You can read the criticism section of K-pop on Wikipedia to see how westerners view K-pop,

• Unoriginal, shallow character which copies and plagiarises Western music patterns
• Strict training regime and "pre-packaging" of idol bands and songs for fast consumption
• Heavy emphasis on visuals elements at the expense of musical sounds
• Misuse of English words in its lyrics and "meaningless" song titles

You also can check out the demography of the K-pop fans in US and UK to see if they are influencing the mainstream Pop culture or not.

There are many articles online criticize K-pop some in very sarcastic tones, may fit-well into what you call "racism" realm. Please google the following k pop site:huffingtonpost.com Huffington Post is a famous and influential political website which is very representative of the caucacian-centered liberal views. Read to see what kind of languages they use to describe Psy, and other K pop stars and music.

History is about the past events. So past means dead, is that so? Your comments are insults to historians or history majored students. :)

Depends on your frame of reference, 20 years may be a long time ago, From the history point of view, which I thought you were talking about, 20 years is just a short while ago, especially as one considers 5000 years of history for human culture development.

You are right about H-Mart which is a big Asian supermarket chain outside California. H-Mart obviously expands following the Korean communities in North America avoiding the competition in California. H-Mart has only 4 stores in California compared to Ranch 99 which has more than 20. Thanks for the info.

However, I don't appreciate and certainly don't agree with you using "racism" to comment on my article. What I stated is the family history. You can verify it asking any oversea Chinese living in Korea in the from the lat 50's to the early 70's.

I also am not so positive you really know the differences between racism and nationalism. I asked you whether or not it's racism Korean only go to Korean shops to buy their needs. You didn't answer. You can check out how popular Japanese electronics and appliances are selling in Korea. Is that Korean's racism? Koreans actually radicule Taiwanese and Chinese about how they contradicted themselves by buying Japanese products while shouting against Japanese invasion and killings during WW2. Is that Korean "racism"? 

As I said, "Korean people is not wiser, not more visionary than us, they are just more hard working, a lot more united, determined, and have much stronger self-esteem than us." They are very aggressive in establishing themselves in the world and they are pretty successful. If you feel that promotion of pop music would help in establishing the national esteem, feel free, I certainly, wouldn't go that way and go that far.

History is history, whether dead or not is your personal opinion. Which point of this article is not about the future? Which point of this article is about racism? Just curious.  Francis Bacon said "History makes men wise...." If you forget about it, well, .... 

K-pop is just like the pop in Taiwan which is a much more recent phenomenon, whether promote to the west or not it is no comparison to Beetles, or Lady Gaga. In westerners' minds it's just an immitation for fun or sexy chicks for exploitation, not the classic pop culture. However, appliances, automobiles, cell phones, and etc. are much more invasive which have got into the daily life of western people. Korean products are now considered quality products and has successfully replaced Japanese products. That's where Taiwan has not been able to catch up or to establish, not so broadly at least. 

H-mart is just a small grocery chain, compared to Ranch 99, and a couple of other oriental grocery chains at least in California, just so so. However, you should see that most Korean people in US only goes to H-mart for shopping once established, they don't go to any other grocery stores. Would you considered this as racism? 

Korean people is not wiser, not more visionary than us, they are just more hard working, a lot more united, determined, and have much stronger self-esteem than us. 

有些失敗﹐敗了後一轉身就站起來了！但是有些失敗﹐敗了後要好幾代才能恢復。

在恢復之前﹐苦啊﹗臺灣﹐你準備好了嗎？

唉！回到臺灣看見每天媒體上的兩派無謂的爭執﹐也看不出同胞們是否覺醒自己應該朝什麼方向前進﹐覺得很無奈。

當從世界看臺灣時﹐看到前有強敵後又追兵﹐實在為臺灣憂心！

現在和韓國的經濟戰已經是徒手肉搏了！也許二十年前韓國還在蠶食﹐今天絕對是鯨吞了！

臺灣面板業者在美國被判反托拉斯﹐罰款坐牢﹐一蹶不振。

HTC直接和韓國三星在北美﹑歐洲﹑中國大陸市場上割喉撕殺﹐結果實在很難預料！