White trash among English teachers

There they go again!
The white trash in Korea are hogging the headlines for all the wrong reasons, as usual.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, they are reported to be investigating 23 people, most of them foreigners who teach English here, for smoking marijuana and trafficking in the drug. They have already arrested two Canadians and a Ghanaian (black trash, I would presume) who, if convicted could be sentenced to 5 or more years behind bars.
In addition, the police booked three Britons, five Canadians, 13 Americans and one Korean. The maximum penalty is a fine and 5 years in prison, the news report states.
All 23, except for the Korean and the Ghanaian, are English instructors at hagwon (private cram schools), elementary schools or universities.
The police said they confiscated 620 grams (1.4 pounds) of marijuana worth 13 million won ($13,860) and 0.7 gram of hashish, which the suspects obtained from suppliers introduced through their colleagues.
No wonder the entire clan of English teachers have very bad reputation here among Koreans. It just takes a couple of these assholes to tarnish their image. Although, if you believe some of the crap that is posted on the Internet ESL forums, young Korean girls are just dying to get into bed with them!
For this reason, there are frequent outbursts of public opinion to throw them out of the country, driven of course by the media stories.
I do not blame the Koreans for their extreme positions, especially when it comes to English teachers, but I personally feel that the government itself is to blame for allowing the white trash to find employment here without adequate qualifications. Once the “hagwon” education system is regulated, things are bound to improve.
Also the craze among Koreans to put their kids in hagwons and learn English from “blonde heads with blue eyes” has led to this unchecked mushrooming of fly-by-night operators who in turn employ anyone who is white to teach the kids.
If that does not happen, we will continue to see regular stories about their antics and the outburst by the public. In the meantime, the genuine English Teachers and other expats will continue to face a prejudiced public.
Having said that, I must mention that a recent survey by the Gender Equality Ministry found a marked softening in attitudes toward foreigners.
“In supposedly homogenous Korea, eight out of 10 people say they have a favorable attitude toward foreigners married to Koreans and six out of 10 say they would allow their children to marry non-Koreans,” the report says.
The majority of Koreans also think their country should encourage diversity, rather than sticking to notions of racial homogeneity. While 63 percent of respondents said that the country has a homogenous population, 72 percent said the country does not need to maintain its supposed ethnic purity.
Now thats something good to read. However, I still think that it will take some time for Korea to become truly multi-cultural.