Northernlion's experiences with racism in Korea

[@magicalcapi9148]

"...and take your baldness with you!" Little they knew, they were sending away the greatest e-sport gamer of all time Our gain

[@TakeosNambuGaming]

Okay but can you imagine the anecdotes NL would have from the Normandy Campaign lmao

[@neicu34]

'Yeah so i went to this supermarket in Dresden last year, there wasn't much in it, well... there wasn't much of it either so, well anyway Slash marker SAP 1.'

[@vettufan6711]

'We took the beach, pay the believers'

[@Itsyababyboi]

Hed be on a mortar squad "3 piece natures backspin"

[@DASding148]

On my first day when I was in Japan, we met a tiny really imd man in a park who asked us where we're from. When we told him Germany, he said "Ah, Heil Hitler!" and smiled at us.

[@Tottosmile]

😬

[@jillsandwitch67]

he dont got internet

[@blu0201]

thats fucking hilarious

[@brandonandujar2289]

Very sweet

[@duhotatoday3277]

The "and smiled at us" part is what really makes it hilarious

[@lafiki999]

americans be like "uhh I'm actually canadian"

[@slick3996]

many people are saying this

[@magicalcapi9148]

He didn't say "sorry", not a Canadian

[@WordoftheElderGods]

Eww, nah

[@KRIAJK]

Would still be American.

[@AstroBimpson]

​@@KRIAJKsure but do you actually call Canadians American? Nobody calls anybody from either of the Americas American but people from the US.

[@---rm8do]

I remember when he told the subway story for the first time on an Isaac episode. I was working in a different warehouse then

[@ScarletVecna]

Monka

[@noahbaden90]

Look how far we've all come.

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

@@noahbaden90 from one warehouse to another

[@Lun4812]

what episode

[@kardrasa]

and now you're working on this sweet little nutt

[@humanaku9135]

the deer crossing lady was 100% trolling i dont want to believe otherwise

[@bungaIowbill]

I am very sure it is not real. She is close to cracking up at e.g. 1:16 and 3:09, and the dialogue is unnatural in a way that is easy to explain if it's a planned joke but hard otherwise

[@1wayroad935]

I went to Quebec to visit family a few years ago and there are some *very* opinionated French Canadians there on what kinds of people should be allowed to step foot in *their* land.

[@joeyjojos5839]

My French friend lives there now and he said they're racist as hell even to him which is weird cause he's literally a white dude from france

[@noodle8259]

I have a friend who moved to quebec for work, his first language is spanish and they are not a fan of hearing that LOL They are definitely not the friendliest to outsiders and brown people for sure 😔

[@cogwheel5979]

its Quebec kinda expected

[@DrGazzy1911]

If you willingly visit Quebec you get what you deserve

[@dylanb2990]

It’s the shithole of Canada after all

[@goauld88]

It's like those videos of dogs barking at each other over the fence but then being quiet when someone opens the fence.

[@tworice]

his 감사합니다 pronunciation is on point you can tell he said it a ton 😭😭

[@TheMasterMakarov]

damn I have been following NL for a fucking long time I heard that story ~7 years ago

[@SourSourSour]

seeing chat not filled ICANT is so weird

[@JasonAtlas]

Wherever there are American military bases there are rules about military personal in establishments. I live in Okinawa and people have been wary of me for a long time. I've been here 20 years now and people know me now but everyone and again I encounter someone new and they are still wary. I kind of understand though cause of what happened here in 95.

[@colinmallery50]

Gotta love how xenophobia is viewed as funny/quirky in Asian countries, if the same stories happened in the rural south people would be up in arms

[@kainewest6308]

Americans have military bases in South Korea and they have a reputation for assault and other crueler acts on civilian populations i think that explains south korean hostility to perceived Americans. Not excusing it just explaining why people feel that way towards North Americans

[@Kelxo-o7]

@@kainewest6308 I don't think that is a fair assumption. I've never heard of that being widespread enough to excuse or explain xenophobia in Korea (or Japan). I think it is simply because those countries are monoethnic with very little migration. They just never had to really address discriminatory laws and/or societal behaviour since the actual discriminated groups have been essentially nonexistent.

[@enotsnavdier6867]

Because white people almost never have to deal with discrimination against them for their skin color. So instead of being all that serious it's just kinda funny.

[@bungaIowbill]

@@kainewest6308 dude every racist perceives the races they dislike as tending to assault/be cruel. especially sexual assault tropes are like the "main reason" for most racists

[@kainewest6308]

@@Kelxo-o7 oh the sexual assault/violence against local populations happen in South Korea and Okinawa in Japan. People protest the bases over there all the time, i'm just explaining why the xenophobia exists other then just pure ethnic distrust and racism

[@justdrop]

Japan's the same way outside of Tokyo. If we didn't travel with someone who was married to a Japanese woman we wouldn't have gotten into some of the clubs and bars. Sometimes we'd go off locally by ourselves and weren't even allowed to eat at restaurants. People romanticize Japan a lot.

[@legion999]

Why would a restaurant not allow tourists in?

[@justdrop]

@@legion999 Look up "no gaijin", the simplest answer is xenophobia

[@nononoleavemebe]

@@justdrop the simplest answer is we firebombed half of their civilians last century and our military occupied them afterwards, the British attempted to colonize all of east Asia and push opium there, etc etc.

[@justdrop]

@@nononoleavemebe Yes, let's ignore Japan nearly wiping out the Australian male population and wiping out entire islands on its push south in favor of your narrative on history. It's extremely simple to make one group look bad if that's your goal. All I was doing was explaining what it's really like in the parts that DIDN'T get bombed, and the experience of this century.

[@nononoleavemebe]

@@justdrop Australia? The British colony established through the same forms of British colonial domination? Not defending Japanese imperialism, (after all, look what they did to the Koreans and Chinese), but they certainly have more of a historical justification for distrust towards westerners than we do towards anyone.

[@IshiiShiro0711]

Wait did the old guy thought he was a GI because he was bald💀

[@cattysplat]

My Indian-English friend who was born and schooled in Britain goes to see his relatives in India for special events. On India independence day, he has to pretend to be American whilst walking around because gang of violent guys go around harassing foreigners trying to find British to beat up and it's completely tolerated by the police, so you have to be extremely careful. Asia does racism on a whole another level that's shocking to Europeans and Americans, especially where colonialism 70+ years ago is still blamed for the problems of today.

[@unlimited8410]

Well it's not absolutely everywhere in Asia, and I think this is mainly from North India and not the south (correct me if I'm wrong), where a lot of BJP hindu supporters are. I've heard they are extremely violent to all minorities, and the stuff the most vocal of them do should be taking headlines here. And when I say they are extremely violent to minorities I mean it, the hindutva ideology was inspired by the Nazis which should be concerning to people that this is even prevalent there.

[@hosung6936]

to be fair most problems do go back to colonialism. That's where the whole term of third world countries come from-it basically created a global divide of nations that exists quite clearly even to this day.

[@czarkusa2018]

The British literally created India by defeating the Mughals for the Hindus, they should bow and when they don't they should be made to.

[@cadig6389]

the deer crossing video is not in description 😭

[@origamista1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHemo32imsyaqKs i think is this video

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

ah i forgor, added it now also here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHemo32imsyaqKs

[@cadig6389]

@@TheLibraryofLetourneau thank you librarian

[@cs82271]

Yep. France was a nightmare. No taxi would pick me up. I saw them look at me and drive away like wtf. And I went to ride a ferry in Nice only for the captain to look directly at me, say "not for you" and shut the gate. I wish I was joking. At least Italy and Spain were great.

[@Cubicthing]

Paris?

[@someguyino]

"France" Well that was your first mistake.

[@zeriel9148]

France has always been a shit hole tbh. Just the rudest most obnoxious people in the world. Some rural places are alright, but the cities are all an easy skip.

[@cs82271]

@@Cubicthing Toulon, Nice, and Corsica

[@CivilizedWasteland]

Based

[@noThankyou-g5c]

I simply refuse to believe that deer crossing video is real. I can't handle it being real.

[@bungaIowbill]

I am very sure it is not real. She is close to cracking up at e.g. 1:16 and 3:09, and the dialogue is unnatural in a way that is easy to explain if it's planned but hard otherwise

[@kamo7293]

I'm distracted by the fact the game includes "potion seller" meme 😂😂😂

[@dann_jr]

We had 2am curfew, so the military police would do cortousy checks to make sure no one was breaks curfew.

[@sporepics]

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE FROM UTAH! The saga continues!

[@santiagowho]

The Train Car: "we choose to side with the screaming racist quietly"

[@justawesome6]

Pretty sure this is the deer crossing sign video kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHemo32imsyaqKs

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Woah KZbin allows in-comment KZbin links nowadays?

[@pip2162]

@@SomeFreakingCactus I could be wrong but I think its a channel dependant thing rather than a youtube thing. Pretty sure bigger channels filter out links because of impersonating bots and the like

[@cozyafternoon7826]

Some places in Europe do that. Mainly cos tourists can get rowdy. Also if you're a local you get discounts because why would a local pay extra for a beach view that they already have at home.

[@wevegottrouble5891]

"Locals" only lol. Local as in look asian.

[@maganashaker167]

Koreans beef with all Asians in case you haven’t heard

[@PinkMonkeyBird]

It's Asia..... What else would that mean?

[@max3446]

Idk about Korea (it's probably the same though) but in Japan at least, looking asian is not going to be enough for those type of places. You'd have to be Japanese born and raised in Japan (to two Japanese parents).

[@Ovenman940]

hell no, Asians are the best at being racist to other Asians

[@Water_Connoisseur]

​@@PinkMonkeyBirdGermans aren't Spanish locals

[@WheelDragon]

3:16 theres a 1500 cheer. What's the ABC pants tip? Any clips on that?

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

don't remember if it got clipped, he was just talking about lululemon pants

[@LazorJunkieninja]

Facepalm. Doesn't he know you can't be racist against bald people?

[@Qulize]

What game is he playing? Edited: It's Tiny Rogue.

[@willnash7907]

When you are deployed in Korea and the Americans start speaking Canadian.

[@nikkovalidor4890]

oh man, theres surely gonna be reasonable people in the comments section where race is a topic. i can't wait to read their non insane opinions

[@tommydonnysalami4716]

Just the way of the internet ig lol, if a topic is about race, politics, or religion, the discorse will always be a war zone.

[@Tinkering902]

When I was in Japan I didn't see any racism except a few times old ladies were openly glaring at me on the subway or bus. Like real stinkeye. (Canadian too btw) There was recently an incident in the news about an American soldier raping and killing a Japanese girl, so it could explain it.

[@hamachibeans4471]

Don’t try to justify it, if an old white lady glares and gives stink eye to a random black man because she saw a black man rape and kill someone in the news, she’s an old racist bitch, there’s no 2 ways about it

[@DoHyunKil]

@@hamachibeans4471 yea I mean I am born in south Korea but raised in Canada and when I go to the rich part of the town I am studying in I get that kinda glare from white locals, young and old (but more often old), esp after the Covid thing happened. This kinda thing it's not uniquely asian and I bet there's these kinda people almost anywhere

[@MyNamesGoGo]

Deer video in description doko? also another reponse he quipped of a my comment made it in pog, i was noticed

[@origamista1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHemo32imsyaqKs maybe is this video

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHemo32imsyaqKs sorry about that

[@MrDonut-mb6ms]

In all fairness “deer crossing” somewhat implies “this is where the deer cross.” I could see how you could get confused and also be stupid and think that you can also move where the deer cross

[@conqueeftador4021]

what game?

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

tiny rogues

[@conqueeftador4021]

thanks

[@noThankyou-g5c]

Is that quick time event from Undertale? Or did Undertale takek that QTE from a different game? Where the "ship" pops up and he has to stop the line in the middle

[@Cheese8un]

Gears of War reload

[@noThankyou-g5c]

@@Cheese8un lmao ok but GoW didn’t have a giant battleship

[@whichisinteresting]

Undertale came out in 2015 and the game here came out in 2022 you do the math

[@noThankyou-g5c]

@@whichisinteresting i dont even know the name of the game sorry. not a nerd

[@bigmac4325]

2:12 NL met the smartest man in the American military

[@theonehitko]

why does this video come up when i search "northernlion lonesome crowded west"? just want to know the guys opinion on the album too many mixed signals.

[@allistair6864]

I know this comment is a year old but he says its his favorite modest mouse album

[@Florassbm]

Thank you librarian.

[@thyred3167]

where's the deer crossing sign video?

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHemo32imsyaqKs

[@infernogott]

He was in North Korea?

[@Annae_xs]

Should give you a vip spot for making sure their country kept existing 😂

[@ThisIsYourGodNow]

look up the death toll of civilians in the korean war by america

[@WasephWastar]

same is japan and china

[@luisdelgado7764]

2:25 Based

[@LightiningHobo]

One of the funniest shit in travelling to asia is white people discovering racism. These stories were great because I wasn't aware of the current level of anti-american sentiment in SK. It comes and goes, usually depending on how hawkish the US is being due to NK.

[@Blaurot]

NO FOREIGNERS? RACIST NO MILITARY PERSONAL? BASED

[@enotsnavdier6867]

True

[@pkphyre8920]

The duality of man

[@juliustheillustrious7727]

Gay

[@SomethingLog]

Lierally 1984

[@lolmenx4]

right of association. I don't see a problem.

[@pollf100]

man could be worse like northko- aghh

[@georgesorin650]

Good

[@treyebillups8602]

The US military should withdraw from Japan and South Korea. We aren’t welcome there and for good reason

[@ParalyzedTortoise]

bro we are the reason south korea even exists today wtf are you on about

[@treyebillups8602]

@@ParalyzedTortoise Nevertheless Korea should not be occupied. And if you compare the South and North Korean militaries you'll notice that nothing NK has even compares to SK. They don't need us anymore

[@ParalyzedTortoise]

@@treyebillups8602 the US military are not occupying south korea - they are there because the north clearly would like to retake the south if they could, and having troops from the US stationed there is a good deterrent for that, amongst other reasons of course. you say NK has nothing that even compares to SK - and technologically that may be true, but the north absolutely has the numbers advantage as well as y'know, nukes. in a potential northern incursion it wouldn't take long for Pyongyang to be in direct artillery range. the entire doctrine of the south korean military is based around the assumption that they'd have direct US military support. I get it's all the rage today to be super anti-US and especially anti military but there are often good reasons why were are where we are.

[@Milkocheerio]

Japan and south Korea need to stop paying the us

[@czarkusa2018]

@@ParalyzedTortoise Why was the south created

[@razumskiy]

if you don't like it. leave.

[@MalikenVonSonne]

Keep your dogshit capitalist hellscape, dogwater country is actually owned by Samsung, women hate living there. West is best

[@mushihimesarna728]

Countries should defend their people and cultural identity.

[@Themrsnappyify]

Imagine

[@colinmallery50]

Cool it with the antisemitic remarks.jpg

[@NarcissistMargarine]

I agree. Every race should keep to themselves and not mix ethnicities. Also just because the west is okay with homosexuality and equal rights for women doesn't mean other places should be, it's their cultural identity to hate people. Is what I would say if I were a headass, like you. There's a stark difference between cultural identity and open xenophobia, if you can't discern that difference your opinion isn't worth hearing.

[@mushihimesarna728]

@@NarcissistMargarine instead of resorting to basic insults, you need to listen to older people. When every country loses their culture and identity, there's no Japan, USA, Nigeria... Only a mess controlled by totalitarian governments and corporations that destroy local businesses. Every country copied and pasted. You'll regret what you are defending in a few years time, and you'll realize you had been played. I suppose you despise every culture, so don't watch anime nor eat foreign food. Erasing thousands of years of history just because you put feelings over reason is not only unwise, but extremely dangerous.

[@suakeli]

You horrible racist xenophobe fascis- oh wait your name doesn't sound white. You're absolutely right.

[@razumskiy]

good.

[@kdash3945]

These koreans sounds based

[@mx338]

It's not rascist to not let tourists in the club, especially US-Americans just don't have manners, so clubs in Berlin for example do it too. Though South-Korea is still racist for sure.

[@ErikPT]

Germans just bitter being forced to have US troops for decades

[@brianmead7556]

Wo im Berlin is das gepasst? Das ist illegal und häßlich.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

i think thats a wild assumption to make on the attitude of a nation of 300 million people, the real reason is specifically US army bases like the ones in berlin and korea have soldiers that cause many problems, which is expected from soldiers

[@jayden7945]

that is by definition racist

[@Isaac-ug4oi]

Good for the Koreans. The rest of the world should take notes.

[@nomorenames7323]

An “Alien Registration Card” sounds like something a Korean dude would need to work on the transcontinental railroad in 1868.

[@propertymanager9149]

daegu isn't korea 😂