NationStates Jolt Archive

Okay, today was Multicultural Day in my high school. It was fun, I got to represent my own nation and etc, and other people did theirs.

But as there were many different countries, there were only two East Asian nations being represented -- China and South Korea.

I don't mean to start a flame war or anything, or criticize, but those three people who represented South Korea sure did have a lot of pride for it.

For virtually every moment, they kept saying, "South Korean movies, South Korean music, South Korean technology, it's cars, it's economy. . .they're allthe best. . .OH! Did I mention how Cheju-Do is the best place on Earth?" Something most similar along those lines.

I understand South Korea has a rich culture, history, and current-stance on many aspects, but bragging about it is just annoying.

The girl who was representing South Korea with the two other people showed that her pride of being South Korean was the greatest.

Here is an example of her pride, "Well, South Korean men are generally very good looking. They're just born that way."

She was also annoyed at the fact that a Korean magazine she brought to show people had Hillary Duff and Lindsay Lohan in it.

The people representing China weren't as proud as her. But she just kept showing off.

The Korean girl brought in music video of Korean singers. Apparently, a song came up with a man wearing womanly clothes (a small shirt showing his belly-button and his lower stomach). When I pointed that out, she goes all defensive saying, "No, that's just how it is. I don't know what you're talking about."

She also refused to visit other tables and learn about other cultures, but instead flatter herself about how good-looking Korean men are to the Chinese representative, who had no choice but to listen to her. And she hates it when Koreans at her church don't listen to Korean music, but American music.

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Anyone else have the same experience? I don't mean to criticize, but it is highly annoying to see someone brag about their nation's successes.

Meethinks someone didn't understand Multicultural Day very well ...

Yep. Patriots who can't see the flaws in their own nation are annoying. No doubt about that...
If anyone ever called me a Canadian patriot, I would laugh at them.
If anyone ever told me I was bad because I wasn't patriotic enough, I'd laugh at them for that, too.
Granted, one nation HAS to be the best at any given topic, but saying your nation is just the best at everything is aggravatingly arrogant. I don't usually even try to talk to those people, because they're already locked into their delusional mindsets, and there's no breaking them out of it.

I was in grad school with a guy over from south korea. He even admitted that south koreans can be a over-enthusiastic with their boosting. But it didn't seem to have any ill will. He used to do things like arrange trips to K-town in flushing for the rest of the class so we could see "what a real night out" was like. It actually made me want to go to korea some day.

He did listen to a lot of Korean "rock", which I didn't care for.

Anyway, it's okay to think that your country's art, music and food is the best.

There;s this Korean who sits behind me in History...so annoying. I'm practically annoyed like crazy about Korea.

Unless you're fighting for obvious injustice against your race and/or country, you shouldn't be aloud to display any special sign of affection for it. Your race and/or country prolly wouldn't appreciate you whoring them all over the place so you can feel cool.

The China ones should have told them while they were going on,

"Well if it wasn't for the Americans you would just be a part of North Korea, besides China beat the Korean Armies halfway across the country during that war, even with American help."

I bet that would have lowered their Ego a little.

The China ones should have told them while they were going on,

"Well if it wasn't for the Americans you would just be a part of North Korea, besides China beat the Korean Armies halfway across the country during that war, even with American help."

I bet that would have lowered their Ego a little.

Well, she was a Chinese girl who was a freshman, I'm not sure if she knew much about Chinese history during the Cold War.

Otherwise, if I was her, I would do it.

And she hates it when Koreans at her church don't listen to Korean music, but American music.


What? She doesn't follow a proper Korean religion like Buddhism?

Granted, one nation HAS to be the best at any given topic, but saying your nation is just the best at everything is aggravatingly arrogant.

I don't see how you react that conclusion. All evaluations of "bestness" (this does not include facts such military spending and GNP) are entirely subjective and would appear differently through different cultural lenses.

In my opinion, though it is always fine to be proud of one's heritage (though I see no reason why I should care about where I came from any further than it allows me to understand the source of assumptions so I can rid myself of them), it greatly annoys me to see people who are more "patriotic" to the country of origin for their ancestors than they are to the nation they live in.

I don't see how you react that conclusion. All evaluations of "bestness" (this does not include facts such military spending and GNP) are entirely subjective and would appear differently through different cultural lenses.

In my opinion, though it is always fine to be proud of one's heritage (though I see no reason why I should care about where I came from any further than it allows me to understand the source of assumptions so I can rid myself of them), it greatly annoys me to see people who are more "patriotic" to the country of origin for their ancestors than they are to the nation they live in.

Sorry, getting tired... wasn't even thinking about the subjective stuff.

I knew a guy who had ancestral roots in Germany, and he was VERY proud of Germany, despite being Canadian... he'd defend Hitler and downplay the importance of the Holocaust (saying there were WORSE slaughters in history... as though that makes it better...).
The funniest thing was that in Hitler's ideal vision of Germany, this guy was farthest from the super German. :P Kinda funny.

Methinks the lass in question is over compensating for something.