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Foreigner, The (2003)
IMDB rating: 2.60
Plot: Jonathon Cold (Steven Seagal) is a freelance agent hired by a mysterious man to deliver a package from France to Germany. The contents of the package remain undisclosed, even between employer and employee, but whatever it contains seems to be attracting a swarm of political corruption, backstabbing bad guys and murder. However, Cold knows he must stay one step ahead of the evil powers at work, whoever they are, no matter what the cost, as it increasingly becomes a game of step on or be stepped on.
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Directors: Oblowitz Michael
Actors: Seagal Steven,Van Gorkum Harry,Pierce Jeffrey,Ryan Max,Augustus Sherman,Raymond Gary,Dunbar Philip,Kowalczyk Grzegorz,Oparei Deobia,Emanuel Grzegorz,Saleta Przemyslaw,Jurewicz Jan,Action,
People in Japan and Korea, how do they feel about African Americans?
I plan on moving to Seoul or Japan one day but I’m not sure if Korean and/or Japanese people are kind towards foreigners (especially African Americans). Can someone please clear this up for me?
Koreans will star at foreigners. example, in a restaurant , if you are not asian they stare at you while eating. Not much in Big cities though, they are generally kind. Japanese people dont care about foriegners because there are so many of them in their country.
TigersPlaySoccerToo | Feb 06, 2010
I lived in Seoul for a month. I was told that they rank people this way. Americans, Koreans, black people. Korea and Japan are different in that the Japanese will always be nice to you. Koreans view you as a "nonperson" if you are a stranger. I almost got pushed down a flight of stairs in a subway station. If Koreans establish a relationship with you, it comes with many obligations. Most Koreans will say they have 1 or 2 friends. Everyone else is an acquaintance. All students in Korea must learn English, and I think there is some resentment over that.
I love Japan and have been there 3 times. I’d choose Japan over Korea any day. As far as I know, they are nice to black people.
Here is some suggested reading. If you email me personally, I have tons of other Asian titles.
Learning to Think Korean: A Guide to Living and Working in Korea… by Robert, L. Kohls
The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Li… by Michael Breen
Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa
Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan (Paperback) by Bruce Feiler Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan
M | Feb 06, 2010
Look treatement is different everywhere you go
But for african americans they get a little hate from us in korea
It all started with the LA riots where both parties were at fault, but you know how it is
You screw with us we hate every single on of you is the korean mentality
And a lot of people may disagree with me
But its true
we koreans have on of the shortest fuses and patience with a race than any other race
JoongHyun | Feb 06, 2010
I am not African American, but as a caucasian I have never come closer to thinking I understood how African Americans sometimes feel in the US, than when I was traveling in Japan. If you get away from the primary tourist areas, people absolutely will stare at you like you escaped your cage at the zoo. And even on the Tokyo subway (which is legendary for being overcrowded) we would often get extra space because the little old ladies would see us enter the car, would look us up and down disapprovingly (and bear in mind that we tend to dress very properly and conservatively), decide there was too great a risk that we were criminals or carried some disease, and would proceed to move to the other end of the car. I can only assume that their reaction would have been at least as strong if we were dark-skinned.
I did not find that to be nearly as much the case in Korea.
David B. | Feb 06, 2010
in korea, there’s a hierarchy as far as foreigners are concerned. white foreigners are at the top of the pecking order. how everyone else (blacks, asian non-korean, latinos etc) falls in after that ,depends on who u ask ,their beliefs and what they’ve encountered or seen.
im filipino-american but at times have been mistaken for mexican and also black (african american). what i’ve noticed is that other than the fact that we’re all foreigners, when i’d get insulted by an ignorant local, the derogatory statement would be harsher for me being a darker skinned foreigner (half-breed or tree climber) compared to a fairer skinned foreigner (big nose, devil eyes).
but at the same time, we’d all get criticized with the same tired insults and stereotypes of foreigners (particularly english teachers) in korea: womanizing korean women groping, fake degree holding, pot toking, going to work drunk, cant get a job in ur home country,get out of here b/c we dont want u here foreigner.
getting a job teaching in a hagwon is a bit trickier for a foreigner of color than a white foreigner (female,blond,blue eyed,slim,north american accent preference). but getting a job at a public school isnt too much of a problem (from what ive heard) as long as u are under 55.
all that said, its really what u make of it. some things i’ve encountered there definetely sucked but it also gives u a thicker skin once u figure things out there.
carlos l | Feb 07, 2010
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