I don’t really know what’s going on these days. U-rim’s brother told her that her parents were going to kill themselves because of me and he was demanding that she stop seeing me. These are the same parents that refer to me as “양놈” a word that is roughly the Korean equivalent of “nigger,” only directed towards white people (though “양놈” could techincally refer to any westerner).
So I was having a dilema. Here I was in a relationship with a girl who’s parents will never like me based on my race, language, and country of origin. Nothing I could do will change their opinion of me. Using “Korean Logic” (I know no such thing truly exists) the only way I could make them like me would be to break up with U-rim, but I love my honey, and couldn’t do this, so I settled for telling her I hated her brother and thought that he was a “fucking racist cock sucker,” and was “acting like a bitch-ass baby.” I went on to tell her that using “my parents are Korean,” as an excuse for racist behavior is weak as a 79 pound boxer. My parents are American, my girlfriend is Korean, they don’t call her a gook or a fuckin’ slanted eye whore or even worse, “Chinese.”
And there’s my scene…
I love my honey, and she loves me, but her family is getting all up in our business. I understand that there are cultural differences, but they know nothing of my culture, only that I’m white…which is reason enough to hate me. Forget the fact that I live in Korea, speak Korean, eat Korean food, and hate George Bush…I’m white so I’m not alright…however if I was named 강용빈 and was an alcoholic college drop-out from Busan who drove a garbage truck and spent all my money on soju and beat up women, her parents would be down with me.
God I love the logic of this country…
