Posted on 06/12/2007 10:14:52 AM PDT by Ptarmigan
In the aftermath of the bloodbath that 23-year-old Seung-Hui Cho unleashed on a peaceful Virginia Tech campus only a few months before, American citizens were left to endure an unendurable tragedy and to deal with an ineffable grief that had enveloped all of America. But, mostly, they were left with a multitude of questions that needed answering: Did Virginia Tech do enough to protect its students after its authorities grew aware that a gunman was wreaking havoc on its campus? What was it, really, that finally drove a student to coldly and methodically extinguish 32 promising lives in what the New York Times called the "deadliest school rampage in the nation's history?"(1) How does any professor distinguish between a creative student who merely writes about violent acts and a student who uses his writing to communicate the presence of a psychologically unsound psyche? And, most importantly, how are we to prevent another Virginia Tech from occurring? All of these questions and more, I think, have been adequately discussed by the numerous news articles that have been published in the wake of what occurred at Virginia Tech.
There several questions, however, that have not yet been answered by the U.S. media; and these are questions that manifested themselves in the huddled forms of around 500 Korean Virginia Tech students who gathered in groups directly after the VA Tech shooting for fear that all of the anger, the sorrow, and the grief caused by Seung-Hui Cho would be directed at them in acts of violent retaliation. For many Koreans (and, often times, other Asians) currently living in the United States of America, some important questions that have not been addressed in the news are ones that they should not have to ask or think about, especially as citizens or residents of a nation that prides itself on its tolerance and freedom: How are Koreans to cope with the racial discrimination that might be directed at them after the Virginia Tech shootings? That is, how are they to brace themselves for the anger of some few Americans who might think of them as being equivalent to Seung-Hui Cho just because they, too, happen to be Korean? And, finally, why aren't there more non-Korean U.S. citizens speaking out against the injustices that are occurring?
The answer to the last question is exactly why this article is being written, so I will start with that first: Not many U.S. citizens are aware of what is going on.
Once again, So what!
My guess is you are the one hiding something. Could it be smalldicksyndrome?
Sorry, I had to add this, Chinese-Americans are the most racist towards Korean-Americans of any ethnic group I know. I mean, it’s comical to hear 100+ year old Jewish vaudeville jokes turned into anti-Korean jokes, but it happens.
Im not surprised you havent had any discrimination directed at you but if an American went nuts and killed a bunch of Koreans in Korea......OMG! nothing more needs to be said.
good!
I think the press is trying to make news where there is none.
That's not what the discussion was about, though I respect your input.
China and Korea has a love/hate relationship with each other throughout history. China took some of Korea’s land in Manchuria. I demand reparations. :) Anyways, I am happy and content in America.
You have a good reason to worry. If it is dry or wet, your state has a better chance to be hit by major hurricanes.
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2005/04/28/54367.htm?print=1
Jiwon Juliana Yhee: Cry baby!!!!!
I was thinking that too.
I would just wait around till the next shooting, which will most likely not be by a Korean. We'll forget this guy existed in five minutes. Infamy in this particular field is fleeting.
I suspected that you weren’t mentally capable of having a discussion with me.
You have proven me correct.
I was responding to the comment of individual who posted this article. As long as I stay within the guidelines of decency I can comment however I wish. So mind your own business, @$$hole.
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