Boys and girls! Good to see you again and I am very glad to be here.
Today I want to share
stories of people who live in the world. First, I’d like to introduce Hwang
min-woo, popularly known as “Little PSY”, appeared in “Gangnam style”. Do you like him? I know you like him very
much. Then, have you ever heard of his crying? I read some articles about his
crying and the Akpeulers. His mother came from Vietnam and got married his
father who is Korean so he belongs to be multicultural family. Because of
multicultural background, he was being bullied at his previous school and now
he is suffering from online racial hatred. He said he found difficult to cope
with insults against his parents. Do you know what her mother’s nationality is?
She is Korean. Some people wrote comments “Min-woo should leave from Korea.” Why
do they think like that? They refuse to accept multicultural families as members
of Korean. Do you think Min-woo is not Korean?
How about In Soon-i? She is mixed blood, her father was a US
Armed Forces in Korea and she never saw his father. She has struggled against
people’s bias of mixed blood entire her life. Now she is one of the most popular
singers. Do you think In Soon-I is Korean or not?
Korea has a five thousand-years-old history,
and we are racially homogeneous country. We tried to protect our country from enemies
to keep our pure blood so it is familiar living only us. However now we live in
21st century, people move all around world to study, to do their
business, to travel, to live in another country, to get jobs, to marry and so
on. Due to these reasons Korean multicultural
families are increasing so there are lots of In Soon-I’s, Min-woo’s in our society. They are not strangers anymore
they are our friends, neighborhoods so we need to change our point of view to
keep face with the rapid changes in the world.
I’d like to introduce a woman who was born in Japan and got
married to a Korean man. She has Korean nationality however she was born in
Japan and had to grow up in Japan so she got a special Japanese green card. When
she got married to a Korean man she realized that she does not have Korean ID
even though she is Korean. Because of her Japanese green card she cannot obtain
Korean ID. Why she cannot have Korean ID even though she is Korean? According
to Korean law she has to give up Japanese green card to get Korean ID. Do you
know why some Korean who lives in Japan has special Japanese green card?
Because their ancestor had to be taken to Japan during Japanese colonial and
after gained independence from Japan in 1945, they could not come back to Korea
some reasons, however they wanted to keep Korean nationality and to preserve
Korean tradition, food, spirits, and so on. Getting Japanese nationality was probably
easy way to live in Japan however they kept their pride as Korean. Now their
grand children face some difficult living in Korea like her. She has a son
however her son cannot get Korean nationality because she has green card. Is
her son Korean or not? How do you think about that?
There is lots of Koreans, pure Koreans, mixed blood Koreans,
naturalized Koreans, overseas Koreans thank to globalization. We cannot insist
only pure Koreans are Koreans anymore so move toward to accept all kinds of Koreans
as Korean and embrace them like our siblings, friends, neighborhoods from the
bottom of our heart.
Boys and girls! Have you ever heard of minors and nurses who went to Germany
in 1960’s and 1970’s? After Korean War Korea was one of the poorest countries,
we did not have enough food, materials so our government exported minors and
nurses to Germany. They saved most of their income and sent it their families
in Korea to feed them, to educate their siblings. Thanks to their sacrifices
our economies boosted and their families lived. Do you think how they adapted
in Germany? They had to stick it out surrounding by totally different environment,
food, and people. We could guess as foreigners they faced lots of difficult and
their jobs were not easy. Why they could go to Germany? Because the jobs were
hard and dirty so no one wanted to work, that was why Germany government to
accept to import Korean workers as migrant workers however Korean minors and
nurses worked hard they did their best for their families who left behind.
Boys and girls! Our city, Gimhae is the second largest city
which has migrant workers in Korea so it is easy to see foreigners on the
street. Why they came to Korea? Like Korean minors and nurses who went to
Germany in 1960’s and 1970’s they came to Korea with Korean dream to support
their families. Nowadays most of Korean avoids applying for hard, dirty works
so the companies want to hire migrant workers who want to work willingly. Migrant
workers save their income to support their families that is why they came to
Korea far away from their home countries. They have to work hard and to stick
it out surrounding by totally different environment, food, and people like what
Korean minors and nurses did 40 years ago in Germany. From German’s point of
view Korea was a small and poor country in East Asia and some of European has a
tendency to have white supremacy so as migrant workers the Korean workers had
some tough time I guess. How they survived in Germany? Like most of Asian
migrant workers they thought of their own families who left behind, I guess
they had no choice but worked hard. Now you can understand what migrant workers
situation in Korea. Some of company owners who hired migrant workers are not
nice to their employees because they came from poor countries. Sometimes they
hit their employees and insult them. How do you feel about this? We have to embrace migrant workers as our
partners and neighbors because we invite them to work.
Boys and girls please open your heart to the world and
embrace people from other countries and live together happily. Thank you for
your listening and
have a wonderful day!
http://ojs8.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001813897 married to a Korean
http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?cid=3426&docId=1582438&mobile&categoryId=3426
minors and nurses who went to Germany in 1960’s, 1970’s
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