i wish i had seen baltimore while i was living in d.c. so that i would have a better idea about what the city is made of. my only sojourn was made in the early 90's during our ride to fever in one wicked night. anyway, from the article, it does not sound too different from ghettos in any major cities in the u.s.. koreans in the u.s. have funny relationships with afro-americans as you know. immigrant koreans benefited from black people financially by setting up shops in rather poorer neighborhoods and for that reason in conflicts as well. but the korean youths are one of the enthusiastic supporters of black hip hop culture, not just in the u.s but also in korea. youth cultures in korea are largely influenced by beats, b-boys, and booties creating this sort of fake ghetto attitudes, which in reality have more to do with military and womanizing nightlife, in other words, socio-economic in nature rather than racial as in the u.s.. korea is extremely homogenous. one particular comment which interested me was the material, fake bricks used in row housings. all the survival of the fittest darwinian logic of seeing social phenomena at the end seems to test what materials you are made of. it is like a cork which has to be screwed to see if it is made of cheap crumbling kind or self-healing reusable ethical class. maybe we need to have another stoic generation for this problem of urban reality to be solved?
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i wish i had seen baltimore while i was living in d.c. so that i would have a better idea about what the city is made of. my only sojourn was made in the early 90's during our ride to fever in one wicked night. anyway, from the article, it does not sound too different from ghettos in any major cities in the u.s.. koreans in the u.s. have funny relationships with afro-americans as you know. immigrant koreans benefited from black people financially by setting up shops in rather poorer neighborhoods and for that reason in conflicts as well. but the korean youths are one of the enthusiastic supporters of black hip hop culture, not just in the u.s but also in korea. youth cultures in korea are largely influenced by beats, b-boys, and booties creating this sort of fake ghetto attitudes, which in reality have more to do with military and womanizing nightlife, in other words, socio-economic in nature rather than racial as in the u.s.. korea is extremely homogenous. one particular comment which interested me was the material, fake bricks used in row housings. all the survival of the fittest darwinian logic of seeing social phenomena at the end seems to test what materials you are made of. it is like a cork which has to be screwed to see if it is made of cheap crumbling kind or self-healing reusable ethical class. maybe we need to have another stoic generation for this problem of urban reality to be solved?
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