Webtoon ‘Get Schooled’ apologizes for racist content material + discontinues service in NA

 Article: “We didn’t know it was racism… we will educate ourselves” Naver webtoon ‘Get Schooled’ apologizes + halts service in NA

Supply: Girls’s Information through Naver

[+113, -10] I do know it is simple for our folks to fall for the false perception that racism doesn’t exist in our nation as a result of we’re so homogenous, however that does not imply racism doesn’t exist. For instance, when my child aws in elementary faculty, he had a Black native English trainer, and when children requested him if he was from Africa, he refused to show and left. I am certain the youngsters did not know any higher however I am certain it was actually offensive to that American trainer… All of this can be a results of our ignorance, however that does not imply ignorance is all the time forgivable…

[+108, -24] This is similar manhwa the place a feminine trainer was ‘schooled’ for instructing gender equality. I’m wondering why there is no apology for that?

[+92, -41] Our nation might be one of many few on this planet the place males are capable of simply throw out their disgusting ideologies in types of media like this

[+30, -4] ‘Get Schooled’ received schooled

[+31, -10] I by no means learn this manhwa so I do not know the main points however from simply studying the article, I can inform that the artist is kind of excessive on the spectrum. The place is his foundation for the concept bullying in faculties are getting worse as a result of there’s not sufficient punishment? Again when punishment was extra extreme, faculty bullying was really even worse. Rebellious college students that had been beat by lecturers as punishment then went and took it out on weaker classmates. 

[+7, -2] I knew this manhwa was going to be an issue when incels began supporting it. Now it is struggling its downfall on a world stage…

[+3, -0] I studied overseas for a number of years and have come to understand a number of issues now that I am again dwelling in our nation. Koreans undoubtedly function underneath the idea that being such a homogeneous nation is an effective factor and that it permits us to be racist in the direction of different ethnicities and choose others for the colour of their pores and skin. Our make-up foundations are solely ever launched in mild 21, 23 colours, to the purpose the place our personal persons are pressured to purchase make-up abroad beacuse they can not discover a darker shade match domestically. 

[+2, -1] The barrier for entry into the webtoon world in our nation is so low that our webtoon trade retains operating into these scandals abroad. I wager this manhwa would’ve by no means needed to cancel service if the manhwa was solely being proven in Korea as a result of nobody would’ve cared.

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