Racism in Korea? In jieuna's discussion: I'm Korean but I do not like Korea. I was especially shocked to read this: Quote "Second, Koreans general mind is rotten. They are racists who think their race is best as I wrote in another thread. They also like to insult about others If you are fat or ugly or have different race." Unquote I had hoped to study abroad in Korea when I'm older however this is a little troubling... I've never had to deal with bullying or racism. I'm a New Zealand Maori with light brown skin (as you can see from my profile pic) so I guess I would stand out a bit... If I were to go to Korea would I be picked on! Is racism really that bad over there? I suppose I've lived a fairly sheltered life so I hadn't given it much thought until now. I asked this question in jieuna's discussion but never got a reply so I hope to hear everyone's opinions on this matter, particularly from the natives of Korea and foreign visitors of Korea. Thank you~ On a side note, "New Zealand Maori" are the natives of New Zealand and in the native tongue New Zealand is actually Aotearoa. In Korean it would be pronounced 아오테아로아 since in the Maori language vowels are pronounced in the same way and we also roll the R. Aotearoa means land of the long white cloud. Most people wouldn't care but I thought I would mention it for anyone that was curious. ^.^v