I'm a witto piggu in Worst Korea, and I find this to be the most baffling thing about (many) Asians. Because I can't for the life of me understand what the reason is.
"You'll steal all their women!"
Not necessarily at all - the white guys who do best with Asian girls are classic jock Chad types, who if anything are less likely to know the lingo than language nerds. Also ironically enough in my experience FOB foreigners regardless of inate personality can sexpat it up way easier, because they haven't been influenced by Asian cultures and how they stifle spontaneity and outgoingness.
"You'll stay in their country longer!"
Not necessarily true. Plenty of long-term expats and immigrants speak Korean, but plenty speak none even after decades.
"You'll understand their country's seedier side!"
You don't need to learn the language to learn about a country's negative aspecs, guess what, there's this thing called Google Translate. Also Korean-Americans who are writing informed books and blogs about Korea and spilling the beans (same for Chinese-Americans and so on). It's not the 17th century anymore, no language is a secret.
"You'll gain too much power and influence in their society!"
No you won't. A fluent Korean-speaking white person doesn't have any particular status. Sure he can make small-talk with his local store owner better but it doesn't give him more influence or sway than a wealthy investment banker with millions of dollars at his fingertips.
So Asians, honestly what's the deal? This is something that many, many whites across Asia have experienced, and I don't understand it. Can someone tell me why? In virtually all other societies, people feel more comfortable around foreigners who speak their language because they are usually more culturally sensitive and fit in better, but in the case of Asians people weird out. What's the deal?
>>37752565
Koreans are pretty racist. Also, koreaboos.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JjAdfDrh8v0
>>37752565
I think they just believe their languages are superior and out of reach for the common man