this is what I don't understand about these Korean/Chinese/Taiwanese/HK rightwing propaganda outlets that spread racist stereotypes against Asians for their Western audience, they are either oblivious to the racist attitudes against Asians or they live a bubble existence in their gated communities and have their servants do the shopping so they never have to experience real life racism.
I think its more a case of right wing South Koreans being racist to North Koreans and then Western media picking up on the story becuase it fits a racist portrayal of Asian people in the West.
Like Chosun Ilbo publishes these stories once a week, they are all absurd and most traffic in some kind of South Korean stereotype about North Koreans, but the only stories that eventually get picked up in the West are the ones which play on broader Asian stereotypes understandable to more Westerners. For example, some racist screed about North Korean workers stealing stuff at the Kaesang Joint Industrial project might circulate in South Korea but would be unintelligible to people in the US due to the specific subject matter and becuase racist South Korean stereotypes about the North don't line up with American stereotypes.
Original story by Chosun Ilbo :check mark button:
Sourced to single anonymous defector :check mark button:
Bullshit so ludicrous that any half-way legitimate reporter can't even be bothered to disprove it :check mark button:
Its Monday boys, time to manufacture another North Korea story for the stupid Westerners. :smiling face with sunglasses:
this is what I don't understand about these Korean/Chinese/Taiwanese/HK rightwing propaganda outlets that spread racist stereotypes against Asians for their Western audience, they are either oblivious to the racist attitudes against Asians or they live a bubble existence in their gated communities and have their servants do the shopping so they never have to experience real life racism.
I think its more a case of right wing South Koreans being racist to North Koreans and then Western media picking up on the story becuase it fits a racist portrayal of Asian people in the West.
Like Chosun Ilbo publishes these stories once a week, they are all absurd and most traffic in some kind of South Korean stereotype about North Koreans, but the only stories that eventually get picked up in the West are the ones which play on broader Asian stereotypes understandable to more Westerners. For example, some racist screed about North Korean workers stealing stuff at the Kaesang Joint Industrial project might circulate in South Korea but would be unintelligible to people in the US due to the specific subject matter and becuase racist South Korean stereotypes about the North don't line up with American stereotypes.