Anti-japanese sentiment in korea?

I was just wondering if someone was 1/2 korean and 1/2 japanese or even 1/4 korean 1/4 japanese and 1/2 black (like Kimora Lee Simmons) would they be discrimated against in South Korea due to their partial Japanese heritage? What if they had a japanese surname but were still at least 1/4 or 1/2 korean. How do Koreans feel about mixed race people.

I was just wondering because I'm 1/4 korean and 1/4 black on my mom's side and 1/4 japanese and 1/4 white on my dad's side and I can only speak english and japanese and have a japanese name and my mom is planning a trip to south korea in the summer.

A little background about some information concerning Korean people and their Nationalistic way of thinking -

Months ago the Korean people expressed high praise that the black-American person named Heinz Ward made the winning catch for his team to win the Superbowl.

Many years ago, Heinz Ward was born in South Korea, to a Korean mother who married a black American. Being a homogenous society, the Korean people shunned both the boy and his mother; among the names Heinz Ward was called was half-breed. The mother eventually immigrated to the United States with her son Heinz. The U.S.A. was a better place for Heinz to grow up without the prejudice that South Koreans demonstrated towards him and his mother.

Suddenly, Heinz Ward is in the spotlight for making the winning catch, winning the Superbowl. Also suddenly, Heinz鈥檚 Korean ethnicity came out that he was also a Korean. Needless to say, the Korean people instantly 鈥渁dopted鈥?Heinz as one of their own, a 鈥淜orean鈥?person.

What is not well-known is this: during their trip back to South Korea when Heinz Ward was making a publicity tour, his mother was at the orphanage for unwanted children; the same orphanage where Heinz spent his young life before immigrating to the United States. A young girl told Heinz鈥檚 mother how difficult it is being a 鈥渉alf-breed鈥?black-Korean person living in South Korea. Heinz鈥檚 mother pulled a $100 Bill from her purse and gave it to the young girl; she told the girl, 鈥渢ake this money, buy books to study and learn. When you鈥檙e old enough, get out of South Korea and immigrate to the United States where you鈥檒l be accepted for who you are.鈥? This story appeared in only one English-speaking newspaper, although other English-speaking newspapers were also present at the orphanage visit.

Shortly after, a Korean-American Golfer, Michelle Wie (American citizen, born in the United States), won a big Golfing Tournament.

Needless to say, once again, the South Korean people were saying she is 鈥淜orean,鈥?neglecting to mention her American citizenship.

Now, here is where truth is bent, to the 鈥淣ationalistic鈥?advantage of the Korean people.

The guy at Virginia Tech, named Cho, a Korean citizen (no U.S. citizenship) who immigrated to the United States with his parents, murders 32 people. Many South Korean people, including the South Korean President, express their shock and sorrow that this happens.

Now, the (unknown and not-well reported outside the U.S.) flip-side story about Korean people using Korean-ness to their advantage.

Korean news has been showing on the news that Cho IS NOT KOREAN, since he has been living in the United States for about 10 years since his family immigrated to the U.S. This fact in itself, for many Korean people, automatically makes Cho an American citizen, even though Cho never received any American citizenship.

Therefore, the Korean Nationalistic reasoning is that because Cho immigrated to the United States, a Korean citizen did not commit the VT murders, but an American citizen.

Just some examples of the numerous 鈥渢wo-face鈥?facts about South Korean people.

It depends.
I myself have no problem with mixed-race people.
But I know a lot of people, especially the older generations, would feel very uncomfortable (and yes, some may feel superior than the mixed people) with the mixed people, especially if they had Japanese or black backgrounds: Take In-soo-nee, for example: she's a half-black, half-korean singer, and she said in a talk show once how everyone called her "韸€旮?quot; (twee-gee), a derisive term for mixed-people, when she was young. The anti-Japanese feeling was especially strong when the Koreans (including myself) hotly disputed with the Japanese over the Dokdo Islands, and when Goizumi, ex-Prime Minister of Japan, kept visiting the shrines, refusing to acknowledge the past Japanese deeds during the World War II and the Korean War, which had directly affected the older generations in Korea.

Koreans discriminate against all people that are not 100% Korean unless the person is famous. See: Hines Ward.

Koreans do not like mixed race people until they do something cool, such as win a Superbowl MVP. And to all the Koreans that are about to give me a thumbs down, why don't you go look at your orphanages first.
The fact that a person has Japanese blood mixed with Korean would be helpful because you can claim full Korean. The black might throw things off a bit.
Also, mongrels that can speak Korean get accepted much better than the ones that can't. Actually, full blooded foreigners with a Korean face that cannot speak Korean will have the hardest time finding acceptance.

Edit:
Crap, I made the same famous guy reference as v-man. Bobby, I am not v-man. I cannot vouch for him not being Yamamoto.

Not nowadays. Young Koreans in particular are very openminded. I'm white and married a Korean person (and can't even speak Korean and have never faced any type of discrimination...I'm trying to learn folks). Honestly, they don't discriminate against mixed race people either.

I think there is a bit of sensitivity between Koreans and Japanese but this is changing. I also lived in Japan for two years and met some people with Korean ancestry there. Apparently there is still a problem with them getting full citizenship, but that is a governmental issue within Japan. Average people don't have a problem with it.

Any residual anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea stems from the Japanese occupation of Korea.(1910-1945). Most of those afflicted are elderly or no longer alive.

There are still anti-japanese sentiment in Korea but if you are only 1/4 japanese and you are 1/4 white and 1/4 black, people won't even realize that you are part Japanese so you don't have to wry about the negative attitudes toward Japanese and even if you were visibly a japanese, big city like Seoul will not really care. However, i can guarantee you that a lot of people will stare at you and your mother. Koreans, especially the older folks between the age 45-55 do not like mixed kids, especially black kids unless they are famous and somehow glorifies Korea. But i promise you that it won't affect your trip that much. It's not like you'll be segregated or be refused of a service. The worst is a few people staring at you.

I'm a full korean and i am planning to move back this coming summer to go to a boarding school there. It's been about a year since I've been there but people's view changes pretty quickly over there and when there are 22,000,000 living in a city like seoul, it's likely you won't even really notice a difference

Koreans have a strong dislike for Japanese people.

Hi, I'm American by nationality, and part Korean, Indian, Malaysian, and Thai by origin. Although I am not Japanese, I could still say that Koreans weren't really fond of mixed ethnic people when my parents were growing up in Korea; some people still feel uncomfortable because they're not used to seeing people with a 'different' face from theirs. You'll probably get a couple of stares in a few places - especially in the rural areas, and some people might randomly ask you questions about where you're from, but it's really not that bad.. Try to be polite about it as much as you can (I understand sometimes that can be hard.)

I suggest you learn some Korean!

You will be discriminated against.

it probably won't be a big issue, especially since you're just visiting. and learning some korean could help. and also not knowing much korean can be a blessing, so long as you're not reading the body language, since you won't necessarily know if people are talking smack about you. they're pretty unlikely to say anything intentionally derogatory to you in english. having a thick skin and a big smile will go a long way.

but yes, like previous posters said, there is still a lot of racism in korea, but i think it's mostly due to being in a nearly homogenous culture and lack of exposure to real people from other countries (or, in the case of the old folks, bad experiences from the wars and occupation). if all you know of foreigners is what you've seen on tv/in movies, heard from your grandparents, or (around the american army bases) seen of drunken g.i.'s, then it's not too surprising. attitudes do change, so more positive exposure to different people will make a more tolerant society, so your trip will be a good thing for you and the people you meet there.

They will discriminate against you because you are not a native Korean.

They will discriminate against you because you cannot speak Korean (fluently).

They will discriminate against you because you are mixed blood. (Regardless of the combination.)

They will discriminate against you because you are 1/4 black.

They will discriminate against you because you are 1/4 Japanese.

They will discriminate against you because you have a Japanese surname.

Unless you are full blooded Korean AND fluent in Korean or someone famous/extremely wealthy you will be discriminated against.

yeah its true that some koreans are against mixed marriage but nowadays a lot of koreans esp those out of the their country are marrying foreigners.actually my husband is half japanese and half korean.and everytime the korean people heard me saying this,they will surely ask me how the parents meet coz they know the history of the war bet. japanese and korean before.but as i told them that the parents grew up in US and thats where they met.although as of this time there are stil koreans who doesnt accept this mixed race,its their belief,esp the old ones..well i hope in time they will..

Much of what鈥檚 already been said is true as gross generalization. Like everywhere else, you鈥檒l run into folks who are accepting, less accepting, or just plain apathetic. I鈥檓 sure my answer will get a lot of thumbs downs since people don鈥檛 really like hearing unfavorable things said about their own people.

As a tourist, you probably won鈥檛 have too many problems if any. Koreans may stare at you out of curiosity, and to be quite honest, they may think racist things in their head, but they鈥檙e unlikely to say anything to your face. And, like others have said, the Japanese may be less of an issue than the black.

Koreans aren鈥檛 always the most rational people. They think with their hearts. They鈥檙e a very passionate people and a very prideful people. It鈥檚 true they value being of 鈥減ure鈥?Korean blood. Mixed persons aren鈥檛 looked upon with favor usually unless they鈥檙e famous and bring good PR to the Koreans (see everyone else鈥檚 examples). Mind you, I鈥檝e noticed a hierarchy to their often unaccepting ways of other races. In their minds, not all Asians are created equal either. Koreans are at the top. The Chinese and Japanese are about equal below them. The Vietnamese, Laosians, Fillipinos, Thai and other groups fall after that in no particular order. Now, in the US, marrying a white person isn鈥檛 terrific, but decently accepted as it's becoming more common. Mexicans and Blacks? Depending on how accepting the families are, you might even be disowned for disgracing or shaming your family. Marry some other Asian? Who knows. Depends on what they are like and what their families are like. Even if Koreans don鈥檛 like mixed people, I haven鈥檛 heard of any violent hate crimes just because of someone鈥檚 skin color in Korea. I could be wrong. These are gross generalizations, but I think they鈥檙e opinions that commonly permeate through Korean society.

Koreans in Korea and Koreans in America can be quite different. I believe it was 123 who said that Koreans go by blood before anything else. I try to be very careful when I use the words 鈥渁lways鈥?and 鈥渘ever鈥?and such. 123, you might try that approach. I am an American. I look Korean, I have Korean parents, and I鈥檝e got Korean blood running through my veins. I鈥檓 proud of that. But, I most identify with the title of an American. Even my dad who was born and raised in Korea and came here in his 20s says I鈥檓 American.

I could go on and on. If you look Korean and claim to be Korean, you should speak the language. If you can鈥檛, you might as well deny the fact that you鈥檙e Korean. My cousins don鈥檛 speak Korean very well, and let me tell you, my grandmother trash talks them鈥er own grandchildren.

I can also give you a list of the wonderful things about Korean people. It's not all bad! Don't fixate on the not so wonderful. Korea doesn't have a lot of touristy stuff, but it's fun. Just go and enjoy yourself like any other vacation!