2021 FSI media

Mentoring while Black (Korea Times 2/16/2023)

Mentoring while Black by Casey Lartigue Jr. February 16, 2023 www.patreon.com/caseylartigue

Get rid of that watermelon!

Part 1: When I was a youngster I used to collect Confederate money, posters and photographs with caricatures of blacks, and "No blacks allowed signs." I loved the money because it was a reminder of how far the sorry Confederacy had fallen. I had one poster of a dark-skinned black boy munching on a watermelon. I would look at that small poster and wonder, "What in the world is wrong with anyone wanting to eat watermelon?" Yes, white people, I'm talking to you. Your parents, grandparents, and other ancestors who thought making fun of blacks for eating watermelon were crazy ! Even people who say that nothing has changed in race relations must acknowledge that the many stereotypes of blacks are no longer prevalent. But then, there are also some ready to remind us of days-gone-by by debunking stuff that doesn't need to be debunked today. According to the Washington Post: The sound you just heard was yet another racial stereotype going kersplat ! Some ...

Scam? Yo Momma!

Note: This was originally posted shortly after Jesse Lee Peterson's book was published, reposted in 2005, and now because of a fight between black customers and a Korean merchant in Dallas, Texas. Scam? Yo Momma! During the summer of 2002 I was an observer to a dispute between the Asian owners of a Chinese takeout and some of their black customers in Washington, D.C. The month-long boycott began when a local activist accused a cook at a Chinese takeout of attempting to cook a piece of chicken he had allegedly dropped on the floor. Despite the best efforts of human rights activist Dick Gregory, popular talk-show host Joe Madison, and Rev. Walter Fauntroy, the protestors were unable to coax any media to report on the protest. On some days there were, by my unofficial count, as many as 100 people chanting songs and marching. But one key person was missing: Rev. Jesse Jackson. It was important to the foot soldiers at the boycott that someone from the media report on...

Random photos from today

I went walking around today. Whereas some people like to go walking in the mountains, I enjoy walking around in the city. Well, not D.C. or other cities with many homeless, crazy and/or armed people walking around... * * * Here's where I had lunch today. About $1.90 for a hamburger hamberger. * * * Ha-ha! Bet you never would have guessed that Batman is a drinking place in Korea! * * * Man Clinic? The Koreans walking by seemed to be very curious about why I was taking a photo of a "Man Clinic." They may know something I don't know...Actually, I wasn't curious enough to go in and find out what it was... * * * Right down the street from the Man Clinic...there's a Love Shop! I love the euphemism. "Love Shop" sounds much better than Sex Shop. I'm guessing that if you don't go to the "Love Shop" to buy condoms that you may need to visit the Man Clinic a short time later? * * * Nobo...

March 26 is a special day (with Eunmi Park)

March 26th is a special date in Eunmi Park's life, for two different reasons, as she will explain one day. It was also special for us today because we (FSI co-founders Casey Lartigue and Eunkoo Lee) got to spend it with her. We set a new record today: Eunmi spent almost seven hours at our office this lovely Saturday afternoon-turned-night. Most evenings when she records a video she is at our for three to five hours Today she recorded two more videos for her YouTube channel . After years of silence, Eunmi has posted six YouTube videos her first two weeks of speaking out and now has three more videos recorded to be uploaded next week. They run the range of emotions. One video is heart-warming and inspirational, one is infuriating, and the last one... I am not sure how to describe it without giving away the story, but there are some sensitive points in it. To get ready for the video, Eunmi first sends the script to FSI co-founder Eunkoo Lee. She translates it, then I (and sometimes ...

Freedom Speakers International Media, 2021
Article or Column	Publication	Date
The power of giving (Eunhee Park)	The Korea Times	01-16
The world needs more Casey Lartigues (Adam Borowski)	The Korea Times	01-20
'Workable words' (Casey Lartigue column)	The Korea Times	01-25
Students to host panel featuring refugees \| The Manitoban	The Manitoban	01-26
UM Today \| A Conversation with North Korean Refugees (umanitoba.ca)	The Manitoban	01-27
I escaped from North Korea thanks to the foreign media (Chanyang Ju)	The Korea Times	02-06
Smile: A North Korean refugee's dream (Yena Han)	The Korea Times	02-13
Pay heed to North Koreans (Casey Lartigue column)	The Korea Times	02-17
The faces of North Koreans (Lee Jeong-cheol)	The Korea Times	02-21
My mother was tortured by North Korean authorities (Lee Yul-seong)	The Korea Times	02-27
My experience of teaching English to North Korean defectors (Jenny and Brenden)	The Korea Times	03-06
탈북민 영어 유튜버 증가..."북한 실상 전달 파급력 커"	Voice of America	03-17
'I Am the Man' (Casey Lartigue column)	The Korea Times	03-18
North Korean defectors talk about escape, new life in South in English (Korea Times reporter)	The Korea Times	03-21
Finding the Voices of North Korean defectors	TBS eFM	03-24
Voice of America News (11:45 mark)	Voice of America	03-25
When I escaped to South Korea, I felt guilt (Park Sung-ae)	The Korea Times	03-21
삶을 바꿀 수 있는 기회(1)	Radio Free Asia	03-30
“영어로 북한 실상 알리겠다”.. 유튜브에 뛰어든 탈북민들	Chosun Ilbo	04-06,
Young Defectors Take to YouTube	Chosun Ilbo	04-06
삶을 바꿀 수 있는 기회 (2)	Radio Free Asia	04-06
I was in a North Korean propaganda video (Cherie Yang)	The Korea Times	04-10
Crocodiles of Pyongyang (Casey Lartigue column)	The Korea Times	04-15
North Korean defectors are getting invited to events	Voice of America	04-16
North Korean voices (Feature)	Voice of America	04-16
Ruling or fleeing North Korea’s hell	The Korea Times	04-18
코로나 속 온라인 '탈북민 돕기' 다양한 모금행사	Radio Free Asia	04-23

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