Writing in The Korea Times, Jason Lim, chief editor of The Korea Policy Review, published out of Harvard’s Kennedy School, also makes the link between the media’s demonization of foreigners (as exemplified in the smear piece put together by Yonhap) and Korea essentially shooting itself in the foot in terms of its effots to develop into a more global and multicultural society. He goes so far as to describe the process as “racist”, which is a strong word, but completely appropriate in this context. When portraying an entire group as essentially and fixedly negative based on the actions of a very few, and for the purposes of social scapegoating, the use of the term “racist” is far from extreme. [HT to Korea Beat]
A must read. Jason’s article is very well written and makes several important points.
Let’s send Mr. Lim thank you notes.
Jason has some very nice pieces in major papers in the U.S. as well. I’m glad he has decided to weigh in on this important issue.