If we are so concerned about the welfare of overseas adopted Koreans and the low level of Korea's birthrate, we should refrain from sending our babies to Western countries as they could suffer from discrimination, racism, incurable psychological trauma and a lifelong crisis of identity. Even though, on their part, many adoptive parents love their Korean children as their own, the adoptees grow up in a culture that is very different to their birth culture, and invariably develop a mentality that is foreign to Korea.
When Korean adoptees came of age, their yearning for their biological home becomes increasingly intense, moving them eventually to find something that their hearts are forever seeking. They turn their eyes to their native country, and set out to locate something that, for the first time in their lives, will make them feel whole.
The word ``mother" contains a mixture of spiritual longing and warm nurturing images, which compel humans to seek the roots of their existence. Therefore, it is inevitable that overseas Korean adoptees will have a deep desire to learn as much as they can about their cultural heritage. It is for this reason that they return to their birthplace, not only to find their natal home, but to discover their own identity and their place in the world.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Korean adoptees better off in Korea.
One of the more racist pieces I've read in the papers.
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What a dumb-ass motherfucker. It sounds like Korean babies are growing up in Gitmo. The author forgot to throw in a racist comment about Japan, the U.S, or to champion Dokdo. Otherwise, it would have one the worst piece of bullshit award for '08. And that is a high bar in a year filled with bullshit.
["they could suffer from discrimination, racism, incurable psychological trauma and a lifelong crisis of identity"]
Yeah they could; maybe when they finally do come back to Korea, Koreans should stop treating them like outsiders.
Idiotic, but not particularly surprising. That kind of syrupy shite goes down well with the local populace. They'll all shed a tear for the poor little bastard orphans, denounce the evils of western society, the terrible injustice of their own but never lift a finger to adopt one of the many other little bastards populating the orphanages here. Notice how the author fails to address the cause of this issue; Koreans unwillingness to jettison the pure bloodline ideology that underpins far too much of their belief system.
Good job Douglas!
Your comment "nailed it".
The author forgot to mention that this only applies to overseas Koreans who've been weened on the spicy milk of his or her birth mother. The others who went straight from the birth canal to a DHL box suffer a different Malady, an inability to eat Kimchi. But this fact is so incredibly distasteful, it can not be brought up in public.
How does Koreans who are "pure" Korean but third generation in another country fare then? If they are like any other group, then many of then are as un-Korean as you can be. What happened to THEIR Biological instincts?
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