Sam Okyere apologizes in Korean for blackface backlash

Article: "I was careless" Sam Okyere, apologizes for backlash on racism controversy

Source: Chosun Ilbo via Naver

1. [+5,970, -614] There's nothing more for you to learn, just go back to your home in Ghana. Koreans were nice to believe that your racist slanted eyes action was a mistake only for you to turn around and embarrass our education and incite terrible criticism over a small mistake like this. It makes me scared to think about what you'll say about Korea when you go back to your own country like a certain other Japanese professor we know.

2. [+4,092, -90] He really must think Koreans are fools ㅋㅋ he's claiming to not have known the 'teakpop' tag? Sure, let's say he really didn't... then why did he try to get his post known to K-Pop fans? ㅋ And why apologize so late? Why no explanation for his slanted eyes? He's only explaining what benefits him.

3. [+3,709, -51] Why is he not writing his apology in English? He had no problem writing his initial post in English to depict all of Koreans as racist, and even went as far as to delete comments that shared opinions different from his. If he writes his apology only in Korean, then this doesn't explain anything to the foreigners who have been following his posts. Does he really think this is a genuine apology?

4. [+2,056, -34] He knows the money's good here so it's gross that he's forcing himself to clean up his mess in case he loses his job. He really didn't know the meaning of 'teakpop'? Why hashtag it if he didn't?

5. [+2,008, -137] As if our country isn't a mess already, now we have foreigners trying to ridicule us

6. [+676, -10] He's a public figure. As if it wasn't bad enough that he exposed a bunch of high school students who were simply trying to parody a meme and left them up for all that hate, he then tried to make it seem like all Koreans are uneducated fools. He must think of Koreans so easily for him to do this. Whatever, go back to your country. How would you like it if we took all of your actions to represent Ghana and treated the Ghanaians like they are uneducated? You are the most famous Ghanaian in Korea but now you've ruined the image of your country here. Go back and I hope to never see you again.

7. [+565, -5] So he had no idea what 'teakpop' meant, then why doesn't he get that the students probably didn't know what blackface is either? Just go back to your country, please.

8. [+522, -9] I don't want to see him on TV anymore. He made all his money in Korea just to set up a school in Ghana, he has no gratitude for our country. These high school students were just partaking in their school's customs and he made them out to be racist fools to the world... Go back to your country now.

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Article: Sam Okyere, "My expression of opinion crossed the line... I'm sorry"

Source: Korea Econ via Naver

1. [+980, -24] If you feel so victimized by this parody, then why were you slanting your eyes and being racist to Asians?

2. [+859, -18] He tagged all sorts of hashtags in his original post and wrote in English to reach a global audience to ruin the image of both our country and those students. Then he only posted up his apology in Korean like he was just trying to brush it under the rug. How can that be meaningful at all? Not only is it too late, it doesn't feel genuine either.

3. [+650, -11] The original meme himself congratulated the students on their graduation. Sam Okyere is not even the man in question so what did he find so problematic to be tagging K-Pop in his post when K-Pop has nothing to do with it? I understand that he's entitled to his personal opinions but he crossed the line big time. He needs to go back to his country.

4. [+329, -15] There's nothing more for you to learn here, just go back to Ghana

5. [+116, -1] What's funny is that he only wrote his post in Korean ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ he had no problem writing in both English and Korean when he was calling the students racist so why is the apology written only in Korean? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I guess he's embarrassed to face the foreigners with it? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Just go back to Ghana instead of getting more hate ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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Article: Sam Okyere hit with backlash over talks of racism, an apology within a day "I was careless"

Source: Joongang Ilbo via Naver

1. [+730, -21] It's funny how black people will foam at the mouth when someone does a funny parody of themselves but then have no problem slanting their eyes and being racist towards Asians

2. [+348, -3] He already hashtagged all sorts of English tags and got them all that hate... a Korean apology has no meaning this late. There's nothing genuine about it.

3. [+319, -15] Would Sam Okyere be given an opportunity on TV at all if he wasn't black? He made all his money and enough to build a school in Ghana thanks to that fact so why is he repaying us like this?

4. [+264, -30] It's too late, it's over for you. I'll change the channel if I see you on TV anymore. I'm tired of seeing foreigners on TV anyway. Don't want to see you on TV.

5. [+57, -0] Hated on them in English and Korean but the apology is only in Korean? What's he trying to say? "Hey Koreans, here's my apology so screw off now"?

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Article: Original 'coffin dance' leader posts Uijeongbu High picture "congratulations on your graduation"

Source: Joongang Ilbo via Naver

1. [+1,275, -13] This would've never been an issue if everyone just laughed about it like this man

2. [+563, -18] The man himself said it was fine! Sam Okyere, who are you to hate on these kids? And to put up an excuse instead of an apology, tsk tsk. You dare criticize our country's education? Ridiculous... The man of the meme himself is congratulating them!

3. [+206, -3] Well this puts Sam Okyere in a sticky position...

4. [+175, -13] This makes it very weird for Sam Okyere. The fact that he tried to turn this into a racism issue... was because he was already looking down on those students to begin with.

5. [+79, -3] I bet you Sam Okyere is going to start hating on Korea when he goes back to his country. He doesn't seem to understand that the students were parodying a specific person, not a race. Instead, he set out to put down Korean education, K-Pop... all to victimize himself? Just go back to your country. He's the one who was caught doing the slanted eyes last time. If he looks down on Asians so much, why is he trying to stick around here?

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