The Korean Amerasians shared common origins and pure blood ideologies with Japan. According to fellow Amerasian Yuri Doolan, author of “Being Amerasian in South Korea,” the existence of the Amerasians in Korea "is a direct result of the legacies of the Korean War and the massive U.S. military presence that has continued in South Korea over the past six decades." In Korea, thousands of Amerasian children born of U.S. servicemen and Korean women were neglected by their mothers and lurk around the streets near U.S. military bases. These Amerasians are treated as social outcasts, children born in sin. “They are assumed to be the sons and daughters of Korean prostitutes employed in the red light districts of military camp towns . . . Because of
