Current Events > This 16 y/o Black Kid faces country wide RACISM in SOUTH KOREA!!

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South Korea's first black model is a rising star in the country and ranks of the fashion world..but he's not so welcomed there as he faced widespread RACISM!!

16 y/o Han Hyun-Min is a star on the catwalks but his agent knew that making him a model in an ethnically homogenous country will be difficult..but he's becoming a regular and appears on glossy magazines but suffers the legacy of discrimination against "mixed blood" Koreans!!

His agent, Youn Bum said "A Dark skinned fashion model like Han was unheard of in South Korea, so recruiting him was a big gamble."

South Korea has for years tried to set itself as a modern, sophisicated and tech savvy nation whose pop culture has made popularized across Asia and even North America..but behind this advanced nation, it has deeply rooted racism even as immigrants are propping up making up 4% of the populatioin.

Han said "When i was playing with other kids at school, some mothers whisked them away from me, saying things like Don't Play with a kid like that"

He has a nigerian father and korean mother and was regularly stared at in Public with one woman asking what he was doing in someone elses' country..

But he found his passion in fashion taking part in modelling auditions and photing his photos on social media until someone spotted him. Youn Bum contacted him and asked him to demonstrate his "stride" and was blown away and signed him up immedidateely which has helped his confidence.

At first many magazines didn't want him because they didnt' do "dark skinned" models unless they were White, Blued and Blonde haired models..

But others found his look unique and charismatic and took him in as he had a good combination of both Asian models and Western Models

A government survey showed that 25% of South Koreans do not want a foreigner as a neighbor, far higher than 5.6% in the US and 10.5% in China.

The south has a growing number of foreign and multiracial figures..but almost all are Caucasians whose looks are favoured because they are deemed "beautiful" where the fashion industry and media has pushed a narrative that caucasian people are "perfect"
Han wants to become a role model for multiracial children but wants to be successful not for himself but for others like him whom he wants to represent.

Do you think it's true that the fashion industry/media pushes the narrative that Caucasian people are the most "beautiful"?

Han -

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Racism in East Asia?? You don't say!
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