December 19, 2009

Minyeodeuli Suda - TV clip Korean viewers and netizens considered racist

"KBS2 is under fire from [Korean] viewers and netizens for what many consider to be racism during its "global talk show" entitled "Minyeodeului Suda" (The Beauties' Chatterbox)... The program brings together 16 lovely and unmarried young women residing in Korea to discuss Korean culture and Korean men...

All was as it should be—maybe—until lovely African-American Leslie Benfield was performing a rendition of a Korean song. It was then that one of the panel—singer Cheon Myeong-hun—jumped up on stage wearing a rasta wig and began chanting "sikameos, sikameos," a reference to a black-face routine made famous by comedian Lee Bong-won."



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