after a couple of months I quit after also getting to know that I was actually getting 45 % less money than my "white" " real" German colleagues. I was just wasting time and energy there. But then again, it's most definitely an experience that I am glad to have. I learned a lot from it. Keep up with ur story times ! It's very enjoyable and also relatable :) :)
It's so stupid to think that I, an American that basically a mutt of all Europe and has only taken 2 years of German, would probably make more just because I look more "German." Completely stupid. 😡
Heck, my husband looks even more "German" since he's half-Austrian but he can't speak German at all...
I am half german but raised in France. Abroad i often have an identity crisis, people make such a fuss about my heritage and especially my looks. i remember teaching corporate accounting jargon to people abroad.I had gone there straight from Ingolstadt , so i was talking about germany a lot. Quiet a number of people were like mhmmmm. Bist Du sicher, dass du Deutscher bist ? Bitte was ?????? lol!
lol that shit is nothing new. My parents also work abroad and as an asian get paid less 40 to 50% less than white foreigners.
Valentina
What the fuck?! It is understandable when they discriminate based on citizenship when picking one of two equally qualified employees (which is still a shitty thing to do), but they've just made it clear that no matter how qualified you are, if you are of Asian descent, there is no way you can be fluent enough to teach German.
I'm sick of such people. It's just umbelievable.
+Troy Nguyen What the fuck are you talking about? I live in germany
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Length was great : )
Really awesome hearing the whole experience.
Terry I love you for sharing this! I am half Mexican /half Spanish born and raised in San Francisco. I moved to Spain where my dad was born and raised at the age of 28 and was paid less because of the way I looked as well as was given less hours. I am so sorry you had to deal with a similar experience but at least know that you're not alone. Now I run my own online academy which my students love. I'm really happy you found success in the end.
I've realized though that often times, other Spanish people are envious of my success or opportunities. I hate to say it but perhaps Jenny was secretly jealous of your American education and upbringing.
Do Koreans know that America is literally known for being the melting pot of the world? When you come to America, you see many different ethnicities and people of different culture all living in the same country. My god, this blows my mind how Jenny discriminated you for not looking American enough, even though the term “American” doesn’t have its own look. This woman needs to do her research before she hires a foreign teacher.
edit: thanks for all the likes! :)
The "Melting Pot" idea wasn't even come up with by the US. People from other countries called the US that. But you are correct, there is more ethnic diversity in the US, then anywhere else in the world.
There are some good things that happen as a result.
But there are some bad things that happen as a result.
Bringing up the bad, is taboo though.
I think Koreans are just too typical minded ,white people are the only "foreigners" for them 😂😂😂 seriously they need to get out of the cave already,the world doesn't revolve around with only white and Koreans .
BTW India is also a diverse country like America and I'm Indian 😄 I'm glad I'm born in a diverse country so I have no problem seeing different colours everyday .
Yes, but even though America is very diverse, it is still very much filled with racists. Don't delude yourself
No it isn't. If it was, people wouldn't be trying to move here.
@@thisgoogleaccount5009 We have some racists, sure. I've noticed, however, that there's plenty of racism in other countries too -- the difference is that they don't acknowledge it exists and is a problem the way Americans do.
"A female woman (31:17)"
- Terry 2017
I said that once in a presentation
My last 2 brain cells be like:
Took me a second as well
I dont get it, isnt it redundant?
lol
Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Glad you have moved forward successfully!
Congratulations. You have a great attitude. People will love you. Best wishes!