Comments on: Korea to allow biracial police officers http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/24/korea-to-allow-biracial-police-officers/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:01:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Brad http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/24/korea-to-allow-biracial-police-officers/#comment-8325 Brad Sun, 28 May 2006 22:22:51 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/24/korea-to-allow-biracial-police-officers/#comment-8325 Gatamala: I hope that the Koreans would be smart about their placement. Given the racism that exists still in the U.S. police departments around the country, I don't envy the mixed-race Korean officers. Gatamala:

I hope that the Koreans would be smart about their placement. Given the racism that exists still in the U.S. police departments around the country, I don’t envy the mixed-race Korean officers.

]]> By: gatamala http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/24/korea-to-allow-biracial-police-officers/#comment-7731 gatamala Wed, 24 May 2006 18:20:20 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/24/korea-to-allow-biracial-police-officers/#comment-7731 OPERATION HUMAN SHIELD? HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA When they say mixed, who are they talking about? So if someone is part Korean/ part Black American they get posted to an area where there is a large Chinese population? Huh? Will language skills matter or do they just need mixed people to bear the brunt of state anger??? Do they have the opportunity for advancement or other positions? Or is it just the riot goons???? OPERATION HUMAN SHIELD? HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

When they say mixed, who are they talking about? So if someone is part Korean/ part Black American they get posted to an area where there is a large Chinese population? Huh? Will language skills matter or do they just need mixed people to bear the brunt of state anger??? Do they have the opportunity for advancement or other positions? Or is it just the riot goons????

]]> By: Lyonside http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/24/korea-to-allow-biracial-police-officers/#comment-7718 Lyonside Wed, 24 May 2006 11:23:05 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/24/korea-to-allow-biracial-police-officers/#comment-7718 My biggest question is how long S. Korea has had these ideas ready to roll out - it seems like a lot of change very soon (too soon, I suspect, to be tied to Ward, bless him). Total speculation, but I wonder if the government was waiting for the right time to start integrating mixed Koreans in these ways and the national conversation over Ward Hines made it possible? It may also be in part that as the world attention is on the Korean peninsula, S. Korea may see these changes as yet more ways to differentiate themselves from N. Korea... Whatever the reason, I hope it works. I fear for a backlash as social conservatives (as they will everywhere) cry "TOO much, too soon." My biggest question is how long S. Korea has had these ideas ready to roll out - it seems like a lot of change very soon (too soon, I suspect, to be tied to Ward, bless him). Total speculation, but I wonder if the government was waiting for the right time to start integrating mixed Koreans in these ways and the national conversation over Ward Hines made it possible?

It may also be in part that as the world attention is on the Korean peninsula, S. Korea may see these changes as yet more ways to differentiate themselves from N. Korea…

Whatever the reason, I hope it works. I fear for a backlash as social conservatives (as they will everywhere) cry “TOO much, too soon.”

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