All I can say is that perhaps there is just a sliver of truth to the fact that it was a different time. (Thankfully it didn’t happen that often, but there was one girl who used to call me her little half-Asian boy… Yeah I didn’t really appreciate that, and yes it did contribute to my decision to break up with her.) I have not followed Yoko Ono’s career, statements, or activism in depth, but I don’t understand why she sits there and takes it, or worse, encourages it. I don’t really know why Yoko Ono let that kind of stuff fly, but anytime any of my non-Korean ex-girlfriends did anything even remotely similar to what John did, it was kind of a deal breaker. This line of defense sounds vaguely familiar, like the people who do some of the most racist stuff ever, then claim to not be racist because they have friends of another race. Even if Yoko was fine with it, validation by one member of another group does not mean the rest of the group will also welcome it. the fact that his wife is Japanese does not give him the right to say things offensive to Japanese. No, I’m sorry, I can’t let anyone continue down that train of thought. This would ABSOLUTELY not fly today, and if John Lennon had said these things today his career would suffer immensely.īut his wife is Japanese and she thought it was funny… You can clearly see, that EVEN JOHN LENNON while SITTING NEXT TO HIS JAPANESE BORN WIFE said and did some of the most offensive things towards Japanese people I have EVER seen in my life. Mocked the Japanese language with what I would equate with “Ching Chong”. Mocked a traditional Japanese form of art, Kabuki, thereby mocking Japan’s culture.Ĥ. Admitted that he makes Pearl Harbor jokes with his wife.ģ. John Lennon, the personification of social activism and liberal thought did the following:ġ. ![]() If you don’t want to sit through the beginning, skip to 3:38 Woah woah! Slow down! I agree, John Lennon was not a racist, and stood for the end of racism and peace and love between all men and women. You’re kidding me right? The guy who wrote the song Imagine? The guy who wrote Give Peace a Chance? Basically one of the most influential figures of the 1960’s and the civil rights movement? The self-proclaimed feminist? The man hated by “the man?” You have got to be kidding! No way! John Lennon was not a racist! He was the personification of peace, tolerance, and brotherhood of man! Did you ever listen to his music? Come on Euge, what the F are you talking about? WTF does John Lennon have anything to do with this? (John Lennon for those who are too young to recognize him, though honestly that would be hard for me to believe). Saying that Korea is a racist country because this kind of thing is tolerated isn’t really fair, nor is it particularly constructive. I said that you can’t make a blanket generalization of the whole society based on one incident alone, without proper context. I said what I said because I learned about the incident from a Korean who hasn’t spent a long time overseas, who was outraged over it. So if this is your view, then why were you so critical of other bloggers and their judgement of Korean society based on this incident? ![]() I think that it was and is wrong to make fun of other races of people, and ignorance is not enough of an excuse, especially when this is not the first time it happened, and there was a high profile backlash the last few times it happened. I must reiterate again, that I don’t in any way approve of what happened. But in a previous post I heavily criticized the sheer amount of condemnation for Korea or Koreans emanating from the K-blogosphere over the issue. It’s not because I don’t care, it’s more because other bloggers have basically said practically everything I want to say. I didn’t really have much to say about it though. ![]() The blackface incedent has been talked about to death by this point, mostly by people who are not black themselves. ![]() John Lennon, the most progressive guy ever, right?
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