i just received a gift from my co-workers at the liberry o' miracles.
it's a book called "korean perceptions of the united states: a history of their origins and formation."
i think the actual giving of the gift itself was innocuous enough--"oh, a book written in english. let's give it to jamie." the only disclaimer i was given was "i think maybe it is not interesting." so i opened it up and started reading. cause, hey, i like reading things written in english.
chapter 1: "a historical overview of korean perceptions of the united states: 5 major stereotypes"
without further ado, the top 5:
1. america as a country of uncultured savages and robbers
2. america as a civilized, wealthy, and powerful nation
3. america as an imperialist aggressor
4. america as a racist nation
5. america as a modern-day equivalent of the ancient roman empire (a pessimistic view of western civilization in its entirety)
christmas in may, who'd have thunk it?
time for this savage, racist, aggressive and spiritually/morally bankrupt american to go teach some korean munchkins. assah!
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