I kinda get ur point but be fr what are the chances that minorities (non South Korean people) are the ones being racist towards SKs?? What are the chances that there's a whole class of mixed and non SK kids?? Why didn't the author stick what they usually do and gave the black kid bully a sad backstory like they did w the others hmm?? Like the author could of added that the black kid was bullied by SKs bc of his dark skin - i feel like that would be more acceptable but they didn't. Or the author could of done a MORE REALISTIC story of an immigrant kid being bullied by the SKs students - that would have made heaps more sense. This whole chapter was just an excuse to throw around derogatory words.
This is what i tried to explain and failed miserably, i agree. Although these things can happen 1/10000 chances, it can still happen, mostly in america, which the author can't really make the mains go to usa, cause its only for korean schools.
Yep I understand what you are saying. The thing is if we go by the backstory the author was showing of this new bullied kid where he lived - that place was supposed to be some remote countryside which has predominantly foreign population with few indigenous Koreans left as almost all of them have migrated to bigger cities. As far as I know South Korea is said to be a homogeneous country so I don't know how realistic this idea of author actually is since I can only speak for my own country where I live.
The plot of this new arc itself feels very racially motivated (I kind of feel) and poorly handled with no thoughtfulness. Very immature take I would say. Most Koreans are very much racists so it's not surprising that they did smth like this because for them they see nothing wrong with it.
Yeah idk it just seemed very anti black since there was no southasians or white mixed kids bullying him only the black kids as the aggressor which enforces the stereotype that black people are violent etc. Again w the foreigners in the country side, they had broken Korean again assuming non SKs can't speak the language fluently? Especially if they've been living there a while and practically integrated themselves. Obv I'm not expecting the webtoon to be realistic, I think if the author was to talk about racism and xenophobia THIS WAS NOT THE ROUTE TO TAKE. They some how switched it round to portray the full SK as the victim when most of the time they are perpetrators when it's come to these topics. Even in USA schools where you find it may be predominantly black/white/hispanic/asian, its rarely the minorities bullying them so again why this was a shit portrayal of racist bullying, i feel like it was just an excuse to through in the n word
This kind of portrayal is not really surprising though. SK is predominantly a sexist and racist country altogether. You are talking about them being racist to other races when many of them can't stand or are racist against mixed SK children especially if the Non Korean parent is a Pinoy etc i.e discrimination against OTHER Asians. Many of them have preconceived perception of an individual based on where he is from and are absolutely flabbergasted when someone tries to correct them. They can pass cruel and insulting remarks with a smile and see nothing wrong with it. I know a SK youtuber who would make racist jokes and would laugh at some of his viewers chastising him by saying that the viewer is too sensitive. However when he went to the states he was absolutely shocked when some of his classmates did the same to him and had a breakdown in one of his videos.
It would be wrong to say that races that are the objects of racism can't be racist themselves as there are many instances in where poc acted no different that the stereotypical racists but the way how it was handled here was a definite no-no. The entire black people in South Korea being racist to the Asians since they are a small minority could have been interesting since it sheds light on how some people try to sweep their own racist actions under the rug by tooting the victim card. But here the way Daniel speaks to him gives me a headache.
He could have handled it more with nuance and dropped some one liner to the bully " what makes you think you are any different from those you hate since you act the same way?" but no, he had to use the n word and fck it up. That's not how a grown up teacher behaves. Feels like a middle school comeback rather than something that could act as a lesson for readers even if it falls flat on the bully's ears.