The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Being Half-Black, Half-Korean in Korea
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Meet Tony Smith.
He's half-Black, half-Korean, hailing from the United States, and has been living in South, Korea for nine years. He's a dancer and photographer, and he approached the Halfie Project a while ago saying he had a story he wanted to share. We hope that the Halfie Project platform gives him a space to speak out and say what many people need to hear and probably what many other halfies might relate to.
He looks on life with amazing optimism and creates beautiful art with his camera and dance moves ;) We hope you are as inspired by his story as we are!
Instagram:
Tony Smith - / alpacatony
Becky (interviewer) - / sincerelybeckyw
Jackson Tritt (Film) - / jacksontritt
Jay Lee (Photography) - / jayxlee92
Michael Gundhus (Editor) - / mjgundhus
Film Location: Urban Detail - / urban_detail_architecture
![[Ext. Interview] The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Being Half-Black, Half-Korean](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/quJgLZ5anbY/mqdefault.jpg)
More Koreans need to watch this video. Thank you for your great project!
빅제임스 It would be great if Korean subtitles could be on these videos and the title be also in Korean as well as English because then people in South Korea who don’t speak English could watch these videos and be educated on the experiences of biracial people there.
@@KM-qu3oe We one hundred percent agree and are working on that! We feel it's important for both English and Korean speakers to hear these stories^^
Nice 👍🏾 video,thanks for sharing. I’m black and my husband is Chinese.When people see us they smile.We don’t have any problem living here in NYC.
What a lovely thing to share! Glad you and your husband are doing well in NYC!
I would hope and pray living in a cosmopolitan city like NYC you and your husband would not have problems when they see you. And if you are Muslim wearing Hijab and they still smile pleasantly that is a mercy from God.
Its amazing how in many ways, I feel like Tony is telling my own story. From one Black/Korean to another, I commend you on being confident in your own identity and not letting the ignorance of those around you to negatively impact you!
Your not wanted in korea. Go back to melting pot USA. You can never identify yourself as Korean and you will never be because you have black dna on you.
@@koreanpeninsula2116 and they have half Korean DNA - so like it or not they ARE just as Korean - so suffer in your racist jocks
@@koreanpeninsula2116 You are a walking & talking ignorant asswipe.
@Chelsea Abumbi unfortunately there will always be racist, bad, evil people
You just have to focus on the good people and be aware of the ones that don't have the best interest for you
@@koreanpeninsula2116 WOW, YOU'RE A MASSIVE BITCH. UNBELIEVABLE.
He has a Korean man's tone of voice.
And his body language! I'm not mad tho. 😄
I love how when he smiles his eyes do that cute thing. It's great that he smiles a lot.
It’s called eye smile, my little cousin is half Chinese/cantonese and her eyes do the same thing I love it :)
Sad his mom didn't teach him Korean.
Sadly happens a lot in the U.S. especially in the past when it was stigmatized to be mixed/speak another language. I'm mixed Japanese and sadly do not know Japanese. I am married to a Korean and will make sure my kids speak both languages.
This is enlightening
yes I think she should've
That is an awesome interview!!! He seems like a cool guy to just chill and hang with!
Tony's a pretty cool guy ;)
I loved that Tony shared many of his moments. I have been having positive experiences so far, but know many of these moments are possible for both me and my family living here. I'm glad to see how open he was to give point of view, and that I enjoyed. Wonderfully made video here!
Thanks for the comment - We're grateful and encouraged by Tony's openness and his story :)
Tony was killing it with those dance moves.haha😆😆
Btw, I'm a show this to 3 of my cousins who are mixed (Black/Korean).. I think they'll like this..
He's a sweet kid.
Get it Tony, his moves are so fluid
Wish we could have shown more of his moves!
Much of how he feels, I can understand. Though I am 100% Korean, my family and I left Korea when I was three. Since then, I grew up in many countries. So, when I visited Korea a few years ago, it was a learning process in discovering a part my identity. As an adult, I'm comfortable in knowing that I'm a bit of every culture that I grew up in.
I totally got his comment about not viewing his mother as Korean/his dad as black. I'm mixed Japanese and growing up people would point to my grandma/mom and say "they're asian" (I look really European but still had people point out certain features but it seemed only confirmed what my mix was when they saw my mom or grandma) and I was just confused by their comments. As odd as it sounds I dont even think I really understood the concept of race until I was older. My grandma still speaks with a heavy Japanese accent and people had difficulty understanding her but I never got why. I would think "who are these weirdos. That's just my grandma/mom and clearly grandma just said XYZ aren't you listening to her at all?". No one had any talks with me about being mixed. As a teen I really began exploring my asian heritage and it was really awesome and satisfying to understand myself so much better, but at times really confusing too. My own children will be half Korean/half my mix and it is a completely different time than when I or my mom grew up. We plan on raising our kids equally between the cultures (visits to their non-majority residence regularly .. unsure if we will live in the U.S or Korea yet) and 100% making sure they speak both languages and understand from a young age who they are ethnically and culturally as a mixed person. I study Korean and lived in Korea for a number of yrs and my husband is a native Korean in the States currently so we understand what it's like being living between cultures and think its really important; particularly as a mixed person to know accept and love yourself. But yes in any case its always a personal journey.
I'm just a regular brazilian guy, but I liked the channel, especially the differents narratives. Nice job.
Thanks for watching!
it is a very helpful project i think. Keep it up!
I‘m Swiss-Irish-Korean-Japanese
Back then I was 😩, Now I‘m 😇
Always love yourself 🙏 All the best to all biracials
My mom didn’t teach us Korean cuz she wanted us to be more American. Although, my brother went to Korea to teach English and he can read and write, plus speak it. He lives in Korea now, I think at the 8th Army Base. I’m trying to learn Korean so I can learn more about my culture.
This channel is so good! I love the interviews!!!
We're glad you're watching! Thanks for the comment :)
He looks more Korean. I’m from Maryland too! Lot’s of cute half Koreans there. He’s a sweet guy. 🤓💕
Who is Tony? Tony is a cool young man who had wonderful parents from two different ethnic groups.
" New exotic fruit" love it! Imagine a world in which skin shade is not seen but only character and beautiful smiles. I have no problem with your mom not teaching you Korean. It is a lot more difficult than people understand. My sons did not learn Spanish as children and I don't let the remarks of others offend me in any way. People love to judge others. Live and let live. C'est la vie!!
Tony is a cool Blasian soul brotha. I salute the brotha for being himself. Thank God for the Hip-hop nation and Heavy Metal nation. Bringing cultures together is unity and peace. And the Hip-hop nation is the melting pot of a United front. Does not matter the race or ethnicity, if you have GOD in your heart and love in your soul, you will have love back from the other ethnic groups. And the Hip-hop movement has the melting pot message to love all cultures. And the Biracial groups are the future of the World. Love everybody and love everyone.
Thanks for the message!
I have to be honest, I feel as a half korean half white man, creating a mixed asian child is the highest form of abuse with no regard to the experience of their child. The pain and confusion we experience is unrivaled. Especially in today's climate where people are becoming more tribal as crime, fear and chaos rise. The reality is we have no tribe, we aren't half anything, we're WHOLE people... and for 99% of us our parents are not a reflection of our WHOLE selves. This world is headed down a dark path and in my experience while I am accepted by both white and asian people, I know they'll both leave me outside in ghe cold if the natural order of tribalism returns. Save your money and get ready for the storm.
Nice interview! Thanks 4 sharing tony!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent interviewee / we. Keep them coming.
This Is Amazing 💕💕💕
Thanks for watching!
The Halfie Project thank you for the content... it kinda gives me some kind of peace of mind.. I’m not really a mixed child .. but my grandpa is Afro- Latino and my grandma is full Latina but my parents are full Latinos (I guess) but anyway my point is that I’m pretty brown and my hair is curly and in high school it was weird that I was not really accepted in the Latinos “click” lol so I mostly hung out with the Africans or the Asians it’s was sooo weird going through high school so I related a lot with his story ... thank you for this 💕😌
Differences of all kinds can sometimes feel alienating from the rest of society; but we belive it's what makes you special and unique. We're cheering you on :)
A lot better now than in the 70’s.... 좋은 영상 감사합니다
Most definitely and we're glad for it^^
Great vid! keep em coming!
p.s. I have recently sent you an email that was written on your about section for some collaboration ideas!
I am a Chinese girl 🇨🇳 who is from Canada 🇨🇦
As a military child myself, I totally get what they are talking about (my dad was Army and Air force). I moved around a lot and do not identify as being from one particular place either. I grew up in Germany, Guam, Washington, New York and then moved to Utah and Hawaii. So I am from All over is what I say.
“Your mom is Korean, and your dad is black?” Black isn’t a ethnicity, you didn’t say yellow for Korean so why’d you say black for Afro/African American ??
It was disrespectful.she should have said African American
Holy crap, my brother and I are half black/Japanese and we look just like him. hahaha
I'm 100% Korean from Korea. He's more Korean than me, even his appearance :D God bless this dude
Nice video!
Nice transitions
My ethnicity is similar to Kamala Harris I will continue to watch these videos. Thanks Becky mix race people need to stick together we understand each other too much.
He's similar to Hines Ward it's crazy what Blasian people endure. I'm technically Blasian supposedly I never met the guy but my Dad was Afghan and my mom is the Black parent.
I miss my half Brazilian and Korean son so much. He looks just my son.
... now, the background accompaniment is good
Black Korean. That’s so cool
I’m noticing a pattern there is one thing I believe that we all have in common as far as being mixed I think the majority of us come from military backgrounds like I said I’m half American half Korean and my father was in the Air Force and then Tony’s was Army your dad was Air Force.. we’re all military brats 🤗a community of our own ✌🏽😊yeah maybe you guys could use that as a thought for the project name?...
It's totally true that the American military has a very big part in the history of mixed race people coming from Korea. It doesn't encompass all mixed race Koreans of course, but certainly is significant. Thanks for the comment!
Damn Becky you are so beautiful !!!!
Is he a unification church child from arranged marriage ?
There are a lot of Blasian celebrities.
_12:54 "...that's more the mindset of an older generation. How's that...do you see this kind of mindset with more our generation" _
Hmm...you were quick to write-off his experience, and blame the _mythical older generation._
Afrocentrists: *_TRIGGERED_*
Korean letter is most expressive easy but not long time to teach other people. Bad Korean teacher. I agree with him all the way except is America!! Mind lol
Wow when she smiled she almost look like Tosha😲🤔
Tony mom is funny lol
Looks like Marcus from Mr. Beast
You lost me when you said you dont cheer for the Ravens...BOOOooo... Lol
aaaaahhh well glad you made it through long enough to leave the comment :D
@@TheHalfieProject Sis...
Original asiatic people are melenated, facts....
so blasian... He's blasian
Also sucks being half-Greek. Being half-anything sucks, why did my parents betray their heritage?
😂