my guess is that 2ndML told DoHee he had an strawberry allergy so she would feel sorry for him and coaxed her into a relationship with him and he was in therapy but the advice the homeless man/senior doctor gave him was not to 2ndML's liking so he falsified a report on the doctor and that anonymous patient was actually himself.
most actions by the ML make sense when you realize he has the "too much" gene. too much money, too entitled, too idealistic, too romantic, too sacrificing, too annoying, too jealous, too handsome, too innocent, too loud, too much complaining, too unreflected, too cute.
I'm really intrigued by the homeless man's story. their romance is super cute and I'm so glad his family is not dead like we all assumed . I guess the FL's ex wrote a faulty report on him which lead to the destruction of his career and family.
She's super interesting and extremely beautiful, but in real life everything about her would be super creepy and red flags all over the place. I wonder sometimes how dangerous people can be this mesmerizing.
She's super interesting and extremely beautiful, but in real life everything about her would be super creepy and red flags all over the place. I wonder sometimes how dangerous people can be this mesmerizing.
I really wonder how I finished this, because sadly I was kinda suffering through it. The leads had nice chemistry, but the plot was just too much and the characters were really all very annoying. I guess what I disliked the most, was that the FL came across as very dumb, though she really wasn't. Therefore the ML really underestimated her most of the time, and somehow other than become his weakness, she really had no real business. She was there and did her thing, and though you couldn't just simply erase her character, it still felt like she was very unimportant.
The problem is that Black people have been ridiculed for their natural hair and their hairstyles for 400 years.…
Dreads were apparently worn by a lot of different cultures, most would agree they originated from Egypt because there they discovered the earliest findings. However, it's not only about ownership, it's about identity. If more cultures independently invented dreads by themselves, why shouldn't just everybody be able wear them. That's your point, right? Even if that's the case, who claimed the style for themselves first, because it was detrimental to their identity? Who do the majority of people think of when they see dreads? And who suffers the most while just living part of their own culture? Like I said, if black culture was appreciated instead of appropriated, probably nobody would mind sharing at all.
The problem is that Black people have been ridiculed for their natural hair and their hairstyles for 400 years.…
I would welcome the idea when Black people are accepted for it first. Tattoos aren't cultural heritage of any culture or race, that's why it's allowed for anybody. There have been a lot of cultures who did their own kind of skin painting and engraving. Imagine your family having invented a recipe and someone comes into your home tries it, dislikes it and then goes on and opens a thriving restaurant with your recipe. Now you and your family thing, well that's nice we can open up our own restaurant since we're suffering in poverty and this can help us out of it. However, the people that came into your home do not acknowledge where they got it from, they changed the name and changed the recipe to their liking, but they also hinder you open up your recipe. More and more families open up a restaurant of your recipe and benefitting from it, but every time your family tries to do the same the others keep telling you that it's disgusting and it stinks and slowly you realize, that it's not the recipe they dislike, what they don't like is that it's served by your family.
Yes, but here is the thing. Even in the show, JCW explicitly tells KYJ that he is 100% Korean. So he is not black,…
It's very easy to find the answer to why it's appropriation. Dreads have always been part of African culture but on Black people they are considered as nasty, unprofessional and whatever. Hairstyles in most of African cultures have significant meanings for their culture, wealth and status, for African-Americans braids for example were used to free themselves from the slave masters. I don't understand how your analogy refers to my comment. Genetics is a whole other thing, you can look like whatever and be still 100% your ethnicity. However, that doesn't take away from the problem of how people what look 100% their race are portrayed by the others. The problem lies especially in the fact that the character is not supposed to be Black, than why does he look like that? It's not only his skin color, because of course Koreans can be dark, there are Black Koreans too. The problem lies with the combination of all the things they decided to dress up the character. The drama made it clear that the character is 100% Korean, that could mean he can still be Black, yes, but by empathizing that he is indeed 100% they tell the viewers 100% means he is 100% not black, because in their ideology you can't possibly be both.
I'm close to dropping this for the plain ignorance and the gaslighting of a lot of people who watch this. "you…
I don't even expect anybody to not watch this or to not enjoy this, I'm just expecting everybody to acknowledge the issue and to not tell Black people they are sensitive for criticizing a problem they are forced to suffer from for 400 years.
Question, I have been posting a myriad of comments on how I do not think dreadlocks are racist. However, my view…
The problem is that Black people have been ridiculed for their natural hair and their hairstyles for 400 years. Until this day Black people get fired for just wearing and styling their hair. It is appropriation because non-black people can just chose to wear these styles (dreads, box braids, cornrows, etc.) and still don't face the same discrimination that Black people have for the say. If say a White guy wears dreads it's hippie culture, if a Black guy wears it then suddenly he is a thug, has bad hygiene and/or is dangerous. Those hairstyles have been always been part of African culture, it's their heritage, an accessory to represent cultures, wealth and status. Instead of appreciating those on Black people, we are kept being told our hair and hairstyles are ugly, being told that our hair is difficult to wash therefore we're dirty and we stink. And while Black people still suffer for the fashion and self-expression they invented for themselves, non-black people started to suddenly adapt/steal those styles because suddenly they liked it - on themselves, but not on Black people. Black people don't get any credit for it, people just think it's natural for anybody to do what they want, and ignore that it's Black people that can't.
I'm close to dropping this for the plain ignorance and the gaslighting of a lot of people who watch this. "you should just go and watch Western shows" - is just a slap in the face of every Black Korean to exist because you're just telling them to fu**ing suffer from racism in their own country. "Koreans can have darker complexion" - duh, maybe you've heard of Black Koreans as well? Acting like this portrayal is not an issue is also just ignoring all your favorite oppas and biases with a darker complexion because if SK has a really big colorism problem too. "Hygiene has nothing to do with race" - educate yourself on black stereotypes, that's all I'm gonna say. "SK is behind those issues" - and? what's the point? if they won't get critcized the issue won't see any improvement. "Dreads are not only for Black people, hippies wear them too" - yes, they do wear them and that's also racist. if you don't know why, then maybe you should educate yourself on on appropriation.
I wish people wouldn't act like the best friend character wasn't a racial stereotype of black people. It is super racist. I'm still watching this, while being fully aware of how problematic this is, why can't you? what kind of googles can someone wear, that make them not see the problems? in what kind of uninformed and ignorant world can someone live to actually believe that it wasn't intentional ?????
I spoilt myself so now I don't wanna watch anymore, I disliked the plot already and now there really isn't anything for me to look forward to, however I love Kim So Hyun and I'm determined to watch this solely for her.
too much money, too entitled, too idealistic, too romantic, too sacrificing, too annoying, too jealous, too handsome, too innocent, too loud, too much complaining, too unreflected, too cute.
I wonder sometimes how dangerous people can be this mesmerizing.
I wonder sometimes how dangerous people can be this mesmerizing.
The leads had nice chemistry, but the plot was just too much and the characters were really all very annoying. I guess what I disliked the most, was that the FL came across as very dumb, though she really wasn't. Therefore the ML really underestimated her most of the time, and somehow other than become his weakness, she really had no real business. She was there and did her thing, and though you couldn't just simply erase her character, it still felt like she was very unimportant.
However, it's not only about ownership, it's about identity. If more cultures independently invented dreads by themselves, why shouldn't just everybody be able wear them. That's your point, right?
Even if that's the case, who claimed the style for themselves first, because it was detrimental to their identity? Who do the majority of people think of when they see dreads? And who suffers the most while just living part of their own culture?
Like I said, if black culture was appreciated instead of appropriated, probably nobody would mind sharing at all.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41819017?seq=1
https://newrepublic.com/article/94827/why-police-are-bad-at-racial-profiling
https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/Media-Impact-onLives-of-Black-Men-and-Boys-OppAgenda.pdf
https://qz.com/africa/1215070/black-hair-myths-from-slavery-to-colonialism-school-rules-and-good-hair/
https://www.naacpldf.org/wp-content/uploads/LDF-Primer-on-Hair-Discrimination-Resources-FINAL.pdf
I did not really read all of them, but you'll probably find your answer here.
Imagine your family having invented a recipe and someone comes into your home tries it, dislikes it and then goes on and opens a thriving restaurant with your recipe. Now you and your family thing, well that's nice we can open up our own restaurant since we're suffering in poverty and this can help us out of it.
However, the people that came into your home do not acknowledge where they got it from, they changed the name and changed the recipe to their liking, but they also hinder you open up your recipe. More and more families open up a restaurant of your recipe and benefitting from it, but every time your family tries to do the same the others keep telling you that it's disgusting and it stinks and slowly you realize, that it's not the recipe they dislike, what they don't like is that it's served by your family.
I don't understand how your analogy refers to my comment. Genetics is a whole other thing, you can look like whatever and be still 100% your ethnicity. However, that doesn't take away from the problem of how people what look 100% their race are portrayed by the others.
The problem lies especially in the fact that the character is not supposed to be Black, than why does he look like that? It's not only his skin color, because of course Koreans can be dark, there are Black Koreans too. The problem lies with the combination of all the things they decided to dress up the character.
The drama made it clear that the character is 100% Korean, that could mean he can still be Black, yes, but by empathizing that he is indeed 100% they tell the viewers 100% means he is 100% not black, because in their ideology you can't possibly be both.
Those hairstyles have been always been part of African culture, it's their heritage, an accessory to represent cultures, wealth and status. Instead of appreciating those on Black people, we are kept being told our hair and hairstyles are ugly, being told that our hair is difficult to wash therefore we're dirty and we stink.
And while Black people still suffer for the fashion and self-expression they invented for themselves, non-black people started to suddenly adapt/steal those styles because suddenly they liked it - on themselves, but not on Black people.
Black people don't get any credit for it, people just think it's natural for anybody to do what they want, and ignore that it's Black people that can't.
"you should just go and watch Western shows" - is just a slap in the face of every Black Korean to exist because you're just telling them to fu**ing suffer from racism in their own country.
"Koreans can have darker complexion" - duh, maybe you've heard of Black Koreans as well? Acting like this portrayal is not an issue is also just ignoring all your favorite oppas and biases with a darker complexion because if SK has a really big colorism problem too.
"Hygiene has nothing to do with race" - educate yourself on black stereotypes, that's all I'm gonna say.
"SK is behind those issues" - and? what's the point? if they won't get critcized the issue won't see any improvement.
"Dreads are not only for Black people, hippies wear them too" - yes, they do wear them and that's also racist. if you don't know why, then maybe you should educate yourself on on appropriation.
I'm still watching this, while being fully aware of how problematic this is, why can't you?
what kind of googles can someone wear, that make them not see the problems? in what kind of uninformed and ignorant world can someone live to actually believe that it wasn't intentional ?????