[reducesuffering]

> Mentioning that somebody is from South Korea does not constitute a refutation of that person being a western journalist

I don't understand other peoples' denial of the intent with GP's comment. GP specifically quoted the sentence that ended with "Western journalist" and followed that with "South Korean journalist", as an implied correction, when that journalist's South Korean birthplace could hardly be any consideration into her journalism, when she's been living quite the western life since she was 3 years old.

[Chris2048]

> that journalist's South Korean birthplace could hardly be any consideration into her journalism

Self-identity can absolutely be relevant, especially if there is a history of anti-white racism.

[reducesuffering]

Except that in 14 hours and 10 comments, there’s been no evidence provided she even claims a South Korean identity.

[Chris2048]

What does that mean? I think the point is she is racially Korean, aka Asian not white/Caucasian, given context to her being accused of being "anti-white".

edit: also see "It's not far off from Korean culture" https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/981575986322989056 which apparently she is qualified to judge.