According to Yonhap News Agency, on October 4, local time, Manchester United star Park Ji-sung was interviewed by the club's "UTD Podcast", in this interview, The Koreans talked a lot, in which he emphasized that he hoped that Manchester United fans would no longer sing Koreans eating dog meat songs, and he also called on fans to accept education against "racial insults". Subsequently, Manchester United officials also expressed their support for Park Ji-sung's appeal, "We fully support what he said and hope that the fans can respect his wishes." ”
From 2005 to 2012, Park Ji-sung played for Manchester United and was one of the most popular players for Red Devils fans. As a Manchester United celebrity, he also served as a global ambassador for Manchester United clubs after retiring. It is worth mentioning that when Park Ji-sung played for Manchester United, Manchester United fans, in order to support him and mock the club's biggest rival Liverpool, produced a "Dog Meat Song", which has a lyric that reads, "Park Ji-sung, wherever you are, your compatriots are eating dogs, but it is better than the Liverpool people who eat mice in the rental house." At the time, the song was heavily criticized by the outside world, and in the eyes of many people, it was a racial discrimination against Koreans and Asians by the British, and a malicious denigration of The Liverpool people. It is worth mentioning that the song about Park Ji-sung recently also appeared in the recent Premier League match, the third round of the league Manchester United away to challenge Wolves, when Wolves held a joining ceremony for South Korean new signing Hwang Hee-chan, and many Manchester United fans who played away with the team sang this song again.
In this regard, Park Ji-sung said that the times have changed, people's concepts have changed, fans should no longer sing this song, "When I transferred from Eindhoven to Manchester United, I gradually adapted to the new environment, when I first heard this song, I felt very proud in my heart, because this is a song written for me by the fans alone. But even at the time, I felt uncomfortable hearing the lyrics of Koreans eating dog meat, but since I was still young and didn't understand British culture at the time, I thought it was one of the many new things I had to accept. Times have changed, the world has changed, and this year on the day Wolves played Against Manchester United, a Korean player (Hwang Hee-chan) joined Wolves, when Manchester United fans sang the song again, and I felt like I had to do something. Because I can feel that Huang Xican's inner feelings should be the same as what I felt 15 years ago. So many years have passed and a lot has changed in South Korea, it's a stereotype and I think I should tell Manchester United fans to stop singing this song because it could be racist for Koreans. ”
Huang Xican appeared at Wolves' home stadium
"Now, There are bulletproof youth leagues in South Korea, Son Heung-min, Netflix Korea, all kinds of cutting-edge technologies, etc., and if you look closely at Korean culture, we have a lot to be proud of." Now it's time for fans to stop singing this song because it's no longer cheering for someone, maybe it's a song that makes the object of your support feel more uncomfortable. I also feel a sense of responsibility for young people who are still discriminated against as Asians or Koreans, because they do still struggle with that kind of suffering and unaccustomed to the environment. ”
It is worth mentioning that recently South Korean President Moon Jae-in publicly stated that it is time to consider banning the consumption of dog meat in South Korea. For a long time, Koreans have the habit of eating dog meat, and dog meat is also a very characteristic local cuisine, according to statistics, 1 million dogs will be consumed and eaten by people every year. However, in the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 2002 World Cup, whenever South Korea held an international competition, South Korea would be protested by the International Animal Protection Organization for eating dog meat, and the South Korean government also made various efforts to make people give up eating dog meat. In recent years, the consumption of dog meat in South Korea has declined, and for the younger generation in South Korea, dogs are no longer a delicacy that can be enjoyed, nor are they "bells" that only guard the door, but can accompany each other and give warm companions. At present, Moon's proposal has received responses from several presidential candidates.
The Korean Animal Protection Association has called for a ban on dog meat