KingBaeksu is a case study on the behavior of white US expats in Korea:
1) being enamored with Korean people and food while being intensely racist
2) expecting gratitude from Koreans for America "liberating" us
3) vindictive behavior when we refuse to meet his expectations
@ritamitsuko@nancywyuen@NickCho And it wasn't a coincidence that they were not only rude to me, they gave false medical instructions and didn't care if I needed something.
These are the struggles, Asians face today. If this is not systemic racism, I don't know what is.
@ritamitsuko@nancywyuen@NickCho this is a real story: last week, I was in hospital again. And before I walked in my room, I could listen to a conversation of two nurses: the one nurse said how bad Asian people are, especially "the Chinese".
They didn't notice me, but I knew in that moment: i fucked up