Good Looking Black Women
Stephanie Dejoode
During my study abroad, there were times I was treated differently. Tour guides would look directly at me when referring to slaves building the greatest monuments in Italy. I would receive my food later than my friends despite it being already cooked while the server serves a family promptly. Going to the grocery store and never being asked if I want a bag while my roommate is offered one. I will tell you, truthfully, it can make you feel horrible. The stares occur too along with the mistreatment from store owners. To some, it was never a big deal, but to me, it was.
Being alone in a new country and having these experiences can build up a lot of animosity towards it. I had no one to talk to about how I was feeling, no one who would truly understand. This made my first two months miserable. So you might be wondering what did I do? I saw two options in front of me: I could let this once-of-a-lifetime experience destroy everything within me or I could make the most out of it. So I chose the latter.
5. For my Black girls, bring your own hair supplies. The two hair stores, Black Queen Fashion Style Firenze and African Bazar, overcharge and have outdated hair products. However, if you want to get braids done, you can check out Black Beauty Firenze.
7. Budget. Are you eating out every day? Are you airdrying your clothes or going to the laundromat? This can help you not get too carried away in the first few months of studying. Consider basic needs. Highly recommend working months before and saving up for your study abroad.
Hi ,
I am so glad you had this experience. I have been there many times and wish I had stayed. I am retired now and traveling more. I can only say and it is my heartfelt opinion is that you can thank the Hip Hop/Rap culture for some of it and all the negative thing they see in Blackistan. It is not a good looking the twerking, loud foul mouth and the over the top outfits and accessories. They just see melanin and hence the association. I am glad you broke that sterotype because when they see black women coming they are not sure what to expect.I have always made it a point to have style, class and sophistication to stand apart.
Happy travels
Hello. I always wanted to go to Korea for a trip or a stay vaca but i always worried about what other people would think of me. Since im black, I feel as if i would be treated differently and i thought that someone who is black and goes to Korea would see as ugly .:(
But after reading this i feel more comfortable ( although im still nervous T^T), I just dont need to worry about what others think. But reading this has helped so thank you.
What a great read. When I was travelling in East Asia, I noticed a heavy push in the beauty industry on skin-whitening cream and snail creams. Coming from Canada, I just thought that was really odd. (And slightly crazy!) After starting to learn Korean, and after knowing that Koreans too have this cultural desire for pale skin, I wondered what it would be like to live as a Black woman in Korea and how this odd cultural obsession would translate.
As a South Korean
We are now very interested in racism problems. And always trying to be careful about it when we meet foreign people. Some of elderly are a bit jerk. . But understand it. They suffered so much with war, poverty, and pressure of government. . .etc. We young koreans are going to lead the country in the future and we are really trying to learn other culture in the world.
I lived in South Korea for 6 years. 2 years master and 4 years of PhD. From my experience, Korea is a nice place to travel and for healthy and tasty food. But whether its a university or a job, they have a strange culture (of strict hierarchy and discrimination) which is quite intolerable, especially if you are foreigner. The colleagues (both senior and juniors) are always competing with you, no matter how much you try to be friendly with them. But, if you meet them outside of your professional life, they can be so better than your besties.
For travelling, my advise is Korea is a best option but if you want a job or study in Korea do a brief research about that field first, list up your pros and cons and then only come to Korea.
Good luck for your happy life everyone
My name is blessing, am 17 years old and am a black girl I would love to visit Korea one day and see the way they live their lives there, probably I would love to leave in Korea. Like they say you never can tell where you will meet your self tomorrow and I would love to make friends with Korea people.but now I would love to go to Korea because it one of my dreams I would love to fulfill.thanks
My name is blessing, am 17 years old and am a black girl I would love to visit Korea one day and see the way they live their lives there, probably I would love to leave in Korea. Like they say you never can tell where you will meet your self tomorrow and I would love to make friends with Korea people.but now I would love to go to Korea because it one of my dreams I would love to fulfill.
Hi DeAzea,
You should check out our Teen Summer Language Camp in South Korea! -camps/korea
We accept students who are complete beginners with the language and you can get an authentic homestay experience, too!
Hi, am a black girl from Nigeria and I really want to go to south Korea I mean I just everything about them, I have also learn very,very little of their language I hope I catch on, but the fear of racism is really something for me. It as been my dream since sec school, but am afraid?, how would they treat us black? Horribly right? But am not gonna let that pull me back. I love Korean so much??.
Interesting article. Yeah, a lot of racism in Asia is just from a monolithic culture and only being exposed to Hollywood and white wealth. People are usually not ill-intentioned, but many of them literally have not had an opportunity to meet new people or go anywhere (due to poverty mainly). Cool article ?
I love this. I graduated high school from Korea. Only Discrimination I felt when I initially arrived was being fat. And it was more Americans that then actual fat. But I got into the culture and that was not an issue. I love Korean had a great time. Thanks for posting this. Oh yes Im black.
I really like the place their people no matter how they behave non chalently or lackdasical i still like them their all handsome and nice while looking at them i just feel like schooling there but i dont know their language and their food but i can cope with that thanks for your speech am greatful cause you removed fear from my body
Am a Ghanaian and my dream country is Korea I always want to go to Korea but because am a black i feel discouraged that I may be criticized about my color. And after watch and reading this am encouraged to go to Korea
Am planning on going to korea to teach am from nigeria tho.although have been hearing a lot about racism there but i will still take my stand as long as i still have passion for korea. I would like it if some korean people hit me up so we could become friend before coming and i also need some advice.whatsapp 08105783020.
Am a Ghanaian and since lower primary I had this great passion and love for Koreans and hope to attend college there buh after knowing that the racism rate is high am really scared buh that the same time I know I have the courage to stand them when I make it there some day.
And also am a Muslim will they accept me. Am very scared but when I think of the idea of going there I become happy and strong and a very good feeling.
well, I have recently come to love south korea. I have come to love there food, fashion, technology and I think they are very talented. More so I have been curious of what its like in South Korea also in terms of job opportunities because one day I would like to visit. I hope that if one day I get to really go there, it shall be positive. I believe we are all human beings, flesh and blood. We should treat each other with love and respect.
hey, i am a Nigerian. i have loved south korea and korean people since i was a little girl. i have never been there but i dream to visit that country someday. from my point of view, korea has a very minimal racist level and they look like really nice people. there are black people just like us you live there and love it..
Hey! Am from Ghana and I love to visit korea one day because is my dream country since ever I learned to know them better. I love their culture, and movies and also their music( k popo). But sometimes I think of what would it be like to be the only black walking down the street in the morning with only white people around me and starring at me . sometimes I really get scared but I hope that would not be the case when I visit there.
Since I work in software, I was imagining I could work in Korea, so long as I had internet. How realistic is it for me to find software work? Here where I live it is easy if you have the skills. Officially I have an associates degree and 5+ years software work experience.
How is it interacting with Korean men? Because in my elementary, junior high, and high school and college, I noticed a common denominator with mean kids. Would-be bullies could be nasty-racist behind my back, but never blatantly to my face. I am an anti-bully. I googled stuff and I will be physically larger than most of the average locals. So I wonder if I should expect a lot of deeply passive-aggressive racism with Korean men/women?
I am not leaving america to escape from anything. I know racism exists all over the world. I only want to go to Korea because it would mean the world to my half korean girlfriend who lived in korea as a child. shes 28 now, (im 29) and weve been together for 6 years. she wants to live there for at least a year.
Ive traveled over seas to VISIT parts of the Caribbean, the UAE, Ghana and South Africa. I welcome the culture shock but I feel like I might actually miss america? but not at the same time
Thanks for reading!