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[HamJeong]

The 'positive', 'negative' and 'neutral' distinction seems rather unnecessary. I think you're onto something when you say that placing someone into the foreigner category is a way of excluding them from the established social hierarchy, but it bears emphasizing that this is not always the case, and certainly doesn't depend on any usage of the word 'foreigner' itself.

[p00lman]

@HamJeong Of course, there are plenty of ways to exclude people, but I want to look at the "power" of this word by itself. There are some foreigners who feel its use toward them is exclusionary in a very negative sense. My purpose in the video was trying to explain how it functions neutrally.

[barcher]

Michael, you're a gem. This video is great and, as always, your intuitions about Korean culture are spot-on. My only hope is that you continue to study the Korean language, and that you inspire your friends and fans to do the same. That is truly the only way to attempt to understand Korean culture. Bravo!

[p00lman]

@barcher You have a point!

[HamJeong]

@p00lman I was just saying, I wonder to what extent it's useful to talk about a 'negative function' or a 'neutral function' of the word itself. There is no power of the word by itself, there is the myriad ways in which it is used by people, which, I assume, escapes the 'good, neutral or bad' tri(?)chotomy.

[HamJeong]

@HamJeong While conventional concepts like age, marital status, job, title, etc place the person (foreigner or not) as existing in society, designation as foreigner seems to be a way to identify those who manipulate meaning and symbols in society. One good example I find is the way in which Koreans differentiate themselves from foreigners who know close to impeccable Korean language, history, culture, etc. its usually done by referring to 'uniquely Korean' concepts like 한, 정 etc.

[Mariah6789]

잘 했어요 ~ :D ᄏᄏᄏᄏ

미안합니다... 제가 한국어를 잘 못해요...

어쨌든... 좋은 비디오! ^^

[jamieconnect]

My husband is Korean but is a foreigner = non-Korean passport holder. That's all.

외국인 = someone who is not Korean > foreigner. ^_^

[ChoiMinhoIsHot]

I've seen it used in a good context towards me~

[treesy12]

What is your job in korea?

[pgraham28]

난 미국사람아니야!!!! call me 외국인 anytime just dont say 미국사람이다!!!!

[kwad8]

@Jej621 LOL. You didn't get my point. I am not saying I know what you feel. But I am seeing you are feeling something but are hiding it. I didn't know we were arguing. I thought we were just have a friendly discussion. Don't give up now. this is interesting. I can't have this kind of discussion with most koreans. You are special in that regard.