they have historically plagued Korea. It has been suggested that many Korean dramas and movies' negative portrayals of Americans compared to North Koreans may be influenced by ethnic solidarity, as well as anti-colonialism. However, they oppose racial discrimination against non-American/Japanese/Chinese races more strongly than conservatives. Many progressive nationalists strongly oppose anti-Black racism in South Korea because they tend to consider racial hierarchy. (Progressive nationalists believe that Koreans have racial 'privileges' over black peoples.) They argue that South Korean society should move toward multiracial democracy (다인종 민주주의). Countercriticism of 'criticism of Korean ethnic nationalism' Liberals and progressives rather argue that minjok ideology is never racist because it is not related to xenophobia, but rather that kukmin ideology is absolutely "anti-communist racism/ethinism". They believe that 'anti-minjok ideology' (반민족주의) is linked to right-wing "kukkajuui" (국가주의, "statism"/"statist nationalism") and pro-Japanese conservatism. Some South Korean scholars view "statist nationalism" based on the anti-communism and kukmin ideology of former far-right dictatorships such as Syngman Rhee and Park Chung-hee as more violent, exclusive, and xenophobic than liberal minjok ideology. They believe that those who are hostile to North Korea also have hostility toward foreigners. Therefore, some South Korean scholars criticize the 'criticism of ethinc nationalism' as being too American/European-centered. White privilege and GDP racism Criticism of South Korea's 'anti-Japanese sentiment' and 'ethnic solidarity against North Korea' by some American scholars, including Robert E. Kelly and BR Myers, faced opposition from South Korean society. Those who see criticism of Korean ethnic nationalism as inappropriate mainly point out white privilege or Japanese privilege. Koreans' racism against Hines Ward, for example, is because he was black people. According to OhmyNews, a South Korean liberal media outlet, South Koreans' racism against Hines Ward is white supremacy, so criticism of Korean ethnic nationalism is unfair, and should be rather criticized for the white privilege prevalent in the South Korean people. South Korean liberals and progressives argue that what exists in the South is mainly "anti-communist racism/ethinism" against like Chinese and Vietnamese, and that there is no racism against the Japanese. Professor Yuji Hosaka said, "In South Korea, anti-Japanese sentiment is usually expressed only for the Japan's country, the government, and Japanese historical revisionism, but it is not expressed to Japanese people in daily life". Yuji Hosaka is a Japanese-born naturalized Korean. The Hankyoreh, known as the centre-left/liberal media, pointed out that BR Myers has a American conservative (미국 보수주의) tendency, generalized the