You registered today just to insult us kdrama fans like we cannot see what koreans do wrong? You are the wrong…
Whew you're lucky I got time today because you see, we now have access to water thanks to the thousands of wells built, so I have the energy to type up a long a** comment. 1. It IS a stereotype because we've seen this done BEFORE -- like a hundred times -- and because it's oversimplifying an entire continent to: lacks water and needs foreign saviour. 2. Depicting this on TV without any nuance only encourages racists who use the "Africa lacks water" as a punchline to enforce their racial superiority. 3. It also helps people take advantage of others' goodwill. Because at this moment NGOs in Africa have become ATMs. I might even go to SK now and start asking for funding to "build a well in poor Africa" because clearly they don't know better. 4. The build wells projects was "trendy" in the late 90s and early 2000s. Check your calendar, it's 2022. Even then I've yet to see one built in my district or districts where my extended family resides. So, according to you, my family and I may not be living the "real African life." 5. If you insist on a "real" depiction of SKorea in Africa, I'd have a better time believing it if the SKs were doing Christian Missionary work or were foreign exchange students or teaching Korean or diplomats, because it's how I know SKs in my country. 6. If you insist on a "real" depiction of East Asians in Africa then they'd mainly talk about them doing road and train projects or real estate projects or energy projects because that's what they do in most African countries, but an NGO for building wells ? Sounds like it's appropriating the white saviour narrative. 7. If you insist on a "real" depiction of NGOs in Africa then you'd know that they higher locals to do the technical and physical work because foreigners only occupy the high ranking jobs. In other words, all they'd do is cut a ribbon. But then if you were to do that, be real, you'd have to talk about the mismanagement of funds and how most of it goes to their salaries and inflating real estate prices... 8. And according to your comments, Africa suffering and cheering on foreign saviours is the only correct and "real" way to portray us, completely ignoring how diverse and resilient the continent is. 9. Genuinely, I see foreigners being worked up about Africa lacking water and being poor than Africans themselves. No for real, like, sit down. 10. Also if you insist on portraying Africa as a suffering continent I assure you access to water wouldn't top the list. You'd know this if you actually consumed African media. 11. But I know you're determined to have a narrow scope of Africa so please don't let me stop you.
DanYok was so satisfying, I couldn't stop smiling. And the way Sean met White's eyes from across *sigh*
Aside from that. I just want to thank the writers for not going with the whole "anarchy" idea in order to bring change like *ahem* Joker. They're being thoughtful in how they're approaching the Tawi conglomerate --- i.e acknowledging that the working class (often the poorest) will lose work when big companies are "attacked" and become even more disadvantaged. It's something that gets overlooked often.
I'm happy they are presenting the idea of change to the people, and letting them take part in making a difference through social media hashtags, protests, petitions and giving platforms to activist groups. This world is so big, it takes all of us to bring meaningful change.
Like, I love superheroes but oftentimes they do what *they* think is best for the people, but don't give the people a chance to decide how they want to approach a problem. It always reminds me of those coups in some developing nations that no one asked for.
For a first episode I didn't feel a wow factor to make me excited for the rest of the series, but I'll keep watching for Gawin and maybe it'll get better. Though as people said, I wish we didn't know Theo and Akk were endgame from episode one.
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1. It IS a stereotype because we've seen this done BEFORE -- like a hundred times -- and because it's oversimplifying an entire continent to: lacks water and needs foreign saviour.
2. Depicting this on TV without any nuance only encourages racists who use the "Africa lacks water" as a punchline to enforce their racial superiority.
3. It also helps people take advantage of others' goodwill. Because at this moment NGOs in Africa have become ATMs. I might even go to SK now and start asking for funding to "build a well in poor Africa" because clearly they don't know better.
4. The build wells projects was "trendy" in the late 90s and early 2000s. Check your calendar, it's 2022. Even then I've yet to see one built in my district or districts where my extended family resides. So, according to you, my family and I may not be living the "real African life."
5. If you insist on a "real" depiction of SKorea in Africa, I'd have a better time believing it if the SKs were doing Christian Missionary work or were foreign exchange students or teaching Korean or diplomats, because it's how I know SKs in my country.
6. If you insist on a "real" depiction of East Asians in Africa then they'd mainly talk about them doing road and train projects or real estate projects or energy projects because that's what they do in most African countries, but an NGO for building wells ? Sounds like it's appropriating the white saviour narrative.
7. If you insist on a "real" depiction of NGOs in Africa then you'd know that they higher locals to do the technical and physical work because foreigners only occupy the high ranking jobs. In other words, all they'd do is cut a ribbon. But then if you were to do that, be real, you'd have to talk about the mismanagement of funds and how most of it goes to their salaries and inflating real estate prices...
8. And according to your comments, Africa suffering and cheering on foreign saviours is the only correct and "real" way to portray us, completely ignoring how diverse and resilient the continent is.
9. Genuinely, I see foreigners being worked up about Africa lacking water and being poor than Africans themselves. No for real, like, sit down.
10. Also if you insist on portraying Africa as a suffering continent I assure you access to water wouldn't top the list. You'd know this if you actually consumed African media.
11. But I know you're determined to have a narrow scope of Africa so please don't let me stop you.
Aside from that. I just want to thank the writers for not going with the whole "anarchy" idea in order to bring change like *ahem* Joker. They're being thoughtful in how they're approaching the Tawi conglomerate --- i.e acknowledging that the working class (often the poorest) will lose work when big companies are "attacked" and become even more disadvantaged. It's something that gets overlooked often.
I'm happy they are presenting the idea of change to the people, and letting them take part in making a difference through social media hashtags, protests, petitions and giving platforms to activist groups. This world is so big, it takes all of us to bring meaningful change.
Like, I love superheroes but oftentimes they do what *they* think is best for the people, but don't give the people a chance to decide how they want to approach a problem. It always reminds me of those coups in some developing nations that no one asked for.
I'm curious how they'll handle Tawi in the end.