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An honest mistake
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North Korean refugees do exist and even if its more likely to meet a South Korean, wouldn't it be discrimatory and erasing to just assume all Koreans you meet are from the south?
Especially since South Koreans normally don't make the distinction of north and south but talk about one Korea. In my expierience, foreign born Korean don't do this, but Korean born Koreans do.
I know y'all are trying to be open minded, so first off, you're doing great! That said, you're doing so well it's kind of at risk of being opened so wide your brain might fall out
Seriously though, I would absolutely think someone was... being silly (to put it nicely) if they asked which Korea an American was from (this for sure wouldn't apply to an 8 year old tho)
And you are from either of these Koreas?
I personally would not ask an American which Korea he is from ("which Korea an American was from") but I had extensive conversations about the separation of the countries with actual Koreans. I commented about my personal expierience.
Edit to add: I rather have my brain fall out from open-mindedness than one that shrivels up like a raisin from ignorance.
Are those the only options? lol.
I just looked it up, and I'm honestly struggling to find a good source (Google really sucks nowadays), but it seems like there are very few North Koreans coming to/living in the US, like way less than even I would've thought
I stand by it being silly. If somebody doesn't know about the history/politics of the US and NK than sure it'd totally be fair to ask where a Korean is from since pretty much everyone should at least know there's two. lol. But, if you know the history and the current political situation, it's pretty silly - unless you're like at a war memorial or something.
It'd be like asking a brown latino in SoCal if they're from Guatemala. Like, sure, they could be, but 99 times out of 10 they'll be Mexican, based on so much available context.
One last thing. I hope you don't think what I'm saying is akin to prejudice or something. If it is let me know and I'll address that specifically. Definitely not saying to judge people before you've met them