Mixed Race Studies

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  • ‘Koreans are not racist’

    ‘Koreans are not racist’ The Korea Times 2013-08-02 Jonathan Breen Koreans can be close-minded to issues of race and culture, but they know it and they want to learn, says the head of a foundation that helps multiethnic children here. Yang Chan-wook, chairman of the Movement for the Advancement of the Cultural Diversity of Koreans…

  • It can be difficult to get people to stop speaking English with me. Even if I have been speaking in Korean with them for 20 minutes.

    “Sometimes when I am on the bus people will look at me and if they think that I am not Korean they will not sit next to me or they will move when I sit down. This kind of thing is still existent. Also, it can be difficult to get people to stop speaking English…

  • Multi-ethnic Koreans find help with assimilation through MACK Foundation

    Multi-ethnic Koreans find help with assimilation through MACK Foundation The Korea Times 2012-04-25 A “typical Korean” probably wouldn’t call Yang Chan-wook a typical Korean, but he wants to be seen that way. The 37-year-old is a multi-ethnic Korean, part Korean from his mother’s side and part African-American from his father’s side. And he’s working towards…

  • Mixed-race Koreans urge identity rethink

    Mixed-race Koreans urge identity rethink The Korea Herald 2011-12-07 Kirsty Taylor Things have come a long way since the 1970s when mixed-race Koreans here were spat upon and beaten up for being different. The kids of that time, whose fathers were often foreign soldiers who first came here during the Korean War, used to find…