EPTRacism in 2012: People saying Koreans are better than foreigners
Lol. Soon calling a black person "black" will be considered racist. Oh wait, it already is, at least by the same people crying about calling Korean players the best at SC2 "racist".
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SovSov
United States755 Posts
Racism in 2012: People saying Koreans are better than foreigners Lol. Soon calling a black person "black" will be considered racist. Oh wait, it already is, at least by the same people crying about calling Korean players the best at SC2 "racist". | ||
Mrvoodoochild1
United States1439 Posts
On March 31 2012 01:57 SovSov wrote: Racism in 1920: People getting hanged for thier skin color Racism in 2012: People saying Koreans are better than foreigners Lol. Soon calling a black person "black" will be considered racist. Oh wait, it already is, at least by the same people crying about calling Korean players the best at SC2 "racist". Calling a black person black is not racist at all. I think what people are suggesting is that calling Koreans good at SC2 simply because they are Korea is racist. When you sterotype and discriminate then you are being racist. | ||
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yeaitooted
United States51 Posts
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Chicane
United States7875 Posts
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Necro)Phagist(
Canada6660 Posts
On March 31 2012 02:07 Mrvoodoochild1 wrote: Calling a black person black is not racist at all. I think what people are suggesting is that calling Koreans good at SC2 simply because they are Korea is racist. When you sterotype and discriminate then you are being racist. How dare some one say they are good at something! Damn them racists! Ugh this political correctness bullshit drives me nuts... Yes being a racist is bad but people have gone over the top with being offended and crying racist over ever little damn thing. | ||
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GloPikkle
United States197 Posts
On March 31 2012 02:07 Mrvoodoochild1 wrote: Calling a black person black is not racist at all. I think what people are suggesting is that calling Koreans good at SC2 simply because they are Korea is racist. When you sterotype and discriminate then you are being racist. It's standard knowledge that Koreans get +10 to gaming. Racial advantages ftw. (Tongue-in-cheek comment from a Korean) | ||
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GloPikkle
United States197 Posts
On March 31 2012 02:27 Necro)Phagist( wrote: How dare some one say they are good at something! Damn them racists! Ugh this political correctness bullshit drives me nuts... Yes being a racist is bad but people have gone over the top with being offended and crying racist over ever little damn thing. Just because it's a positive attribute, doesn't mean it's not detrimental overall. In Japan, people think Koreans are good at sports and music. As a result, they are discriminated against in corporate recruiting. Pretty much mirrors what happens in America with African-Americans. It probably drives you nuts because you don't understand any of it and therefore blow it off as not important. Taeja fighting! | ||
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OgreSC
Canada8 Posts
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alpinefpOPP
United States134 Posts
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Avalain
Canada308 Posts
On March 31 2012 00:55 marcesr wrote: Yeah and if im watching soccer Spain vs Brazil I am a racist because im rooting for the white people from Spain, right? Your posts in this thread are just laughable. And please stop calling foreigners bad or lazy, they work hard and are damn fucking good but people like you just have no clue how things work. Am I the only person who realized he was making a tongue-in-cheek reference to Shardz comment? AKA: it's light sarcasm people. Kinda like the comment "The post office had to change the reference of 'mailman' because it was considered sexist. Henceforth they will be referred to as a 'personman'." | ||
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Mawi
Sweden4365 Posts
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Avalain
Canada308 Posts
On March 31 2012 02:07 Mrvoodoochild1 wrote: Calling a black person black is not racist at all. I think what people are suggesting is that calling Koreans good at SC2 simply because they are Korea is racist. When you sterotype and discriminate then you are being racist. I really wanted to disagree with you but the furthest I could go is that stereotyping by itself isn't racism. The discrimination issue, though, is sort of creeping up where people seem to dislike the player simply because he's Korean. A good question is if people would be complaining as much if it was someone like Macsed that was picked up? He's good, but AFAIK he puts out very little content and so people really don't know him. He isn't someone that we as a community feel familiar about and can cheer for. A lot of how a person becomes a fan of a player is if they can attribute similarities to them. This means people will cheer for players that play the same race, or come from the same country, or even just display qualities that the person admires (like winning, or being friendly, or creative, etc). So the problem is not really that the player is a Korean as much as that the player isn't necessarily someone who the fans can associate with as much as other players. After all, most people on TL can identify themselves as "foreigners". He can (and already does) have fans despite this, it's just that there will be less people than if he was, say, a top up-coming European player. | ||
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SovSov
United States755 Posts
On March 31 2012 02:31 GloPikkle wrote: Just because it's a positive attribute, doesn't mean it's not detrimental overall. In Japan, people think Koreans are good at sports and music. As a result, they are discriminated against in corporate recruiting. Pretty much mirrors what happens in America with African-Americans. It probably drives you nuts because you don't understand any of it and therefore blow it off as not important. Taeja fighting! Korea has the highest talent pool. When people say "Koreans own at SC2" they refer to the top players who's skill level is rarely matched by people outside of Korea. How is that racist? It is fact. Before you know it calling Manchester United the best football team will be considered "racist" because we're "stereotyping" the skill level of all the players on their team and their expected results. On the flip side, how come no one bothers to point out how "racist" it is to call America terrible at football? Oh yeah, because not everyone is an over-sensitive new generation baby who ignores facts and reality like we have here. While it is not racist since it doesn't deal with race, it is the same exact idea: People getting offended over generalizations and facts. There is nothing wrong with cheering for David, who they can identitfy with, over the Goliath. This is human nature. | ||
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Mikelius
Germany517 Posts
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Mrvoodoochild1
United States1439 Posts
On March 31 2012 06:34 Mikelius wrote: I just (finally) watched the GSL matches from Thursday, and I gotta say, Taeja blew my mind. After every "bad" engagement he still either narrowed the supply count or was by some sort of hellish covenant ahead in army/economy. How in the fuck did he manage to pull that off?! This thread is about racism buddy NOT about celebrating the skill of Taeja or liquid picking him up. | ||
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SovSov
United States755 Posts
On March 31 2012 06:39 Mrvoodoochild1 wrote: This thread is about racism buddy NOT about celebrating the skill of Taeja or liquid picking him up. Not very funny considering your ironic humor just makes you a hypocrite. | ||
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Qnfauf
United States17 Posts
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Rafael
Venezuela182 Posts
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LarJarsE
United States1378 Posts
On March 29 2012 06:04 Art_of_Kill wrote: gl i guess lol wut? way apathetic GG TL! | ||
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enigamI
Canada385 Posts
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