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I don't understand how being from Africa is something to laugh at?!

Moral of the story there are racist people everywhere

As a Black Woman I visited Seoul in 2019' before the pandemic broke out!! And I will say this I've never been treated more Better By Koreans then anything else!! I went over to celebrate my Birthday and I was treated like a Princess there!! Everyone I came in contact with was so kind to me that I never felt such Great Hospitality from any other Race!! Naturally I can't speak for everyone else but the Koreans I meet while I was there to this day we're still in contact with each other!! So I say that to say this I made so pretty cool friends over there!!Much Love Korea 🇰🇷❤🇺🇲❤

I’m fully black and was born in Seoul, South Korea and left when I was 11 months old. My mom tells me stories of how kind and loving Korean people were towards us and my babysitters were in love with me. I’ve worked for two different Korean families in America. They all treated me kindly and like family, especially when they found out Korea is my birthplace. I couldn’t help but notice the wife of my boss oddly treated me like I was beneath her, to the point my boss had to check his own wife. He even made fun of her at one point and called her a robot. It was like he was trying to make up for how she treated me. The other family I worked for were such angels and I still love them til this day. I can see the old school vs. new school dynamic. Korea will always have a place in my heart because I know there are truly some kindhearted people there.

I love how ignorant people say only America is racist. There's literally racism everywhere..

To this day people do not get the fact that Africa is a continent

I'm glad that I subscribed to this channel. Just to hear people from another culture having a more honest conversation than I would hear if I was standing there or asking the questions gives a lot more insight for me. It just adds nuance.

It's not the amount of melanin, it's the behavior within that culture.

damn all i did was be black 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

All I did was exist.....seriously, THAT'S ALL I DID...

I visited Seoul in the late 1980's with my college music department and had a positive experience. In fact, my tour guide couldn't speak English, and I couldn't speak Korean, but we had so much fun together. He presented me with flowers at the end of our concert. I was the only one who received flowers.

Keep Korea for Koreans; your grandparents are correct, listen to them.

I’m asian and I’m not gonna lie growing up I had dark skin so I get called black and ugly from my own people because I’m a dark asian.

I wonder how Ethiopians will feel watching this. Considering they fought and died for South Korea?

Developed country doesn't means developed mindset...

I can remember when I was stationed in Korea many moons ago.I had photos of my soon to be wife,she was stateside.Anyway the Korean ladies admire how beautiful “sisters”are.I enjoyed my time in Korea, they would stare when I travelled thru-out Korea,most of them were helpful,and friendly

The girl who said movies affect people's perspective was so right

''Money doesn't matter.''- Rich people ''Beauty doesn't matter.''- beautiful people Me - "EVERYTHING MATTERS " 😭😭

They keep referring to people of African descent as 'physically' stronger, but not intellectually. Just stay outta these folks' countries, chile. 🙄

It would be interesting to revisit this question/topic in 2022 as it has been 5+ years and a lot has transpired between Korea and the western world concerning black people. In 2018 I visited Korea for a month and was seeking an English teacher's position and was discriminated against due to my age, so I didn't have the opportunity to learn about the racial climate.

I am black. Never experience such racism before, but my heart bleeds for my black brother's and sister. The world hates us, but it don't matter because God loves us.

Do they know the coffee they drink almost everyday is from Africa

I served a tour in Seoul first of all that was the best experience of my life so far, my fellow Korean soldiers or KATUSA's were vary polite and down to earth. The civilians were extremely respectful helpful and curtious. There was a default level of respect in that country that stretched from the very young to the very old. The people there approached me with curiosity at best and fetishistic at worst. I will say that as a whole they do buy into stereotypes from what they see on TV but I'm pretty sure everyone does on some level. The worse it got was my surrogate family basically thinking I would explode if the chicken I was eating wasn't fried lmao but other then that living in south Korea was the absolute best I've ever been treated in my life as a black man. Five stars would recommend. I may go back there to find a wife.👍🏿

Congratulations!!! Very interesting video, specially because the opinions of different people

Ask with a hidden camera you will hear the truth

Why is being black so frowned upon. People really need to grow up and learn our culture.

Thanks for the opportunity to hear the views and see the reactions if persons from Korea on this topic. Its in the human psyche to distrust and dislike on the outset what they cannot underdstand. We are differnt for a reason....just enjoy and experience those differences!!!

Jesus Christ I have never been so scared to go somewhere 💀💀💀

No one is born ugly,we just live in a judgemental society-Kim namjoon

Why is this question even being asked??? This isn’t important to us. We don’t need or want anyone’s acceptance or approval. This is isn’t necessary. I don’t know anyone that sits around worrying about what others think of them. Maybe the question should be reversed since they imitate our culture, music, dress, slang, etc. & then call it “pop culture” in an attempt to separate whatever they like of it from the blackness that created it. K pop & the popularity of hip hop in Asia is a result of this. They copy us, we do not copy them.

Koreans are smart to keep their country pure

honestly I feel like racism is never gonna disappear or will take way too long still

I was more interested to read the comments than watching the video.

Nice one Asian boss I think you were a little better on this one keep it up with love from Africa.

It's not discrimination when it's fact

koreans: i hate when people bow to me because they think im chinese also koreans: i see no problem referring to people i see on the street as blackie

I really wanted to go to Korea or Japan but I feel like they might shame me😔

Although there is judgment passed around Korea, I feel like the individuals being interviewed had a broader view on matter to be able to break the questions down like that and answer truthfully. Props to them👏

As an Asian myself, It's pretty scary how black people don't understand asian culture at all yet they accuse us for not accepting blacks into their community. There is nothing wrong about wanting to be within your own community of color where you speak the same language and share the same culture bc it is everyone's right to choose who they want to be around. I have had a experience where my father was shot and killed by a black male at his store even after he gave him all the money in the cash register. I understand that there are bad people in every race, but I don't understand why my dad, along with many other asian businesses in my community have always been targeted mostly by black americans. I also have a dear friend who is asian, and she has been raped by a black male one night while walking back to her apartment in Atlanta many years ago. I cry at night sometimes bc I know she is not okay and she will never be the same, and there is nothing I can do to help her to undo what happened that horrible night. These personal experiences of mine with black americans since childhood are not stereotypes but actual events that happened and is still happening in asian communities all around the US but I don't understand why nobody talks about this. It's culture that shapes people's behaviors, and when it comes to black culture they praise this ideology that being a gangster is somehow cool. I've lived in black neighbor hoods and a lot of the people I've tried to interact with seemed as if they had no conscience at all, which shocked me. You can't judge an entire race but you can judge a majority of a race by their culture and values. For example, Asian culture encourages people to get a higher education to live a better life and it's not a stereotype that many of us have achieved a higher income status through hard work. It's irresponsible and dangerous for society to always succumb and allow blacks to have such a powerful platform whenever they claim to be the victim whether on social media, movies, and television shows bc the misguided ideology of the black spokesperson will prey and brainwash on the naive young minds of asian women or any women who have absolutely no idea how dangerous and violent black communities really are.

It's so nice being black Pretty much hated everywhere,nothing suprises me anymore

I’m a Korean girl and I’ve been called racist things before which is why I don’t want to be racist to anyone else.

I was pleasantly surprised by how aware and thoughtful the interviewees were.

Theres one korean person I know and he is a mate back in high school. He was a cool person and we played dota 2 together. He was a cool mate and never treated me different cuz I was darker skin than them. I love Korean people too, dont know much about the language but the ones who moved from Korea to NZ are really nice people too.

It's always so interesting to hear stereotypes and perspectives from different countries. Thank you Asian Boss! *Wow! It’s been 4 years since this comment but after posting this comment I lived in Korea for a bit and I can say I don’t agree with my word choices from 4 years ago and I definitely feel that how black people are treated in Korea is more horrific than “interesting”. In Korea, even though I’m not black or white, I felt judged and unaccepted. So I definitely think that racism against black people in Korea is deeply prevalent and worse than how I was treated.

Everyone likes black until it comes to the face - Respect every colour

I can tell we are equal like-minded people cause the Korean guy assumed all black people would beat them in a fight......however I assumed most asian people would kick our asses lol

Koreans achieved much.

I'm not black but I'm gonna say it, black people aren't beautiful, black people are GORGEOUS 💖

Been to Korea twice, no one seemed to care I was African American. Everyone I met just helped my lost self find places, buy train tickets, find my seat at the movies, and tell me good places to eat. When I attempted to read or speak Korean signs on the bus, train, underground malls, people helped me without hesitation 😃.

The sad part is the fact they said most of their negative stereotypes came from America media

Our skin isn't black...does anyone know their colors... white ppl should be Korean Chinese and every other race that shares the same paleness

im sick of hearing "the media this", "the media that ". that was acceptable 10/15 years ago but it's 2017 there are so many other mediums other than traditional media now. also the fact that they know that its the media portraying black people negatively yet still hold those stereotypes, annoys me. EDIT: This in regards to millenial koreans. i can defo understand why elder koreans would have that mentality

Aw, I wish more people were more informed about black people in more areas than in the popular media

Living in Korea alone as a black person won't be easy with all these racism.

The world and the people will never change. That a fact we just have to live with.

My boyfriend is Korean. His mom, oh boy. Doesn't even want me in her house. Our first meeting I brought her flowers, we spoke about my family history, which includes having a Chinese grandmother who ran a women's college, everyone in my family went to university and had a good career in the fields of math and science. Good family background, educated, a good job. I make a point to get her gifts whenever I see something nice and I'm out with my boyfriend. And still she'll like call my boyfriend is she knows he's out with me and make up a crisis. Like she'll need him to drop her off at a sick friends house many a Friday night, or suddenly need to get something shew forgot to pickup from the grocery store at 10 pm. His dad now takes it to a new level, every time he goes to visit him at a restaurant, they always just happen to run into "a nice Korean girl" who just happens to be the daughter or niece of a very good friend of his.

I wasn't going to watch this video because I'm moving to Korea in a few weeks to teach and didn't want to see anything negative, but this was a well done interview. I do wish you would've asked them more about getting their perceptions about a whole race of people from media (similar to your Korean drama vs real korea interview). I also don't understand the Big Black Bro/Sis thing. Would it be ok if I called them "my little yellow bro/sis" no matter their age and status? It seems like I would be calling them inferior to me/talking down to them...EDIT: what I'm trying to say is if flipping the language seems inappropriate, then it probably isn't the best language to use for everyone involved . Black people don't want to be put on pedestals or be given titles for no reason. We just want to be treated like individual human beings that have different experiences, that you would learn about if you talk to us. Again great job, and thanks for the interview.

people say american is rasict my friend you have not seen rasicm if you say american in rasict visit india or and south east asian or east asian country you will get to know what rasicm is the obsession for white skin

It's still crazy to me how Korea seems so heavily affected by media. Korea is obviously an advanced and capable country so I don't understand how so many of them really believe what they see on tv.

The fact that people can hate each other just bcoz of the amount of melanin in their skin really confuses me.

Nice video. Opens up to a lot of questions. For example, 1. do you have African descent and Korean descent mixed kids in Korea and how are they viewed on? 2. Will Korean people prefer being treated by an African descent medical doctor resident in Korea or prefer a Korean descent MD.?

Man, Korean women are gorgeous!👌

Before I clicked on this vid I saw "From the media" and immediately thought...crap 😂

I am BLACK without apology

Very positive conversation

Sounds like people are people. If you don’t understand someone just talk to them more and that will help no matter where you are from. God bless you all :)

Just imagine life is a game and if your black that's the hardest difficulty.

Lmao im quite flattered with the Athletically gifted thing well thanks btw im eating chips sitting on a couch but still nice made me feel like Usain Bolt.

Why is it the more melanin in your skin, the more people dislike you? Understand we are people, that have feelings to 🙁!

Korean women are beautiful.

This made me really sad... i am currently learning Korean to show my appreciation and respect for the culture and would like to go to korean one day but uh... I don’t think I’d be very welcomed and that saddens me

Why we gotta be that one race that is sooo heavily stereotyped?? But at least they honest though

The last interview made sense to me.

Treat others the same way you would want to be treated

In these days, Koreans think of black people as normal. And I'm South Korean. I think do too😀 I am really sorry for the racist people in Korea.

I'm happy to say that when I visited Korea in 2019, I didn't face any racism or discrimination

Black people are BEAUTIFUL, they are family oriented, they believe in caring for others, the media, movies and some of the music today doesn’t do just to the black men and women today, because they are worth more than what the media has portrayed them to be, they hurt just like all other races, they love and care like other races, I pray we all live in PEACE!🙏🏽🇺🇸🎊🎉🍾🌹🥂

As a 26 years old I could say that the world get better than before

I think a lot of people are misinterpreting this video. They were asked to list stereotypes, so they stated what the stereotypes were. They didn't say they believed those stereotypes. It seems like quite a few of them acknowledge the discrimination black people face within their own country. They never said that they believed that the discrimination was justified. It's kind of weird how many people misunderstood the video.

I wanted to visit korea but on seeing this iam not intrested at all

Wow I envy that guy because he can speak fluent Korean. I try to learn a language and all I can get out is hello how are you. It's always the grammar that gets me and he's got it all. I'm so jealous how well he can pick up a foreign language.

There was a pretty good blog by a black guy and his experiences teaching in Korea. That was a few years back, though. He definitely recounted some instances of discrimination. I live in Zhengzhou, China, and there's not a lot of foreigners here (esp. with Covid), so I stand out. And when I lived in Korea I stood out (I'm a white guy). If you don't live in Seoul they might not see a lot of foreigners. I remember coming out of Lotteria in Ochan (small town) and a little girl pointed at me and shouted "wayguk saram!", as if I was a unicorn. I say "Yep, wayguk saram here. Have a nice evening."

They must have never seen Rush Hour

Ok, say sis, say bro, but leave the black part out. Think about how you’d feel if someone said hey yellow bro/sis! Exactly

very intelligent interview

Asian people areSo lit! ❤️ A lot of the perceptions were more realistic and not as negative as I had thought initially.

"Why do you call them big black bro/sis?" "Well first, they are black...." I was crying with laughter.

“Big black bro” I mean it’s better than being called the n word

I’ve been to Korea and Japan with a black friend and I noticed disgust right away. It appeared to be more directed at intelligence, not their skin color. My friend embarrassed me so many times, I was ready to leave.

I find it actually a compliment that they know that we're good at alot things

Koreans looking down on blacks and Japanese are looking down on Koreans everybody think they are better then the other, what insanity.

When they laugh at such serious topic it creeps me out

amazing he sounds just like a korean, respect.

The media has a big impact on how the world looks at my brothers and sisters.

It's really a shame that you'd classify some ppl just because they have different skin than you, as dangerous, and underdeveloped.

I wish people would realize that being black isn't always about athletics. Not all of us can run fast, play basketball or football. Some if us have other individual skills and hobbies, just like any other person on this planet. Additionally, there's nothing wrong in coming from Africa, and it's nothing humiliating about it. Some of us come from North America, and even different parts of Europe, just as everyone else comes from different parts of the world too. "Big Black Bro/Sis" can be seen as racist because acknowledging that the person is black is heavily unnecessary. It would be the same as "Big Asian Bro" or "Big Hispanic Sis": uncalled for. But "big bro/sis" is understandable, because it shows endearment. The fact that black people are still not seen as equals to everyone else in this world irks me. Hopefully everyone comes to understand that our struggles should too, be acknowledged, and that we deserve the same treatment as everyone else. Please do not allows forms of entertainment media (movies, cartoons, TV, and advertisement) to shape the way you think. Always aim to widen your horizons and gain a deeper understanding of everything. Plus, check ya facts.

New sub👍

Black people from Africa is family education oriented. Try coming to Brooklyn north, South Bronx or Harlem. They are on the news 24/7.

Is everyone just going to act like they didn't notice how fluently this black guy spoke Korean in the video?