What's it Like Being Half White In Korea?

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[@AnxMa]

I was hoping that words like 'toxic' and 'racism' are a song of the ugly past but it's good the first person was so honest and open about it. I was so close to visiting South Korea and Japan at one point. I'm a Motion Capture actor and in late 2015 I was in contact with Capcom about the facial likeness role of Leon for the Resident Evil 2 Remake. I failed to mention I also have a voice acting background, in the end I lost the part and I can't forgive myself for wasting such an opportunity. That would've been a real dream come true to work in Japan and visit South Korea.

[@JESUSISLORDforever888]

Thank you for your channel...very interesting. I have watched a FEW Kdramas and have only a little knowledge of Kpop- NOT truly interested in either to be honest. How did you learn Korean? For some reason your personality remind me of the late Don Cornelius ( host of the dance program SOUL TRAIN ). Take care, brother, and keep up the EXCELLENT JOB👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾Aloha🌴🌴from Hawaii🌴🌴🌴✝️🙏🏾👍🏾

[@bbimbetta9171]

I never understood why the parents with mixed kids don’t teach them both languages. It’s such a shame because it’s harder to learn a new language with different alphabet when you’re an adult.

[@randi4321]

I have a mixed family and we are teaching both languages from day one. Books and TV shows in both languages, engagement and exposure daily in both languages. We are so blessed to be able to give our children the gifts of learning multiple languages. The best time to learn is as early as possible.

[@YouGotsTheRabies]

I met a guy who told me his grandparents came from Italy and insisted their kids focus on English in order to "fit in". They abandoned the old country, language, everything. I guess sometimes things happen where people want a new start. But I agree with you. It's advantageous to raise kids in a multi-lingual environment. It gives the kids more opportunities, and the chance to travel and connect with relatives who speak the other language.

[@soraparticle2078]

Totally agreed as a pure korean who have never lived any abroad nor have any foreigner family or friends irl except for just online metabus lmao

[@golgotha3938]

​@@soraparticle2078Chinese lady I know married a westerner and she wanted her kids to just speak English as that's what language their education will be taught in.

[@user-bq7uw5rb2s]

That’s happening to my grandkids. They only speak their mother’s language which is English while me, my son (their father) and all of our family are Hispanics. Its a shame 😢

[@l0rdgreenwood]

The last dude seems suuuper chill haha Great video, always interesting to watch those, keep it up!!

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female don’t like black men

[@CL-em1tk]

I know that racism that the first lady commented. When I came to the US, I went to Silverado middle school in Napa Valley. I was one of two Asians and there were about 5 Hispanics and 1 black and all whites. This was like 1990s. Sick and tired of racism and came down to LA where many Asians here and no discrimination and our family settled down in South Cali.

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

You do understand that racism is common in other countries as well. Like its not just whites xD I think its very racist people put in on one race and it always has to be whites that get hate.

[@annanowak9620]

Racism is everywhere unfortunately. In every country

[@jebbo-c1l]

​@@-_YouMayFind_-why make this comment? Just seems like you're invalidating their experiences of racism

[@christopherguillot9377]

Sorry you had a bad experience. I'm half Korean who grew up in South Louisiana during the 80's and 90's (schools were about 70% white 30% black with other races about nonexistent.) and did experience a bit of racism and often felt isolated at times. I found as I grew older the racism became less and less. About time I was in high school in the late 90's I rarely experienced it anymore. I ended up going to university in L.A. and my experience was I did find a lot of people to be racist but just more sneaky about it. In the south I could tell if someone is racist within a few minutes of meeting them not so much in CA.

[@iskdude9922]

​@@christopherguillot9377thats interesting. Seems the same up here in the midwest as in cali...

[@minnie777]

WOW that guy with the white blazer and shades has got some GREAT STYLE!!! (Half American half Korean guy) PS : LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS.

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female don’t like black men

[@lazvegaz]

He is half Russian, no?

[@naomimeisenheimer1614]

@@lazvegazhe lived in Russia but he said he’s American

[@handcreamcake]

I love them all. I mean Half Korean, Quarter Korean, Korean adoptee, anyone who related with Korea somehow. They are our children regardless of Asian, Black, White race or adoption or anything. Personally I have a soft spot for Korean adoptee especially. I don't know how to describe it properly but I feel kinda sense of guilty to them Korean adoptee. Anyway We should embrace them. We should treat them warm and genuine. We should tell them they are Korean too. I hope they feel comfortable and being accepted as time goes on here. As a local here in Korea I want to say Love you all.

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female don’t like black men

[@hc.04]

As a half Korean myself, I really appreciate you. We need more people like you here in Korea❤

[@handcreamcake]

@@hc.04 Well I wish you guys nothing but the best but this kind of relationship needs mutual respect. I'm pretty sure you know it. There's no one way. So we locals should love you guys and you guys also should love us. I think that is how it works.

[@raphaelsanluis9711]

This is great .

[@sojucocktail]

I'm half Korean and I appreciate your comment a lot. ❤ Thank you. 🙏🏼

[@ahtzirimontejano7874]

I like these videos, I'm hispanic but I'm also part Korean and Japanese.Its very interesting to see people like me and their perspectives as well as them talking about their experiences.

[@wowhuge]

I'm original 😊

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

​​@@wowhuge no you are not. You are just as much mixed DNA-wise as everybody around this world.

[@LeDank2150]

I'm curious about you k explorer. You should do a q & a video, I'm curious about how you learned korean and how long it has been since you learned it

[@ryanasksaround]

also curious about this!

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female don’t like black men

[@mattali4163]

This question has been asked a bunch. I don’t think he will ever answer it. He lives a mysterious / private lifestyle outside of these videos. Good for him, separating work from life!

[@youngsahm03]

It’s nice to see the way K Explorer has clearly thought through and has empathy for the diaspora experience. Came correct with the questions as usual.

[@jeremyconnor8625]

Thank you for posting this and asking these questions! I am also a half white, half Korean American and can identify so strongly with the comments they made, especially the last guy. I just went to Seoul for the first time a month ago, and people did not view me as Korean until I told them that I was mixed. Then they understood and were quite interested and understanding as to why I decided to come to Korea and take Korean classes. I appreciated their curiosity and encouragement to learn more about Korean culture and the Korean language :)

[@inquisitvem6723]

At the end of the day, you’re still an American even if you spoke fluent Korean.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@inquisitvem6723 yeah or whenever ur from

[@guysovereign]

Like in this video, most mixed couples involve an Asian female and that is very sad. It means many Korean males will be single for life.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@guysovereign luckily I’m subscribed to quite a few mixed Korean families and only one has Korean wife

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@guysovereign there’s also quite a few Wasian and Blasian couples at my school and a majority have an Asian boyfriend and only 2-3 vise versa

[@enbyunicorn]

i really appreciate these videos. thank you so much for all the work you do.

[@bUtLUtu]

K explorer really out here making the best interview vids

[@chansoo9339]

The interviewer guy is so polite and accurate . Very cool

[@mkelly4400]

I laughed when the last person you interviewed did this 🫰🏾 😂 it was so funny and cute at the same time. On a serious note it was very interesting to hear the interviewees experiences on being part Korean and what led them to live in Korea.

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female don’t like black men

[@user-cy4tt4pp4s]

This interview is great. I like it, please keep updating

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female don’t like black men

[@HeidiDream]

Love this 🤗 I am half Korean & half nicaraguan, born & raised in the states. There are so many challenges you go through with self -identity + belonging. People don't see you as either Korean or Latina but know there is a mixture. You''re always a bit different from the rest of the family and then outside your family until of course in the late 2000's when the internet really started connecting the globe and educating people on different cultures and then adopting different ways. I don't struggle with identity issues anymore not because people have accepted me but I finally accepted myself and my own knowing that okay I am different and thats okay. (people don't have to accept me & I don't have to force my difference onto the world. It doesn't make anyone evil or the world evil. The only thing that matters is that we accept ourselves fully and get on with the experience of life bringing out the positives of what your life makeup is presenting you with)

[@andrenamink5833]

The term is double liminality. I'm also mixed - It's constantly navigating between two groups at once. Being accepted in both but also thrown out of both at the same time. Hopefully mixed-raced issues get more spotlight in the future :)

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

People should focus more on their personality and their own insecurities instead of their race xD. I never saw race as an issue and I am considered white, maybe its because I never left my homeland and my familu fought for the freedom of this land and fought wars and everything that happened here that make me feel very connected to my country, but also Europeans are mixed european race because in the far far far past there were multiple different human races in Europe that ended up mixing. Our land were once connected to Africa as well. Spain was connected to Morroco. We are also connected to Asia. People just walk through lands. My grandma doesnt look like the typical west European but DNA-wise she is. She is very Western-European. A lot of immigrants come in since years now. Which is sometimes hard because they do change our culture without our permission. Its very different then America which had a complete different road, but here we are only getting diverse since the past 70 years. Maybe even shorter in most villages.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

I’m white latina American but kept forgetting I wasn’t 100% white

[@ryanasksaround]

Hoping one of these days I can interview K Explorer ;) His content is always fantastic and def an inspiration for me

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female don’t like black men

[@illegirl6272]

All the interviewees said their moms were Korean and maybe that was the case before but I think now in most interracial couples, the man is Korean, so that will change.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah out of all the multiracial Korean families I’m subscribed to only 1 has a Korean mom and doesn’t live in Korea. All the others have Korean dads/husbands and live in Korea with their mixed children

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

So it’s slowly starting to change

[@Fartsquad_]

Yeah even being in Korea for the past two months, if there ever is interracial couples that I see, its always the guy that’s Korean. It’s never the girl

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@Fartsquad_ yeah I’m subscribed to many mixed Korean families but only 1 lives in the U.S with her white husband. The rest are non Korean women with Korean husbands who’re living in Korea with their children.

[@pyracurse]

It's better than before, but I still think there are more Korean mom, white dad couples

[@GO-zh8if]

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[@annneyu]

really grateful for this video! i’m also half korean, half russian. most of the things that people said here feel so relatable for me. being the only asian in a little white town is kinda hard:( but now when i meet new people they always confused by my appearance, so i have to explain my background every time. and like yeah, the kpop influence is crazy… i feel like everyone wants to mention bts or to say “saranghae” when i tell them that i’m half korean😓

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

I used to live in a small white American town and there was one Asian girl (half white half Japanese) who kept getting teased and made fun of for liking Kpop

[@rain-ts9fx]

real 😭literally as soon as i tell someone i'm korean they mention kpop

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@rain-ts9fx I really do hate to ask but what’s ur other half?

[@rain-ts9fx]

@@gwenmloveskpopandmore white lol

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@rain-ts9fx oh

[@NaufalPrahaditya]

you're so well and humble when you talk to them. Nice.

[@tigerk5373]

WOW~!! YOU ARE THE ONE! K EXPLORER YOU!! THANK YOU FOR LETTING THE WORLD KNOW KOREA. AND MOST OF ALL, WE WANNA KNOW KNOW ABOUT YOU!!! YOUR KOREANS IS PERFECT! BTW, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION ABOUT KOREAN!!!! INTERVIEWEES AND YOU! ARE TRUELY THE WARRIORS FOR ALL THE PREJUDICE AND RACISM AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE TRUE LOVE IN THE WORLD NOW STARTING FROM KOREA. KEEP IT UP. YOU GOT THE BEST SUPPORTER FROM KOREAN IN THE WORLD.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Frank-sy1po]

Sounds like it has gotten a tad bit better. I'm much older . Back in the 80s I couldn't step into some stores and had to wait outside while my neighborhood friends went in. Love your videos!

[@kauchkauch2272]

Where in Korea? Are you a half Korean?

[@Frank-sy1po]

@@kauchkauch2272 I grew up in Seoul long time ago and lived in 여의도. And yes I'm half Korean. Speak it fluently.

[@cesars267]

I wonder why Koreans discriminate foreigners no matter where they come from. For a society who faced the Korean War and their existence mainly depend on other nations' help, namely the USA, they should be more considerate to expats.

[@user-cnksi223]

@vnolan633 ok kimjong. Keep saying nonsense on internet

[@user-cnksi223]

@@cesars267 Due to Korea's rapid development, In Korea, there are 3 to 4 generations living together who follow a completely different culture at the same time. 1. A generation with the culture and mindset of a pre-modern agricultural country; 2. The generation that achieved industrialization and democratization 3. A generation familiar with the information society 4. The generation born into the automation society Korea accomplished many things in 30 to 40 years that Europe and the United States achieved in a few hundred years and Japan in a hundred years. The Korea of the 1980s is a completely different country from the Korea of today.

[@Locutus]

You're very well spoken and articulate. Very impressed!

[@columbita5627]

respectfully wanted to point out the third guy said "experience the full culture" not food culture in the subtitles.

[@unit4512]

Why does Jerry always have so much drip.... where do you shop for your clothes bro

As a Turkish person i can relate to them somehow. Our lands are pretty multicultural and diverse. Scale is like a whack, you might see asiatic looking person to germanic, slavic, arabic etc. *mediterranean problems* And all of em are speaking the same language (if they are not foreigners) and have the almost the same cultural background. The problem is, we are too "white" for asia and we are too middle-eastern for europe. And it is most likely political. It's like we are stucked our own hell.

@@melc4308 I know right! We are just half of everything. Im glad that you had a great time in here!

[@LaneyEye101]

love the interviewer

[@davehue9517]

I had a school friend who's father was Japanese from Tokyo and mother was from Berlin speaking German...both never tought him japanese or German and spoke English with him growing up....he asked them later, why didn't either of you teach me Japanese or German and they said they thought they'd confuse him and they wanted to speak to each other without him understanding....kids can learn more than parents expect

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

I’m glad my little friend will get to learn Japanese. A long time ago very few parents besides Hispanics didn’t teach their Kids’s their native languages

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

And tbh a lot of people of Japanese decent/diaspora don’t even know Japanese. It was quite rare

[@Utriedit215]

That was really stupid and they robbed him he would’ve been able to get a job anywhere if you can speak three languages you’ll never go broke

[@gunny5040]

채널 주인장님 한국에 사시면서 한국말도 하시고 이런 주제로 사회문제를 다뤄줘서 고맙습니다. 응원합니다!

[@olgas6228]

10 years in Korea, come on, learn Korean

[@2enthusiast4]

Y’all have to remember blood does not define you, you cultural environment does. Her being from small town Iowa, it may have pushed her to be as Americanized as possible because of the hostile environment. Places like that can be very one way minded and that mentality gets solidified. Because of that, the mindset may not be to learn Korean or have no hunger to submerge yourself in the linguistic and macro culture even after 10 years.

[@11.06_aj]

@@2enthusiast4 that’s sad…

[@kimchiwarriorprincess]

Kind of hard to make assumptions like this when we get a short snapshot of their experience. Also a lot of Korean people’s English skills are really good so you have to find a Korean person in Korea who’s English is worse than your Korean and is also willing to practice with you. It can be a challenge. 😮‍💨

[@andromedamessier3176]

@@2enthusiast4I don’t know why you made it sounds sad. That is just how it is. If you are born in Korea for example, you at least need to assimilate. If you don’t, then there will be no common goal as a country. Assimilation doesn’t mean erasing yourself or family culture; you just trying to fit in while keeping some of the og culture in you.

[@user-tg4ww6ke8t]

귀머거리 벙어리 10년

[@catcat8890]

I'm fully korean , my partner is white south american and we live in Europe. We want kinds later but I'm worried about kid's stress, mentality. Also think about teaching korean. This video let me think more seriously.

[@JustAnotherNameYo]

Being biracial can be hard but I feel you have to give your child a connection to both sides in order for them to find a path to feel connected to who they are and will become. I am half black half Latina and I didn't know who I was because who I was depended on the person who saw me as being one or the other or neither. It wasn't until I was out of high school I stopped worrying about not being black enough and not being Latino enough. My daughter went through this a bit too. Her father is half Japanese half white. But I raised her to have strong connections to her Latino black and Japanese sides and not worry about whether she looks like any one race. She looks Asian but would always say she didn't because she felt she didn't look asian enough. We luckily live in New York now so her group of friends are black, asian, Latino and white. It helps to have a community with many races. Your future child will find their connections with your help and those around them. Don't worry too much just always expose your child to all sides of their heritage and they with find their own path their. Expose them to multicultural foods, language, music, entertainment as a way to keep connected if they are not around people from their backgrounds. It helped us when we lived in an area that was one race. Finally learning Spanish helped me and my daughter was always exposed to Spanish and Japanese. She is trying to finally learn and practice speaking now. You got this! 💪🏽

[@catcat8890]

@@JustAnotherNameYo thanks for your kind reply. My partner is Brazilian but his family came from Germany, he has a German family name and both citizenships. As he's born and raised in Brazil, he considers himself as a fully Brazilian, even though his family celebrate German holidays with German traditions. I'm just 100% Korean but in my whole life, I was told my way of thinking is not Korean and I'd better live abroad. In my late 20s finally I moved out. I lived in the states and now live in Germany and of course I cannot fit here or there 100% but I feel more comfortable and happier than when I lived in Korea. This totally my choice so it doesn't matter even if sometimes I feel excluded. But my future kids would be different. Your advice is at this point very helpful. I planned I'm gonna teach Korean because my kids will be born in Germany and German would be the first language. But as you said, it could be better, I show options for them to choose. Your living advice is really understandable and helpful. Thanks again and I hope your kid has no hard time because of asian look.

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

Reason enough to net get biracial children or not live in a country where you are not originally from. This is why a diverse society is not working.

[@101ladii]

Must be hard for the 1st lady to have moved to a whole other country just to be segregated to one area AGAIN. 😢

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female do not like black men

[@stevechoi247]

I Love K Explorer!

[@pinkypilot]

Always enjoy your interviews.

[@ElwynnForest]

Jerry where do you get your clothes, you are so skillful in your fashion. I love watching your style just as much as the interviewees!

[@van.f1087]

@K Explorer great vid. I like hearing about the less-asked questions "Being WHITE and Korean in Korea".

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female do not like black men

[@paulhan7770]

Man, your videos are great! Its great to see many diversity in korea

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female don’t like black men

[@Meowmeowingz]

My child is half Korean so this was an interesting watch

[@zerobaseone_3rdComeback_Aug24]

U can see the stark contrast btw 1st & 3rd people...small town high school educated single parent teen moves to be with foreign mom, internationally educated young man moves to improve his korean language skills... Big difference...

[@chi2om]

They are so many Koreans from or raised in Australia lol. It was even mentioned in the show XO Kitty. Very interesting

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah the actor who played Alex Finnerty (Peter Thurnwalt) is an Korean adoptee irl.

[@sarawinardi6745]

Now that you mentioned it, it’s so true. A lot of the English speaking Kpop idols come Australia and New Zealand

[@user-rc8hn2sq8k]

마지막 분 한국어 말하기 못한다고 하는데 정말 잘하시는데요? 발음이며 어휘며 문법이며 이상한 말이 아예 없음.

[@JESUSISLORDforever888]

South Korea: BEAUTIFUL and very interesting, but THAT can be said about ALL COUNTRIES! Luv this channel❤. Excellent job👍🏾👍🏾✝️🙏🏾🎺🌴Aloha from Hawaii🌴🌴🌴

[@sunbreath]

Парень с микрофоном НЕРЕАЛЬНО КРАСИВЫЙ♥

[@jacobh9487]

I don't know your background, but I'm very impressed with your fluency in Korean as well as English. I detect a slight accent in your English, so you're probably not American. UK maybe? Anyway, very cool. Am Korean American, been here in the states since 12, am an old dude now, rofl.

[@yb5rr]

Loved this!!

[@winsomeleith2896]

I really enjoy your channel.

[@greenalien3857]

Im a mixed race, and asian people are always walking up to me asking for directions in chinese or something, lol and im like of sorry i dont speak Chinese and they are like ohh sorry i thought you were asian. And even tho i have asian ancestry,people would never know because my features are very different than most people. And some times korean or chinese stare at me and i know they are trying to figure out my nationality its so funny.

[@sambailor]

holy shit that girl from Iowa's perspective sounds almost exactly like mine

[@j.han91]

한국 말 다들 잘 하시네. 와아!!

[@sigel81]

you should try interviewing half asian with caucasian mother. that would be way more interesting that’s if you can find any lol all these half asians with asian mothers are so common it’s not even rare

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah I used to live in Arkansas and one of the very few Asians in my school and only Asian graduating with my cousin in 2024 has a white mom instead of Japanese

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Although out of all the multiracial Korean families I watch on YT you won’t believe how many have a Korean mom. Only 1 and they don’t live in Korea either. I feel like it’s just now slowly changing. I repeat. Slowly

[@Luar99]

im half asian with a caucasian mother hehe

[@TimDFSmart]

If you live in Korea yes you should learn Korean lol. Its how it should be if you move to any country, learn the language. I dont at all sympathize with how she feels insulted that they expect her to know Korean after so many years there.

[@allis5870]

This is a very privileged attitude. My family immigrated from a "poor" country to korea. Only my sister and I speak korean well because we had that opportunity to go to school. It takes YEARS of dedicated study compared to learning Spanish or something. The languages are not similar at all. And even speaking korean I can't get a much better than job that my parents lol.

[@ktxtenskz7441]

@@allis5870they’re saying you should at least TRY and learn the basics of the language to have simple conversations (like buying something in a store or ordering food) without a translator if you live there. They didn’t say you have to know it fluently but you should be able to read the basics no matter how different your native language is. Even just as little as reading Hangul and learning key/commonly used words will go a long way when you see them day to day.

[@onlyhappy694]

In America alot of people don't know english so it doesn't surprise me if she doesn't know korean

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah but she’s also from a state with not many Asians where she grew up

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Actually there’s more people that know English than u think. It just depends where u live

[@upthedown1]

I have three American half Korean cousins but they didn't really embrace that part of their ethnicity too much.

[@santoshthapa8398]

Why they didnt?

[@upthedown1]

@@santoshthapa8398 I don't know. Often wondered about that myself. They seemed to be closer to their father who is my uncle.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

⁠@@upthedown1 probably cuz of they don’t get along with the Korean parent cuz she pushed them too hard.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@upthedown1 but it’s common for people of Asian descent in the U.S to not embrace it where there’s not many Asians

[@summerhaze2220]

한국말 잘하는데 왜 못한다고 하시나요? 너무 기준이 높으신 것 같아요. 아주 잘하고 계십니다 ㅎㅎ

[@kirstydunn2177]

It’s crazy that in todays day and age that being of a mixed race is still such a negative thing in some countries… I live in Australia which is very multicultural and the question of someone’s race is the last thing I think of when I meet someone to be honest.

[@Fartsquad_]

It’s a lot easier when you’re in a country where everyone is just an influx of genetic mixtures. But even in the US where there are many separate races and ethnicities with immigrants being only first or second generation, a lot of 50% 50% mixed kids feel like they don’t belong to either of the groups that each of their parents belong to and have stated that it’s isolating and they also have a lot of self identity conflicts growing up

[@kirstydunn2177]

@@remmond3769 agreed it’s still a problem in our country but for where I live and for my friendship group it’s the last thing we think about. My close friendship group alone consists of Arabic, Asian, European and Islander. Sadly I think it will always be an issue as long as humans are around.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah actor and Korean Australian adoptee Peter Thurnwalt said he was grateful to be around other adoptees

[@internetowihusarze]

Can you ask what they think or know about some country? Every single country in one episode.

[@guysovereign]

Like in this video, most mixed couples involve an Asian female and that is very sad. It means many Korean males will be single for life.

[@Moon.J.I]

You don't have to worry, it's a story when Korea was poor, and now Korean men are getting more than 5 times more international marriages.

[@Fartsquad_]

That’s only because of the war and women from poor countries mostly go with foreign men because they think life may be better elsewhere . That’s not the case with Korea anymore, it’s more the case with Ph, Vietnam and Thailand and actually interracial marriages in Korea especially between white men and Korean women are kinda looked down upon. I’ve been there for the past few months and there’s so many couples everywhere but they’re always both Korean. If there ever is a couple of interracial couples that I’ve seen, it’s always a Korean guy with a foreigner

[@cjpark3001]

무엇보다 자신감믈 가지세요!!! 2개국가의 문화를 즐기세요. 한국도 점점 다양헌 사람들이 살아가고 있습니다.

[@cel5365]

6:58 I think he said full rather than food, also with the American girl I think you missed a not when she was talking about being wanted

[@mydogisbailey]

Ur Korean sounds so Afro American bro haha, keep it up it’s cool!

[@alain2467]

Gay

[@MobileLegend-cb5kq]

They could be Pan or Bi thoo.@@alain2467

[@sunvavachi]

The last guy is really cute!

[@fundash5124]

I believe that individuals who are mixed feel like outcasts because of various factors such as the country they were born in and/or how they were raised by their parents.

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female do not like black men

[@keepwondering_]

Yeh can confirm, half Dutch half Indonesian, thanks to the dutch colonial past. I never felt a complete dutch person but neither an indonesian. It’s like you’re looking for your identity your whole life lol

[@sashellwisdom6038]

The interviewer is so attractive, like damn

[@rsuriyop]

Anyone know the background info on that non-Korean host and how he knows Korean so well?

[@nominnmn7439]

I finished by staring at the lips of the guy doing the reporting 😄

[@randagiorosso]

외국에서 장기간 거주할 목적으로 지내는데 그 나라의 언어를 배우려고 노력하지 않는다면 그 나라 사람들이 과연 좋아할까? 🤔 독일에도 정말 많은 외국인들이 살고 있지만 그중에서도 높은 비율을 차지하는 아랍-북아프리카에서 온 사람들은 꽤 많은 경우가 독일어와 현지 문화를 배우는데 그닥 열정을 보이지 않는다.

[@pomegranateemporium]

- Totally irrelevant but the last guy has such a soothing voice 😅 needs to get on those sleep apps telling us a bedtime story 😂

[@nalaa9618]

I am mixed and my boyfriend is Korean. He can´t speak Korean but I want our kids to learn it. I could not understand how parents just refuse to teach other languages that they know to their children....

[@flyguy7825]

Hearing other people from different countries who experience racism people tend to forget and only see racism as one-sided especially when it comes to what people who are look at as black Americans but people who are mixed depending upon where they come from and their backgrounds they experience racism prejudice just as much as any other community and what'sad is that they probably get it the most from their own community or half of the community that they are a part of which is equally sad.It's kinda Interesting to see other people into hear other people's experience with racism prejudice and what not because it's really not all that much different from other communities.

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female don’t like black men

[@JustAnotherNameYo]

Yes for sure. I am half black half Latino and my daughter's father is half white half Japanese. The 3 of us have experienced racism from our own community and people around us for not looking straight up like one of them other. It can mess with your self worth but luckily we all have strong ties to our heritage, culture and family. That helped keep that love of self, keeping our connections to all sides of us. But man it can be hard.

[@andromedamessier3176]

Humans evolved with group think. The whole globalization only happened for no less than 100 years or so. It is should be expected. I’m not gonna live long enough to see if human can exist as one group or doom anyway.

[@yani674]

I‘m also half white and half korean living in Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female don’t like black men

[@keun-Nik]

How’s your life in Switzerland as a half Korean?

[@yani674]

@@keun-Nik actually very good, sometimes I get treated as a foreigner but it‘s okay

[@ZITR0ENCHEN]

Grüessli us dä Schwiiz 😊

[@doordashh]

0:30 oof... if that was me, id never go back too 😅

[@romnyparra3340]

The first guy looks just like a k-pop Idol, so cute

[@redhare7915]

The man walking by was kinda cute in the girls video the military father😂😂😂😂😋😋😋😋

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female do not like black men

[@novepipps]

The host is gorgeous

[@nasietexx]

Seems in most of the cases the male parent is the white one and the female one the asian.

[@greendro6410]

Yep

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah although I feel like slowly that’s slowly starting to change. Only 1 family I watch on YT out of the multiracial Korean families has a Korean mom

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

What’s even more weird is I used to live in Arkansas and one of the very few Asians in my school and only Asian graduating with my cousin in 2024 has a white mom instead of Japanese

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Also Majoity of the Wasian and Blasian couples at my school have Asian boyfriends. There’s only 2-3 who have Asian girl friends.

[@noribrown9252]

Yes my dad is white and my mom is singaporean

[@peepeepoopoo2973]

Relating to the 1st lass so much, since I grew up here in Sydney, Australia since 1996 and basically lived here for a good 26 years now People here were racist as shit back in the early 2000s, even before knowing about the concept of race, and they didn't sugarcoat anything either And because of that, it made me subconsciously hide my background/cultural identity in order to fit in and assimilate, and it's so weird looking at everything now because of how much interest and attention my culture is getting, when I had to actively and subsciously hide it due to how much shit I used to get for it and was shamed for it throughout my entire childhood and teenage years Still having trouble accepting who I am, let alone where I belong, despite being born in Korea and having 1st gen Korean parents, but living and growing up here all my life

[@annanowak9620]

Unfortunately racism is everywhere. In every country but now we are improving a lot. Now when someone is racist we call them out and evryone is starting to be a better person. Nice

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

I’m so sorry u had to go through this

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@annanowak9620 yep the U.S is still Racist

[@lotusflower3405]

❤in the Netherlands we have only in Rotterdam 175 ethnicities 😅 we are mixed and mingled 😂 The Netherlands is such a small country 😅 but we have more ethnicities then New York 😅 So hopefully some countries learn from the Dutch ❤ Be open be free❤

[@keepwondering_]

Yeh thanks to the VOC

[@jihojio2118]

마지막 홍콩 출신 한국인 ; 귀여워요 ㅋ

[@OpinionatedChicken59]

They look totally Korean, these people are really half white? Wow they don't look even remotely white especially the second guy and the last guy just looks Hispanic.

[@pierceblazer]

Yeah, she looks pretty (Asian) Korean. I don't see how people would know unless she told them. No one can control genetics or anything, but I think of "Eurasian" looking people when they say "American (White) and Asian". Usually the person looks like either or.

[@gumdokim]

I'm a 53 yo half Korean half white (my dad is American white and my mom is Korean) and it wasn't long ago when half-Koreans were shunned.

[@Zoom03352]

shes half korean and has been in korea for 10 years now and is still not good at korean?

[@exo_comeback_please]

yeah and?

[@Zoom03352]

@@exo_comeback_please thats odd

[@Zoom03352]

@@themiddlelayer yeah but she said shes been in korea since 2014

[@fundash5124]

@@themiddlelayer I believe that individuals who are mixed feel like outcasts because of various factors such as the country they were born in and/or how they were raised by their parents.

[@ericsohn5084]

She's young though, well it's on her. It's going to restrict many opportunities

[@protoape]

aaayyy DSM gang

[@andrenamink5833]

2:18 Also being mixed and from Iowa

[@alexjia6214]

The american girl has been in korea for 10 years but she still can't speak korean o_0

[@user-ds7vb1wh3x]

Asian women do not like black men

[@xmochilove]

The second guy looks like Kai but if he was caucasian lol

[@cesars267]

Wassup K ? Amazing interview. It is despicable the fact that the girl from Iowa faced racism back in America for being mixed race. I always say America got their racism from the British and the Nazis got theirs from the British too.

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female don’t like black men

[@gametri-eq6lj]

exactly it be endorsed by the government too so anyone who didn’t think the same was thought of as wrong

[@poopbutt6241]

Where did Korea get there’s?

[@gametri-eq6lj]

@@poopbutt6241 it's from japan

[@annanowak9620]

But in Korea they are racist to? Who should we blame?

[@munkhbatganaa4453]

I like her laugh 🤣😅😅😅😂😂

[@taekyukim2853]

Is there any American mom and korean father ????? Why always korean mom and American dad ..lol

[@mister_manager]

In the past, the majority of visitors to Korea were in the military, and that tended to be male. Thanks to K-dramas and K-Pop, there are far more female visitors than there were just 20 years ago.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

I’m subscribed to a bunch of multiracial Korean families and only 1 doesn’t have Korean father

[@hectororamas7540]

Funny how some people say these guys look "Western" 😂

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

This is often why I say diverse societies dont work. People are never satisfied and have identity crisis or dont feel connected to the country they are in and romantize the country they are not living in but have heritage from there. Its annoying for those that do live in their homeland and see these people hating on the country and complaining even though their parents willingly put them into this situation. No one else is to blame. Diversity isnt helping anyone. People are not happy and feel misplaced. I just want my country to go back the way it was. When most people were people that had their heritage here and understand the culture, heritage and traditions. There also will be no racism and a lot of people victimize themselves constantly because of them being a minority. And you have to imagen these people came in here willingly and then complaining. They werent forced to come. With that the people that lived here suffer under that because the house prices go up and there is lack of housing. So our own children can not find homes.

[@kolsos7209]

Who still know the 2nd guy's Instagram 😭 he looks soo fashionable

[@ishakak147]

What the first girl said - that when she is around Asian people, other think she's white, when she is around foreigners - others think she's Asian. It sounds kind of harsh, like you might feel like you do not belong anywhere.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah it can be hard for mixed Koreans and especially adoptees

[@BC-tw4ig]

hangoreumssik nega boyo. Can somebody translate this in English 🙃

[@cashtro1633]

Tell the dude in white jacket stop capping he is not mixed, half American but grew up in Russia and speaks Korean like a local 😂

[@user-bs3mi3sv4o]

Asian female do not like black men

[@mion61]

He said he only lived in Russia a little and mostly in Central Asia before moving to Korea. He didnt say he grew up solely in Russia

[@wqopw4863]

It seems like the dude doesn't know shit about Koryo-saram

[@anisaco]

He looks mixed though? And he does have a slightly different accent too

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@anisaco yeah he’s half white cause of his dad

[@PumpkinMozie]

Oof, you know in Korea if they say you look Chinese that’s like a subtle insult (and also racist)

[@preetikapathare8026]

i know why we all came here, look at the most replayed lololol

[@GeeHanShin]

Guys just be honest anyone from small town u.s.a its hell of bord thats why you all in korea

[@jennifervaughn1541]

OK, so the 1st young man said that he looks Western. I am white from America. He looks very much Asian to me so I’m just curious as to how he looks western to Koreans

[@mister_manager]

When you grow up around a race, your eye is better attuned to differences in that race, it's why Koreans growing up in Korea can tell each other apart easily but confuse Caucasians for each other, or Nigerians growing up in Nigeria can tell each other apart easily but confuse Asians for each other. The eye naturally looks for certain distinctions. So if you're used to Korean faces and see something out of the norm and it lends itself more to what you believe a Western face to have, you'll see that face as Western compared to the other Korean faces around it.

[@kimchiwarriorprincess]

It’s small facial features, and also probably a slight variation in how he talks too. it’s actually kind of hard to tell with sunglasses on and looking away in the video. His clothing looks very much korean style. Regardless, Half korean typically ‘look white’ to Koreans and ‘look Asian’ to caucasian people. We don’t fit in anywhere but oh well 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Fartsquad_]

kimchiwarriorprincess Tbh he looks like a lot of the Korean guys that I’ve seen in Seoul. Maybe with his glasses off he looks diff? Idk

[@bratzlover501]

He looks central Asian not Korean

[@YouGotsTheRabies]

It's interesting. I'm curious about what people think the term "Half American" means, or what it means to be "American": - American Indians. - Mixed European decent from early European settlers. - African decent from liberated slaves. - Chinese decent from workers brought over for the early railroad efforts. - Immigrants who have arrived from all over the world. - A mixture of all the above. - Anyone who has watched an NHRA event or Monster Jam. - Anyone who has eaten Mac and Cheese.