KNK's My VITAMIN It's less about conscious ignorance and more about some people's inherent fear and discomfort when it comes to "the other people." They find new experiences, thus new kinds of people to be intimidating because it's linked to our primitive instincts, which is linked to our sense of personal security. It'll take a long time and a lot of exposure for these people to be truly comfortable to live alongside people who aren't similar to them. The source of vindictive ignorance is uncontrollable fear 🙁
You have a point, but he's not *only* ethnically Korean tho, his father is Nigerian, so he has heritage his father ethnicity too (I know Nigeria has different ethnicities).
Alexis Ruiz they’re talking about how Koreans would see him, they might look at him and think he belongs living in a western country when his nationality is Korean. That’s what they meant.
There are black asian too in any country. It’s just that they are not celebrities so people in general still lack of exposure /understanding. It’s good we have HyunMin to open some people eyes.
they are famous blasians artists but mainly in japan (as far as i know) it's too bad that korea seems to be on the late train with "cultural exposure" (
And I believe that it's less of a sentiment of "they have darker skin than us" and more of a "they're not us/they're foreigners" feeling that hinders any real conversations between the greater population South Koreans and minority South Koreans. The alienation is how it is because that's how people project their fear of the alien, the unknown and in their minds, the potentially dangerous outsiders. They cannot help but think this way, and it will take a lot of getting used to for them to be comfortable with the fact that people beside them will be different. Thank goodness we have Hyun Min to open up the conversations, even if just a bit- Just enough to get South Koreans more self-aware.
Aash Just be aware that this is in South Korea, a primarily homogeneous society that is only beginning to understand the concept of multiculturalism. In the context of the US, that nation has always been born and raised by the work of immigrants and minorities, from the First Nations to the Irish and Japanese. Because there's such a big population of minorities there, Americans can't ignore it have have more of a semblance of multiculturalism than South Koreans. It's just a true shame that after all this progress in the way we treat people equally, we suddenly have this backlash from the closed-minded people of America 😔
I would honestly love it if there was less of pushing people on multiculturalism. The world is beautiful and diverse, wouldn't want to see the same thing everywhere I go, wouldn't be a point of travelling really.
@John Cabott You're so blind then :D. You definitely haven't seen Asian citizen in real life and definitely can't recognize Korean people. His features are very Korean and Asian looking if it's nit his skin and hair.
@John Cabott Duhhhh? Do you not underatand what I said? I told you he definitely resembles a Korean with his features. Humans have different features and people get recognized because in a Ethnicity or Nationality, most people can be recognized through specific features that look similar. Do you actually think every Korean/Asian citizens look exactly like people do in Kdramas? How do you think people recognized him as a Black Korean? His features are SIMILAR to the features most Koreans have. Unfortunately, you can't observe that well and don't see that resemblance and see him as completely black because his skin mask and make most of his features different than they actually look if he had fair skin. (Now I'm not saying if he had fair skin he'd look better. He's absolutely beautiful!) If you want to see that resemblance, take out your time, search up his name and look at a HD picture of him. Now take a look at other kpop idols and Korean citizens. Do you see it? No? Try again. If the results are the same as before? You're hopeless
I feel like this is a universal thing. I'm black and I assumed that he could speak English, now I feel bad. I feel like white people and black people in general are expected to know how to speak English because they are the 2 most represented races in western media/American media and American media is popular all around the world. Ex: the movies, songs, trends etc. But people forget that there are black and white people in foreign countries.
jooj compared to the average Korean they’re kind of on the bigger side. I just mean his overall features looks Korean. If he were paler and had straight hair he would look Korean.
For example Vernon, who's half white half korean, doesn't get treated like him which is a good thing but unfair to people like Hyunmin who are treated like that just bc they're half black. Where's the logic in that?
asians are racist towards both white and black but black people get treated wayyy worse by the asians than whites, that's cause white people can have the beauty standards of Korea..... it's just racist as hell
Well, vernon was facing discrimination too, he made a video about it when he was still a child and he explained that people didn't consider him as a Korean and that they were always staring at him because he looked less asian
Aralent Lee IKR? Like dude his eye structure and stuff, I think you can see that he is somehow Korean but Yh, in Asia wether you have monolids or not, if your skin is black you are African. I experienced it since I’m Blasian too.
genkers if u look at background at 0:26 then u see its england, editors did that to clarify that it happened in england. also the captions r a bit off, hes saying that england wouldnt let him go back to korea
@@genkers i think it was supposed to be in uk airport. You do realize that he could just talk in korean for the people to know he is korean. He speaks native fluent and is pretty known among younger people. It is abroad that he is scared because he cant speak english, and cant communicate well
@@ssejnosnikrap UK has hidden racism which you don't see behind closed doors. The States make everything about race so it's pretty much on the nose. I've been victim of racism because people assume I can't speak English but I've got a brummy accent and so fuck em.
@@qwertyasdfg013 You do know there are people that's not asian or Korean that speaks Korean fluently with no accent right? People might not believe him even if he is fluent and speaks it as proof
Sky I never said Koreans are racist, I mentioned that korea is 99% ethnic Koreans, therefore it means that you'll stand out if you dont look East Asian or aren't Korean
except that "Koreans" never existed as one "nation/ethnic group" (minjeok) before they learned the very concept of it from the West via ... guess which "empire"?
We are civilized just for homogeneous... I'm also Black and Korean... I grew up in Korea but went to America to stay with my moms family for a few years, to better my english... I was raised bilingual as my father is Korean but speaks ok English and my mom is good at speaking both english and Korean. I had the same issues, but I understood that it can look fishy, I mostly receive strange treatment when I'm traveling outside Korea.
There's racism still in America, which is supposed to be the most developed country in the world. It's because of cultural difference and how a lot of foreigners, especially from Americas, cause a lot of problems here in Korea... I'm not saying they are right for saying that, but a lot of foreigners give their people a bad reputation when they come here to South Korea or any Asian country. You can often find signs here that read no foreigners, just because they are so loud, unruly and disrespectful to our culture. Yes, we are advanced in technology, but other races aren't common and a lot of the encounters with other races are party people. Being developed has nothing to do with your mindset/values/culture. I'm sure those people commenting aren't the majority, for the most part, a lot of Koreans don't dislike black people, but can be prejudice altogether about all foreigners who come here and are unruly and try not to learn anything about our culture, especially when they don't live near a military base, like don't treat others like they are dumb for not knowing English outside of the international cities.
Anais Persephone I can't believe you're acting like these kinds of comments only come from Korea. Just the other day, I saw a bunch of black guys, bullying a Korean international student, telling him that he looked like Kim Jong Un, and that he should go back to North Korea. Why do black people always act like they're the victim everywhere they go, when many of them are plenty racist themselves?
I love how you edited your comment completely... Look if you can't handle the feedback of the internet, then don't even start in the first place. You look dumb as fuck.
Kyuri most rich country, not most developed. In terms of hdi and gdp per capita other countries beat it. America only wins in terms of nominal gdp, which China will soon take over in.
Nope. While we think the world is becoming more diverse, politicians on a world scale are working on race wars... factions built to cause racial tensions between the white x black x asian x hispanics. It's a pandemonium. There hasn't been a higher sense of racial tension up until now.
only if they think he needs to be able to speak English...just because of his looks but tbh young adults are expected to be able to speek english no matter what since it's the current universal language
mi☆haru it's obvious because Korea has a very homogenous population so as soon as you look foreign they'll expect you to speak English it's only due to the lack of exposure
Mary B, yup indeed. Hopefully they start to realize it's not true, especially since we live in the internet age where it's very easy to learn these things.
Its legit to question ones passport if someone does not usually fill the norm. A black korean is not common so they take save measures if the passport is fake or not. Same when i had a bob hairstyle on passport but they didnt let me pass cause i cut it.
@@nerostile333 It's actually not. If they were concerned the passport was fake, they could've checked the watermarks, etc., for authenticity. Your situation was different bc they thought you weren't the person in the picture (so even though the passport was real, they had a reason to believe you weren't the actual owner). For him, he matched the picture, the passport was legit, they were just being unnecessarily prejudiced to believe he couldn't have been born in Korea
Cornian He was coming back “from”England and he was stopped In Seoul,where he had to call his mom whom she spoke with Authorities in Korean and then they release him Why are u saying it happened in England
what i’m sad about is how he has to call his mum for them to release him. bruh if he can’t call her for some reason later in life (eg her phone died, she’s sleeping, etc) he would be stuck there :(
The matter happened in the UK airport, not in Korea. He clearly said that they kept him as suspicious because he doesn't speak English. He would talk in Korean with Korean immigration officers. The captions aren't correct.
• SEVENTEEN • got me so whipped Junhao people need to realise that your ethnicity doesn’t always represent your nationality. migration has been a thing for centuries! sorry that you go through discrimination. i’m from singapore so i grew up around being other races. i never understood why there seems to be this disdain for people that have a darker skin colour. i’m of chinese descent (part of the majority in singapore too) so i don’t get affected, but it just angers me that i can’t change the way these people think. a leopard never changes its spots...
I'm also mixed, Korean and Pakistani. I had to learn the language myself but I usually get a reaction in Korea like "wuh, how come you speak Korean?" and they are amazed when I say I'm half Korean. Except for this one lady in a jjimjilbang, who was surprised I wasn't Korean so... Iono.
Ah man you even don’t know how much I look up to him I’m African American and I’m 15 learning korean this dude TAKES all STEREOTYPES AND JUST THROWS THEM OUT OF THE WINDOW AND INTO A DIRTY LAKE WHERE THEY BELONG this man is really my role model
It's really sad he has to go through this. He mist have gone through a lot to be where he is now. I wish that people learn about the difference between nationality and ethnicity
Poor guy!! But he seriously need to learn English!! Can’t believe his Nigerian dad was not able to teach him any of the Nigerian languages or at least English!! How does he communicate with his dad’s side of the family?🤔
seems like that's how it often happens it's the same with likyia, elly, nesmith and mandy (from the exile tribe) they're also mixed but i guess they never got to talk english much so you can tell from their accent that they were raised in japan. imo once your established in a country you'll speak the language more & more even in your private life and it get's more convenient for all the close familly, and when you have kids you might think it's ok they'll learn english at school but english is so different from asian languages and makes it hard to learn later in life . a little out of it but i'm french but i'm from a region that has a special dialect but since i live in the city every body speaks french as well as my parents who never spoke in dialect with me therefore i never lerned the dialect and now i struggle comunicating with my grandparents
a lot of people try and deny my identity, like i was never cambodian. whenever i talk about asia they look at me like i’m some weeaboo, like especially when i’m talkingg about my own country!!! like damn i lived in that place for 7 years too yknow!!!
I relate to this so much, haha. I think mixed people can just easily identify other mixed people. I'm also half Korean and Black but people either think I'm 100% Asian, Pacific Islander, or half white lol
if you look at him he looks korean, he looks really similar to nct's lucas (though he isn't korean) but feature wise he looks korean it's just his skin and hair texture.
Yall are blaming Korea when the hostage took place in London LMAO. He was unable to communicate with the racially judging UK passport control cause he doesn't speak english. A korean officer would never detain him as he can talk his way out. Nonetheless if you've been to Korea you'd know that law enforcement ain't even mean, they always try to help you.
Yes..one of my friend was a prosecutor, and she said that she was a prosecutor. The immigration held her for a while, looking at her like a mad women. Happened in England.
He didn't explain it completely correctly in here he meant to say he was stopped in Seoul on the way back home from England.(he talked about it in another interview)
He's beautiful 😭💜 I wish the world was less ignorant in their thoughts, but unfortunately that's the world we live in. Like Art, beauty is very subjective. Beauty is definitely in the eyes of the beholder. So yea, he's beautiful in my eyes.
i was born in Korea too and as a mixed person i have the same problem but my parents are not from Korea i’m literally the only person who can speak Korean in my family- as a military family we move a lot and when i moved to Chicago kids didn’t believe i was born and raised in Korea even after i spoke Korean😂
Just let him live. It's sad that some ppl just can accept ones identity bc of the color of his or her skin. I'm glad he opens up about this. It's not easy but i am still rooting for him and people of color. Okay bye.
He’s just saying that people are shocked when he tells them he’s Korean. I’m sure you’ve seen a person you thought was one race or ethnicity, but turns out they’re a different race or ethnicity than you expected. They’re just confused because he doesn’t look like most Koreans. That’s all.
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I can't imagine how his parents were treated as a married couple.
Your profile pic 😍😭😭
Buffy Summers as if
As a proud racist myself, i will make sure to ill treat them worse myself
@Holographic Unicorn im just trolling. Dont make me feel bad 😭😭
sandy river Well to hell with you too then fucker
Thing is, some people are so ignorant to a point where they can’t tell the difference between ethnicity and nationality 🙄
KNK's My VITAMIN It's less about conscious ignorance and more about some people's inherent fear and discomfort when it comes to "the other people." They find new experiences, thus new kinds of people to be intimidating because it's linked to our primitive instincts, which is linked to our sense of personal security. It'll take a long time and a lot of exposure for these people to be truly comfortable to live alongside people who aren't similar to them. The source of vindictive ignorance is uncontrollable fear 🙁
Preach gurll :))
You have a point, but he's not *only* ethnically Korean tho, his father is Nigerian, so he has heritage his father ethnicity too (I know Nigeria has different ethnicities).
Yeah, now I understood what you wanted to say...
Alexis Ruiz they’re talking about how Koreans would see him, they might look at him and think he belongs living in a western country when his nationality is Korean. That’s what they meant.
There are black asian too in any country. It’s just that they are not celebrities so people in general still lack of exposure /understanding. It’s good we have HyunMin to open some people eyes.
i feel like in korea blasians artists tend to be put on the side and i think it's sad
Mary B they do. even JYP hinted that racism was behind Lee Michelle getting voted off that one singing competition.
that's low :/
they are famous blasians artists but mainly in japan (as far as i know) it's too bad that korea seems to be on the late train with "cultural exposure" (
And I believe that it's less of a sentiment of "they have darker skin than us" and more of a "they're not us/they're foreigners" feeling that hinders any real conversations between the greater population South Koreans and minority South Koreans. The alienation is how it is because that's how people project their fear of the alien, the unknown and in their minds, the potentially dangerous outsiders. They cannot help but think this way, and it will take a lot of getting used to for them to be comfortable with the fact that people beside them will be different. Thank goodness we have Hyun Min to open up the conversations, even if just a bit- Just enough to get South Koreans more self-aware.
People can't keep up with the change in multiculturalism these days, it's sad he has to go through this :\
Aash Just be aware that this is in South Korea, a primarily homogeneous society that is only beginning to understand the concept of multiculturalism. In the context of the US, that nation has always been born and raised by the work of immigrants and minorities, from the First Nations to the Irish and Japanese. Because there's such a big population of minorities there, Americans can't ignore it have have more of a semblance of multiculturalism than South Koreans. It's just a true shame that after all this progress in the way we treat people equally, we suddenly have this backlash from the closed-minded people of America 😔
Funny how you blame Koreans when the events he mentioned happened in England and Shanghai.
Lmao.
You dont know anything about why everything is as it is. Just shut up.
I would honestly love it if there was less of pushing people on multiculturalism. The world is beautiful and diverse, wouldn't want to see the same thing everywhere I go, wouldn't be a point of travelling really.
Evil Pen the truth 100% plus the man in this video say this happened to him in England lmao not even Korea so wtf OP r u ok
I bet if he was half white instead of half black he’ll be treated differently
Army #BTSBestBoyBand the best thing about this tea is the fact that taehyung in ur av is sippin' some 😂😂😂😂
I know right that is what i Was saying. There is alot difrent if you have black or half white like wthh
*SIPS TEA LOUD AS HELL!!!!!!*
Army #BTSBestBoyBand right Vernon isn’t treated that way😭🤧🤦🏾♀️ poor hyun min
true
He actually looks Korean if not for his skin color and hair. He's really handsome too...
@John Cabott If you can't see it, you haven't been in contact with Korean people enough. He REALLY looks Korean.
He is legitimately the perfect example of what a black Korean looks like. His facial features and structure are all Korean lol.
@John Cabott You're so blind then :D. You definitely haven't seen Asian citizen in real life and definitely can't recognize Korean people. His features are very Korean and Asian looking if it's nit his skin and hair.
@John Cabott Duhhhh? Do you not underatand what I said? I told you he definitely resembles a Korean with his features. Humans have different features and people get recognized because in a Ethnicity or Nationality, most people can be recognized through specific features that look similar. Do you actually think every Korean/Asian citizens look exactly like people do in Kdramas? How do you think people recognized him as a Black Korean? His features are SIMILAR to the features most Koreans have. Unfortunately, you can't observe that well and don't see that resemblance and see him as completely black because his skin mask and make most of his features different than they actually look if he had fair skin. (Now I'm not saying if he had fair skin he'd look better. He's absolutely beautiful!) If you want to see that resemblance, take out your time, search up his name and look at a HD picture of him. Now take a look at other kpop idols and Korean citizens. Do you see it? No? Try again. If the results are the same as before? You're hopeless
@John Cabott And FYI, I don't watch Kdramas at all. Not interested.
I feel like this is a universal thing. I'm black and I assumed that he could speak English, now I feel bad. I feel like white people and black people in general are expected to know how to speak English because they are the 2 most represented races in western media/American media and American media is popular all around the world. Ex: the movies, songs, trends etc. But people forget that there are black and white people in foreign countries.
Jane okpalor the most logical and praise worthy comment on this video
Jane okpalor I feel like people in the world only know that there is black and white that exist. What about the other races?
Yes, its true ive meant many Russian and Italian friends who are expected to speak English in Japan.
There are ethnic here that is black people so people in my country just assume that any black person we see here as someone from that ethnic.
Tsuneko Oba you’re racist “negroid” what are you? Asian? You disgust me
He’s so handsome omg
He kinda reminds me of NCT Lucas too like his hand movements and even facial features
But anyways this boy is very adorable
sage versace that’s what i thought too
his mannerisms reminds me of lucas ! youre right
He looks more like kai from exo to me. His nose, lips, and facial structure
OMG I knew he reminded me of someone!
he’s friends with lucas too!
Aw love him
Am I the only one that thinks he looks Korean. The only difference is his skin complexion and hair texture.
J'adore BTS
Oui ^^
he has the small eyes
jooj compared to the average Korean they’re kind of on the bigger side. I just mean his overall features looks Korean. If he were paler and had straight hair he would look Korean.
I kind of thought that too,. He looks more and more Korean to me as I keep watching videos of him lol
My niece is black asian and he does look like black asian. His eyes are clearly Korean eyes!!
For example Vernon, who's half white half korean, doesn't get treated like him which is a good thing but unfair to people like Hyunmin who are treated like that just bc they're half black. Where's the logic in that?
asians are racist towards both white and black but black people get treated wayyy worse by the asians than whites, that's cause white people can have the beauty standards of Korea..... it's just racist as hell
@@LittleThings98 yes abd because he does not look half korean he looks full black i mean maybe that's why they are can nit belive it...
Well, vernon was facing discrimination too, he made a video about it when he was still a child and he explained that people didn't consider him as a Korean and that they were always staring at him because he looked less asian
@@히요리日和 just by looking at him i knew he was not full black tf do u mean
Aralent Lee IKR? Like dude his eye structure and stuff, I think you can see that he is somehow Korean but Yh, in Asia wether you have monolids or not, if your skin is black you are African. I experienced it since I’m Blasian too.
Half of the people in the comments don't even realise this took place in the UK.
genkers if u look at background at 0:26 then u see its england, editors did that to clarify that it happened in england. also the captions r a bit off, hes saying that england wouldnt let him go back to korea
@@genkers i think it was supposed to be in uk airport. You do realize that he could just talk in korean for the people to know he is korean. He speaks native fluent and is pretty known among younger people. It is abroad that he is scared because he cant speak english, and cant communicate well
Dang why does my country have to be racist 😓
@@ssejnosnikrap UK has hidden racism which you don't see behind closed doors. The States make everything about race so it's pretty much on the nose. I've been victim of racism because people assume I can't speak English but I've got a brummy accent and so fuck em.
@@qwertyasdfg013 You do know there are people that's not asian or Korean that speaks Korean fluently with no accent right? People might not believe him even if he is fluent and speaks it as proof
Poor kid, Korea is 99% ethnic Korean, it must be tough to be that 1% show him lots of love xx
Sky I never said Koreans are racist, I mentioned that korea is 99% ethnic Koreans, therefore it means that you'll stand out if you dont look East Asian or aren't Korean
I am also half korean but half white, no one can geuss my heritage
@ThatOneAsianBroChick so...
@@youngfadula He do look korean tho
except that "Koreans" never existed as one "nation/ethnic group" (minjeok) before they learned the very concept of it from the West via ... guess which "empire"?
For countries that pride themselves in being 'civilized'...they sure do have a long way to go.
We are civilized just for homogeneous... I'm also Black and Korean... I grew up in Korea but went to America to stay with my moms family for a few years, to better my english... I was raised bilingual as my father is Korean but speaks ok English and my mom is good at speaking both english and Korean. I had the same issues, but I understood that it can look fishy, I mostly receive strange treatment when I'm traveling outside Korea.
There's racism still in America, which is supposed to be the most developed country in the world. It's because of cultural difference and how a lot of foreigners, especially from Americas, cause a lot of problems here in Korea... I'm not saying they are right for saying that, but a lot of foreigners give their people a bad reputation when they come here to South Korea or any Asian country. You can often find signs here that read no foreigners, just because they are so loud, unruly and disrespectful to our culture. Yes, we are advanced in technology, but other races aren't common and a lot of the encounters with other races are party people. Being developed has nothing to do with your mindset/values/culture. I'm sure those people commenting aren't the majority, for the most part, a lot of Koreans don't dislike black people, but can be prejudice altogether about all foreigners who come here and are unruly and try not to learn anything about our culture, especially when they don't live near a military base, like don't treat others like they are dumb for not knowing English outside of the international cities.
Anais Persephone I can't believe you're acting like these kinds of comments only come from Korea. Just the other day, I saw a bunch of black guys, bullying a Korean international student, telling him that he looked like Kim Jong Un, and that he should go back to North Korea. Why do black people always act like they're the victim everywhere they go, when many of them are plenty racist themselves?
I love how you edited your comment completely... Look if you can't handle the feedback of the internet, then don't even start in the first place. You look dumb as fuck.
Kyuri most rich country, not most developed. In terms of hdi and gdp per capita other countries beat it. America only wins in terms of nominal gdp, which China will soon take over in.
They laugh, but this is honestly so sad to me.
The world is changing. I love diverse world.. 😊
Nope. While we think the world is becoming more diverse, politicians on a world scale are working on race wars... factions built to cause racial tensions between the white x black x asian x hispanics. It's a pandemonium. There hasn't been a higher sense of racial tension up until now.
No diversity, that would ruin many traditional culture
I really love diversity too but I hope that traditions remain
DIE-versity
@@personallover8556 racial and cultural purists like you are why there will never be world peace
He's so handsome💕
Valeria Nardulli IKR
His parents did a nice work 🙄😂
Swag Paprika indeed!!
He's totally korean. He brought up his mom. VERY important part of the story.
The guy at 0:08 looking at him like "ah yes, racism" omfg
@Matty Bruno Lucas Zenere Salas yes
Matty Bruno Lucas Zenere Salas Yes
Matty Bruno Lucas Zenere Salas it totally is lol. They connected over racism
Matty Bruno Lucas Zenere Salas yeah same as them :(( that’s why I understood the look they shared to 😔✊🏽
Matty Bruno Lucas Zenere Salas To You 🚬
CUTIEEEE SO HAPPY HES GETTING RECOGNITION 💕
Oh my gosh. He has Asian facial features with dark skin. He is beautifullll
Ok maybe its just me but he looks like Lucas and sounds a bit like him and Vernon hi my baby okay bye xx
Taemin&Jimins Wife ooohhhh! You're right. I can see Lucas in him, and now I can't unsee it lmaom
Lmao*
Exactly what I thought too :))))
I stan too many groups to remain sane Haha same Lucas is my bias too!!
OMG Like when Lucas debuted something about kept reminding me of Han Hyunmin and i'm glad i'm not the only one
He's really handsome
He reminds me of Lucas specially the way he talks
_ Reolli ikr! His face reminds me of lucas!
That's discrimination if they think he needs to be able to speak English...
only if they think he needs to be able to speak English...just because of his looks
but tbh young adults are expected to be able to speek english no matter what since it's the current universal language
Mary B, it's definitely because of his looks. They wouldn't care if he was Asian.
mi☆haru it's obvious because Korea has a very homogenous population so as soon as you look foreign they'll expect you to speak English it's only due to the lack of exposure
Mary B, yup indeed. Hopefully they start to realize it's not true, especially since we live in the internet age where it's very easy to learn these things.
mi☆haru
yes and it's already happening thanks to him and other mixed and foreign artists and idols in Asia ^^
Step by step little by little
Yall he was saying that he was held up at the LONDON airport because the british officers didnt think he was korean.
It sounds even WORSE underlined this way
Hyunmin, Vernon and Sam all in one place together? Be still my heart!
His voice his size his face his actions OMFG HES LUCAS FROM NCT IN DISGUISE WTF😂😍
Why my eyes keep tickling2 see Lucas in HyunMin face hahahahahhahah his pronouncing is also sammeeeeeee wehhh 😱😱😱
Tiffany Enevi yessss. Both of them is soo adorable but Lucas is more “playboy” hahahhaha
It is actually illegal to deny someone’s nationality at an airport just because they don’t look it.
Its legit to question ones passport if someone does not usually fill the norm. A black korean is not common so they take save measures if the passport is fake or not. Same when i had a bob hairstyle on passport but they didnt let me pass cause i cut it.
They weren’t denying it. They were just holding him to verify his identity to make sure. It’s still a shame he had to go through this, though.
@@nerostile333 It's actually not. If they were concerned the passport was fake, they could've checked the watermarks, etc., for authenticity. Your situation was different bc they thought you weren't the person in the picture (so even though the passport was real, they had a reason to believe you weren't the actual owner). For him, he matched the picture, the passport was legit, they were just being unnecessarily prejudiced to believe he couldn't have been born in Korea
Yall funny. The events he mentioned happened in England and Shanghai. And yet you internationals automatically blame Korea.
Lmao.
Kpopping LM People always jump to 'Asians are racist' without thought.
위대한잡덕 ikr? Idiots.
yeah, right?
@@Cornian Shut up korea boo
Cornian He was coming back “from”England and he was stopped In Seoul,where he had to call his mom whom she spoke with Authorities in Korean and then they release him
Why are u saying it happened in England
I love himmm hahaha❤
eyqa yushaiza alaaa kantoii dah hahahahahhahahahahhahahahahah 😈😈😇😂
He's so damn fine. This adversity will make him a stronger man.
omfg the way Vernon said
"Aigo"
0:35 this is the cutest thing that i have ever seen in my life
Walk tall Son no one can stop you . The Sky is the limit for you Be Brave
His big eyes, the lips, nose , face cut ,height, jawline , voice and the aura IS LUCASS
Oh wow, Hyunmin is very handsome 😍
I love koreans in shows like this react like “”” aaaahhh 🤨🤨”””, “”” mmmmhh🤯””” ,””” ohhhh 😐😣”””” hahahaha god i love them
He really looks like Lucas from NCT even the way he talk and voice.
he’s so upbeat about it and is really a great person
Han hyunmin is a visual god
When you look at his face, he actually looks like Korean. He actually looks more Korean that some of Korean Idols
what i’m sad about is how he has to call his mum for them to release him. bruh if he can’t call her for some reason later in life (eg her phone died, she’s sleeping, etc) he would be stuck there :(
The matter happened in the UK airport, not in Korea. He clearly said that they kept him as suspicious because he doesn't speak English. He would talk in Korean with Korean immigration officers. The captions aren't correct.
I love him Aw poor him two hours :( ppl do same shit with me like yes I’m a an African that has a German passport the concept is not that WILD
• SEVENTEEN • got me so whipped Junhao
people need to realise that your ethnicity doesn’t always represent your nationality. migration has been a thing for centuries!
sorry that you go through discrimination. i’m from singapore so i grew up around being other races. i never understood why there seems to be this disdain for people that have a darker skin colour. i’m of chinese descent (part of the majority in singapore too) so i don’t get affected, but it just angers me that i can’t change the way these people think. a leopard never changes its spots...
He's so handsome
Also Vernon next to him is handsome
+~HE LOOKS LIKE NCT'S LUCAS A LIL BIT
Awesome who is he btw I think I seen him before but where?
hello counselor?
Hes everywhere including knowing brothers and lets eat dinner together
lol han hyun min has been on a good amount of variety shows, so
isnt he model???
yes
I like how the way he talks and tells the story
tbh he has the looks of a korean like his eyes
He’s so cute 😭aww I hope after this show he will be treated how he wants to be treated..☹️
Hyun Min kinda reminds me of SHINee's Minho
Bunny1412 i can see it !
This reminded me of "Kim Toni" from Itaewon class
If I found a person like him, I'll be shocked of course. But, I'll definitely ask further to know about his family.. Hehe..
How did I not notice Vernon at all for the first time😂😂
Is it just me or he really reminds me of lucas? Like his facial expressions? Also hes so cute and this so sad :(
I'm also mixed, Korean and Pakistani. I had to learn the language myself but I usually get a reaction in Korea like "wuh, how come you speak Korean?" and they are amazed when I say I'm half Korean. Except for this one lady in a jjimjilbang, who was surprised I wasn't Korean so... Iono.
He looks like NCT Lucas
Ah man you even don’t know how much I look up to him I’m African American and I’m 15 learning korean this dude TAKES all STEREOTYPES AND JUST THROWS THEM OUT OF THE WINDOW AND INTO A DIRTY LAKE WHERE THEY BELONG this man is really my role model
awww he is adorable :3 must have been hard growing up tho
It's really sad he has to go through this. He mist have gone through a lot to be where he is now. I wish that people learn about the difference between nationality and ethnicity
Poor guy!! But he seriously need to learn English!! Can’t believe his Nigerian dad was not able to teach him any of the Nigerian languages or at least English!! How does he communicate with his dad’s side of the family?🤔
his mother/sister/brother translated it for him
Ikr? I'm Nigerian American and I'm surprised that his dad hasn't taught him ANYTHING.
Girl I got 2 Nigerian parents and I can only speak English 🙈
seems like that's how it often happens it's the same with likyia, elly, nesmith and mandy (from the exile tribe)
they're also mixed but i guess they never got to talk english much so you can tell from their accent that they were raised in japan.
imo once your established in a country you'll speak the language more & more even in your private life and it get's more convenient for all the close familly, and when you have kids you might think it's ok they'll learn english at school but english is so different from asian languages and makes it hard to learn later in life .
a little out of it but
i'm french but i'm from a region that has a special dialect but since i live in the city every body speaks french as well as my parents who never spoke in dialect with me therefore i never lerned the dialect and now i struggle comunicating with my grandparents
He is currently learning English, you can watch it on "My English Puberty" show
OMG I'm so in love with him ❤️🇧🇷 He's so handsome
I don’t care where he’s from, he can pass straight through my border control - that man is FINE
LMAOO
😂🥺
hes such a lovely kid :"( poor baby had to go thru all of that..
Yall need to change the title. He wouldn't lie about being Korean 🙄
uuuh i love him:(( and vernon's reactions r so cute im crying what a precious baby boy
i can see the korean in him, maybe it’s just cause i’m mixed as well, in a similar way. i also don’t look asian, i look 90% white...
a lot of people try and deny my identity, like i was never cambodian. whenever i talk about asia they look at me like i’m some weeaboo, like especially when i’m talkingg about my own country!!! like damn i lived in that place for 7 years too yknow!!!
louisa Never try to Change ignorant ppl its like Cancer like everything its something like Dead period
I can relate so much to this.. I’m Chinese and Hispanic and people always try to deny that I am Asian..
I relate to this so much, haha. I think mixed people can just easily identify other mixed people. I'm also half Korean and Black but people either think I'm 100% Asian, Pacific Islander, or half white lol
Me too, I’m a mixed guy. I can clearly see the korean genes.
if you look at him he looks korean, he looks really similar to nct's lucas (though he isn't korean) but feature wise he looks korean it's just his skin and hair texture.
he reminds me of Lucas from NCT for some reason
Yea his shoulders r wide like him and I can see it in his facial features.
I LOVE HIM AND VERNON AW
Just me who thinks he has a striking resemblance to Lucas from NCT?
This boi is just super cute and handsome.
I apologize as a Korean. Some Koreans especially old people can be very judgemental and stereotypical.
Grylls Bear just to be Old is no excuse
Sahra Qa that is very true
This happened in EnGland!!! God!! Get the English to apologize to Hyunmin.
The young ones are just as problematic
Suhocidal yeah but they're not as bad as the old
That sounds unbelievably frustrating
poor baby hyunmin, when people doesnt believe you, then just say you are from wakanda.
thedancing petal wakanda Korean is that?
Haha yes that what we should call it
He's just 19 years old rn? woooaaahhh he's so professional
Vernonnn
Rip at the treatment!
Also omg Vernon so handsome I can’t focus on the video well
Yall are blaming Korea when the hostage took place in London LMAO. He was unable to communicate with the racially judging UK passport control cause he doesn't speak english. A korean officer would never detain him as he can talk his way out.
Nonetheless if you've been to Korea you'd know that law enforcement ain't even mean, they always try to help you.
the case for hyun min, is that he clearly has korean facial features/structures
Nigeria 🇳🇬
Ok but can I just say...he is freaking gorgeous
It would be England to do this smh they always doing this kind of stuff at immigration 😒
Alex Knight sometimes I’m ashamed to be from there🙃
@Unfazed Jae tell me about it
Same 😩
Yes..one of my friend was a prosecutor, and she said that she was a prosecutor. The immigration held her for a while, looking at her like a mad women. Happened in England.
He didn't explain it completely correctly in here he meant to say he was stopped in Seoul on the way back home from England.(he talked about it in another interview)
I want Hyun min and Lucas from WayV to be on a show together
ok he was in england and i didnt know? tf is this
I can't stop thinking about how he looks like Lucas
Hyun min and Vernon this is a visual battle
Korean Canadian here.. And yes, people expect me to be fluent in English, and because of that, I am. Now I can speak 3 languages. 😊😊
He's Amazing he's Handsome
Omg I was thinking about him today and the youtube recommended me this
He's beautiful 😭💜 I wish the world was less ignorant in their thoughts, but unfortunately that's the world we live in. Like Art, beauty is very subjective. Beauty is definitely in the eyes of the beholder. So yea, he's beautiful in my eyes.
This is only really a thing in the East.
Just a little misunderstanding and people act like this is a big deal. I wish people spend time on things like world hunger, war, climate change, etc.
are u giving to all those charities?
yourguardianangel Yes, and?
I fucking love his vibe and his personality! And he is beautiful!🙏🏿🥺❤️
He's adorable.
Friend: why are you laughing?
Me: Nothing
My mind: He's a Kogga.
i was born in Korea too and as a mixed person i have the same problem but my parents are not from Korea i’m literally the only person who can speak Korean in my family- as a military family we move a lot and when i moved to Chicago kids didn’t believe i was born and raised in Korea even after i spoke Korean😂
Just let him live. It's sad that some ppl just can accept ones identity bc of the color of his or her skin. I'm glad he opens up about this. It's not easy but i am still rooting for him and people of color. Okay bye.
He’s just saying that people are shocked when he tells them he’s Korean. I’m sure you’ve seen a person you thought was one race or ethnicity, but turns out they’re a different race or ethnicity than you expected. They’re just confused because he doesn’t look like most Koreans. That’s all.
The way he speaks and tell stories reminds me of Lucas, they really do have resemblance
Now that I've seen this video, I can't even imagine how he and his family were treated
Hyunmin is so handsome omg 🤭😔