Being Black in Korea

Being Black in S Korea is like being an exotic giraffe just walking around the country, going about your normal day activities. Imagine if you saw a pretty, graceful giraffe walking down the street in your neighborhood. It was going grocery shopping then waiting for the bus while listening to music on headphones.

Would you stop and stare?

Would you try to touch it or take pictures? 

Would you laugh (or giggle) uncomfortably?

That is what it is like to be Black in South Korea. I am a beautiful, graceful giraffe going about my business while the locals react to me based on their lack of experience with beautiful, graceful giraffes. So, you see, their reaction to me is their problem, never mine.