TS #5 - Brad Charlassier

For my 5th tutoring session I met with Dojun over Skype as per usual. We decided today to discuss current events and to explore new vocabulary for him through these current events. So today we talked about the police shootings in Dallas. We discussed how there were black men that were shot by police officers while the officers were not under any danger and one happened even when a man was down on the ground being held by police officers. We talked about racial tensions and racism both in the United States as well as South Korea. He was honest with me and said that the South Korean people favor the American people more than most other foreigners that come to South Korea. I explained that there is a long history of racial tensions here in the United States despite the face that it has been such a long time since there was slavery. There are still some people in the States that believe that those of white descent are of superior standing. We also talked about, how during the riots in Dallas after these shootings, police officers started to become targeted by an ex-military sniper. It was a clear attack on the Dallas Police Department, and a scary time for those living in Dallas.