Posted on 03/19/2010 7:10:04 PM PDT by Ptarmigan
More stuff on the need to accept ethnic diversity in Korea, this time from the Korea Herald.
Interestingly, the Korea Herald editorial starts thusly:
Korea’s older generations had been taught to take pride in having an ethnically homogeneous fatherland. Racial homogeneity formed the basis of the 5,000-year history of the nation, which was interrupted for 35 years in the 20th century by the Japanese occupation. So, the national identity of the Korean race was emphasized as the source of power and spirit in the struggle against Japanese imperialism.
Now, this is questionable on two counts. Firstly, it follows the same logic reportedly presented by the Korean delegation to the UNHRC Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, namely, that the Korean concept of ethnic homogeneity and “pure-bloodedness” was born as a defense measure in response to (mainly) Japanese imperialism. The reality may have been more complicated, however — other factors included the popularity among East Asian intellectuals of European racialist and Social Darwinist thought at the turn of the 20th century (see also here) and the adoption of Japanese models by Korea’s post-independence economic and political elite.
They definitely spread some good will!
BTW, they'd only been back in Yakutia about 200 years. They'd had an extended stay in India that lasted at least 500 years. As conquerors there they had their way with the local girls and brought "large breasts" into the tribe to stay. These later on showed up in certain Korean families AND, voila, among certain Japanese families.
In an earlier time this particular bunch, once again in Yakutia (their on again/off again homeland grazing range) took trips to the Arctic ~ you can trace the Eskimos to some of their clans. They also took trips to the Americas. Na Dene people may well be pretty much Yakuts.
Worth noting ~ Buddha was a Yakuts (or Sakha as they are also known).
More recently DNA studies have pretty much linked them to a degree with the Sa'ami ~ thus explaining why the Sa'ami and the Eskimos have some of the same genetic differences that make it possible for them to live in the Arctic.
It is quite easy to laugh at the Korean and Japanese claims to homogeneity!
Let me do so: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
We Polish are completely Polish! Never had any problems with invaders! (sarcasm).
Yakut that out! ;’)
Any DNA evidence to corroborate that? I think it’s too far-fetched.
Sure. Even your MtDNA studies show that the origins of East Asian populations arrived from darned near everywhere.
Don't forget that the Silk Road brought Westerners East and Easterners West, and there was always a trade in wimmin!
It was quite an exciting history and illuminates a vast dark period.
Of possible interest.
Korean Cinema is awesome.
Germany has put out some awesome movies- Lives of Others, The Tunnel,and the Counterfeiters.
I have a huge collection of foreign DVDs. Far superior to the crap Hollywood puts out.
Taegukgi was good. It is like Saving Private Ryan, but in the Korean War.
Agreed-one of my favorites. Amazing considering the budget they had.
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