Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic

[garbon]

What a strange story. And so little wrote on it...
That being said though I recall going into a convenience shop with my black friend here, the old woman behind the till instantly snapped out of her death like daze and erupted into a barrage of "OMG you are so handsome! Can I touch your hair!". Black folks do cause a stir in Asia.

I think there's a difference between people being excited about hair types they don't often see and a story about people recoiling in terror.

[The Brain]

So she's an ugly woman. BFD.

Unfortunately for a lot folks I talked to in Korea, Black = Ugly.

I like my women white and my politics brown.

[DGuller]

So she's an ugly woman. BFD.

Unfortunately for a lot folks I talked to in Korea, Black = Ugly.

I like my women white and my politics brown.

[Alcibiades]

What a strange story. And so little wrote on it...
That being said though I recall going into a convenience shop with my black friend here, the old woman behind the till instantly snapped out of her death like daze and erupted into a barrage of "OMG you are so handsome! Can I touch your hair!". Black folks do cause a stir in Asia.

It's written, not wrote. Seriously, wtf. English motherfucker do you speak it?

Oh, the irony.

[Neil]

So she's an ugly woman. BFD.

Unfortunately for a lot folks I talked to in Korea, Black = Ugly.

I think that's pretty much true everywhere.

[grumbler]

What a strange story. And so little wrote on it...
That being said though I recall going into a convenience shop with my black friend here, the old woman behind the till instantly snapped out of her death like daze and erupted into a barrage of "OMG you are so handsome! Can I touch your hair!". Black folks do cause a stir in Asia.

It's written, not wrote. Seriously, wtf. English motherfucker do you speak it?

Oh, the irony.

[grumbler]

Have you heard of them before?

No, that was kinda at the heart of my comment.

"News" stories that start out "One fine morning..." without saying when or where this actually occurred (other than at "a South Korean supermarket") kinda screams bullshit from the get-go.

Looking at the story, it is clear that this is just a story the woman made up/exaggerated to sound more exotic.  The story not a news story, but a feature about a Kenyan businesswoman in South Korea.

I can understand why Martim thought it funny (given how similar it is to anecdotes about ambassadors), and think it is even funnier that he posted a fragment of the article here expecting anyone to believe that it is true.