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Title: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: Martim Silva on October 20, 2011, 06:16:25 PM
I found this funny:

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid={2b11a791-6d09-4eb8-bb85-08fdd83c326c

Oct 17, 2011 (The Nation/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) --
One fine morning, pandemonium broke out in a South Korean supermarket, and customers and shop stewards alike scampered for safety. Babies strapped on their mothers' backs, others in prams screamed as their parents sought the nearest exits.

And it wasn't a terrorist attack, neither was it a band of robbers who had raided the convenience store. No, it wasn't a fire alert either.

One Kenyan woman had just walked in to make a purchase.

"It was terrible!" recalls the woman, Everlyne Nyambegera. "Children were crying, their mothers dashing for the exits and all this made me also break down and start crying too."

Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: garbon on October 20, 2011, 06:28:34 PM
Good ol' menafn
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on October 20, 2011, 07:22:06 PM
I saw black people in Korean supermarkeys before.:mellow:
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: Razgovory on October 20, 2011, 08:23:02 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 20, 2011, 06:28:34 PM
Good ol' menafn

I don't know what that means.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: garbon on October 20, 2011, 08:55:04 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 20, 2011, 08:23:02 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 20, 2011, 06:28:34 PM
Good ol' menafn

I don't know what that means.

It's the website that article is on. It is also the only "news" site that Google lists as carrying that story.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: Razgovory on October 20, 2011, 09:16:19 PM
Have you heard of them before?
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: Habbaku on October 20, 2011, 09:26:21 PM
Ah, good.  Thread title is keeping with the Martimmay tradition.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: jimmy olsen on October 20, 2011, 09:26:36 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on October 20, 2011, 07:22:06 PM
I saw black people in Korean supermarkeys before.:mellow:
Same.

That's way to over the top for Koreans.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: garbon on October 20, 2011, 09:34:29 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 20, 2011, 09:16:19 PM
Have you heard of them before?

No, that was kinda at the heart of my comment. -_-
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on October 20, 2011, 09:56:50 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 20, 2011, 08:55:04 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 20, 2011, 08:23:02 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 20, 2011, 06:28:34 PM
Good ol' menafn

I don't know what that means.

It's the website that article is on. It is also the only "news" site that Google lists as carrying that story.





Maybe its an exclusive from the Korean ambassador to Portugal? :)
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: Josquius on October 21, 2011, 04:38:00 AM
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.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: Martinus on October 21, 2011, 05:23:36 AM
Quote from: Tyr on October 21, 2011, 04:38:00 AM
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?
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: The Brain on October 21, 2011, 08:35:31 AM
So she's an ugly woman. BFD.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: DGuller on October 21, 2011, 08:43:37 AM
Quote from: Martinus on October 21, 2011, 05:23:36 AM
Quote from: Tyr on October 21, 2011, 04:38:00 AM
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.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: jimmy olsen on October 21, 2011, 08:44:37 AM
Quote from: The Brain on October 21, 2011, 08:35:31 AM
So she's an ugly woman. BFD.
Unfortunately for a lot folks I talked to in Korea, Black = Ugly.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: garbon on October 21, 2011, 08:45:06 AM
Quote from: Tyr on October 21, 2011, 04:38:00 AM
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.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: The Brain on October 21, 2011, 09:18:39 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 21, 2011, 08:44:37 AM
Quote from: The Brain on October 21, 2011, 08:35:31 AM
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.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: DGuller on October 21, 2011, 09:20:50 AM
Quote from: The Brain on October 21, 2011, 09:18:39 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 21, 2011, 08:44:37 AM
Quote from: The Brain on October 21, 2011, 08:35:31 AM
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.
:lol:
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: Alcibiades on October 23, 2011, 01:51:41 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 21, 2011, 08:43:37 AM
Quote from: Martinus on October 21, 2011, 05:23:36 AM
Quote from: Tyr on October 21, 2011, 04:38:00 AM
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.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: Neil on October 23, 2011, 02:27:55 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 21, 2011, 08:44:37 AM
Quote from: The Brain on October 21, 2011, 08:35:31 AM
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.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: grumbler on October 23, 2011, 09:40:41 PM
Quote from: Alcibiades on October 23, 2011, 01:51:41 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 21, 2011, 08:43:37 AM
Quote from: Martinus on October 21, 2011, 05:23:36 AM
Quote from: Tyr on October 21, 2011, 04:38:00 AM
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.
Title: Re: Black women goes to supermarket in S.Korea: Koreans panic
Post by: grumbler on October 23, 2011, 09:49:27 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 20, 2011, 09:34:29 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 20, 2011, 09:16:19 PM
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.