Should Korean-Americans Feel Threatened By A Trump Presidency?
Even the Korea Times is jumping on the bandwagon that Trump won the US Presidential election because America is filled with white racists:
In disbelief and denial, people fear how their lives may or may not be impacted under a leader who has constantly been labeled a racist and sexist throughout a divisive and ugly campaign.
But for many Korean-Americans, the uncertainty runs even deeper.
”We’re talking about a man who has been hating on immigrants, not to mention criticizing South Korea as ‘free-riders,”’ says Michael Kim, 26, one of many younger generation Korean-Americans who have teamed up to campaign for Trump’s defeated Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton in California, a liberal stronghold. ”These two factors alone can’t be good for all of us Koreans who live in the U.S.”
Korean-American political observers say never in recent history have so many Koreans been unified against one single candidate.
According to a recent poll, 63 percent of eligible Korean-American voters said they would vote for Clinton, while only 10 percent backed Trump.
”The reason is simple,” says Lisa Kim, 42, a member of the Korean American Coalition in New York, a non-partisan community advocacy organization. ”People are feeling threatened by this new and emerging political force who has awaken a movement of white nationalists.”
Life in America under Trump’s leadership, Kim says, is likely to be tougher for Asians and other minorities.
”Racism is one of the biggest concerns we’re facing,” she said, stressing that this election has exposed a surprising depth of underlying racism deeply planted in the American society. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link, but I fully expect more articles like this from the media as well as complaints about the Electoral College system in an attempt to delegitimize Trump before he even takes over the Presidency.
I read what these people are saying and just shake my head and say they oh so desperately need a life based in reality. Where do you even begin to break down this idiocy? Trump says South Korea needs to pay more to support USFK – and Michael Kim somehow stretches that to mean life for Korean-Americans in the US is going to become harder? And Lisa Kim thinks Trump has awakened a white nationalist movement that’s deeply planted in American society. Just who are these evil white nationalists who’ve been awakened by Trump — the small-town, blue collar whites who are largely responsible for getting Trump elected?
If you are inAmerica illegally, get out.
Complete B S the liberals are trying to make him some kind of villain. Trump will be good for America and the world. Trump wants fair and balanced for all. The Korean people should have no fear of president Trump.
First I want to say Happy Veterans Day to all my fellow veterans out there!
Second, over-entitled, whiny, millennials do not impress me. As Colonel Sherman T. Potter (M*A*S*H) used to say “Horse hockey!”
”Racism is one of the biggest concerns we’re facing”
Yes, you are particularly Ms. Kim; every time you look in the mirror as indicated by generalizing America’s decision not to let arguably the worst candidate to ever make it to the finals run the country as a “movement of white nationalists”.
And to Mr. Kim (tf with the Kims…) who said “all of us Koreans who live in the U.S.”; well which is it? Are you a Korean or an American? If you’re a real Korean then mind your business, this isn’t your country, don’t you have mandatory service to get back home to? If you’re an American then stop calling yourself Korean or Korean-American. These f’ing people who bitch about being a minority who also at the same time self-label themselves as such really annoy me.
My wife, a naturalized citizen from South Korea talked me into voting for Trump. These fake “Kims” are just butthurt snowflakes who probably need to stop living off their parents’ money and get real jobs.
Sorry about being so direct. I just hate commie stooges and whingey losers.
”We’re talking about a man who has been hating on immigrants”
And the difference between immigrants and illegal immigrants is…
An immigrant (pertaining to the US) is an American who was born a citizen of somewhere else, moved here, and obtained citizenship via a hefty legal process.
As immigration is a legal process there is no such thing as an illegal immigrant. Closest thing to it would be if you relied on fraudulent info to obtain your citizenship.
There are squatters, trespassers, insurgents, and other types of criminals. That’s what people who’ve overstayed or never had documentation are.
What’s my grade Professor ChickenHead? Will I get to go to the spring dance!?
Yeah my wife similarly leaned towards Trump. For some reason I guess real Koreans don’t see pushing in a horrible candidate just so you can say “We have the first female president! We are awesome, look at us!” is worth what can happen *cough* Pak *cough*…
You left off moochers and looters; but you heart seems to be in the right place…
“And the difference between immigrants and illegal immigrants is…”
About 30 percent of the popular vote.
@Guitard, I agree that these people do not live in reality; they instead live in echo chambers on social media and the mainstream media that causes them to believe things that are untrue about Trump. We saw the same thing with Obama, but I wold not be surprised if the echo chamber issue is even greater with Trump.