Travis King, a U.S. Army soldier who spent 47 days in jail before crossing the DMZ into North Korea seeking refuge from alleged racial discrimination, sparks intense debate regarding his motives and the validity of his claims. While one host labels him a traitor influenced by "woke" ideologies and contrasts his situation with Dennis Rodman's celebrity status, the other questions military racism and notes the Pentagon's failed attempts to facilitate his return. Ultimately, the episode highlights the complex intersection of personal grievance, geopolitical tension, and deep-seated stereotypes surrounding black individuals in North Korea. [Automatically generated summary]
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Black Soldier in North Korea00:06:49
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So this dude in the army is a black dude.
And I guess he's stationed out in North Korea.
He's in the army.
My brother's in the army.
He was stationed in Seoul, South Korea.
Yeah, Seoul, South Korea.
That's a good part of Korea.
Yeah.
North Korea.
North Korea, they communists and totally different ballgame.
But ain't that dude where the dude where Dennis Rodman went?
North Korea?
Yeah.
But he's a celebrity.
They're going to treat him differently.
Yeah.
Mean you show up there.
It's going to be a totally different ballgame.
See, they're playing on nice with Dennis Rodman because they don't want to get that.
They don't want that shit going back to the States.
We're going to treat him like a king.
Let a normal person walk over there and see what they do to him.
Well, Trump went over there and treated him fine.
He's Trump.
You don't see the difference?
Man.
Anyway, this dude's in the army, right?
Drop off a trainee over there and see what happens.
You see what I'm saying?
Yeah.
Drop about four or five trainees over there.
Watch what happens.
Yeah, drop about five, six pansexuals over there and see what happens.
Yeah, drop about six bisexuals, about six trainees over there.
And six more of them shims.
They're going to treat them totally different the way they treat Trump than his robbers.
But anyway, so this guy's in the army.
I'm assuming he's in Seoul, South Korea.
Like, that's where the army base is.
But he says he's experiencing so much racism, he runs to North Korea.
What's wrong with you, boy?
You should have ran out.
You think a communist country is going to take in a black traitor?
You're already black.
Hey, you a traitor?
Yeah.
You ran from your country.
Hey, let's go to the news clip.
News coming in right now from North Korea, what they're now saying about that U.S. soldier who crossed the DMZ into North Korea on his own.
Let's get right to ABC's Chief Global Affairs Correspondent, Martha Radditz.
Martha, what have you learned tonight?
Look, woke up.
David, this is the first public statement from North Korea since Travis King bolted across the border on purpose in front of a crowd of tourists less than a month ago.
The North Koreans now saying he has expressed his willingness to seek refuge in North Korea or a third country after experiencing what they say is inhumane treatment and racial discrimination in the army.
His family had told us something similar just a few weeks ago, saying he was struggling during his deployment with racism.
He's like he gets his eyebrows done.
Travis King also spent 47 days in jail after a fight and was facing discharge from the army.
And tonight, the Pentagon saying they are still trying to facilitate his safe return.
David?
Martha Radditz with the breaking headline from Washington.
Martha, thank you.
No, go and keep him.
You want to go there?
Well, he says he's getting kicked out.
And now he ran there.
He wants to be there.
Yeah, but he was already getting disciplined.
He was being persecuted.
No, but look like he gets his eyebrows done.
Maybe he's not.
No, you're just homophobic.
That's all.
That's all.
You just hating on him because he's handsome.
Do black people even live in North Korea?
Hell no.
You know what's there in North Korea?
North Koreans.
They all look alike.
They got some black ones.
Black?
Yeah, they got some black North Koreans.
They look just like Kim Jong-un, but they black.
Just like him.
But they have black rolls.
And they be sagging out of pants.
Shut the hell up.
Wearing gold chains.
They're rapping music and stuff.
Oh, they're rapping in Korean and shit.
Hey, man.
But yeah, that don't make sense, man.
The military is tough.
Yeah.
I mean, I was in the military.
Maybe he just had a tough time.
Yeah, I think it was tough.
Yeah, it's definitely tough, but I would have never ran to North Korea.
That's crazy.
That shows your mental capabilities is lacking.
Yeah, you don't have the acumen to make sound business decisions or sound decisions.
You ran to a communist country.
Well, he's claiming racism.
I was in the Marine Corps, what?
How many years ago?
Went in, 94 to 98.
I didn't experience racism.
Maybe some bosses, but I didn't experience any racism.
Yeah, racism is like, hey, boy, you can only drink from the black-only fountain.
And there's the nigga bathroom right there.
Negro bathroom.
Stop saying that word.
Why doesn't have the ER?
Well, I don't.
Okay, there's the Negro bathroom over there.
And during lunchtime, it can't be, man.
The Negro line is over there.
Keith, wait a minute.
It's impossible.
And when you take your uniform off and you need to have it dry clean, the Negro cleaners is down the street.
Hey, Keith, I'm sure.
And because you're a Negro, after your job's done for the day, it's not done for you, Negro.
It's done for the white people.
Go over there to the general's house and start shining his doorknobs with that brasso stuff.
Hey, stop.
Hey, look.
Hey, boy, I saw you looking at that female soldier over there.
That's a white girl.
Don't you go get any funny ideas with that big black puck you got?
Hey, Keith, just get serious on this.
I'm dead serious.
That's what he says experiencing.
That's what I call racism.
I mean, come on, man.
I seriously doubt it.
Maybe you have to do some maturing.
I mean, just because a white man is screaming at you, he's not screaming or, you know, punishing you or penalizing you because you're black.
Maybe because you're doing something stupid.
Yeah.
You know?
You know what?
I think what's going on here?
What?
And I'm not, I'm just speculating.
I don't know for sure.
Maybe he is experiencing racism.
And we're just being two fools on here.
Them woke-ass journals in the.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
I seriously doubt he's experienced racism.
I think he has some maturing to do.
And maybe some woke fool got a hold of him and conditioned him to think a certain way.
I've seen a video of all these trans people in the military getting top and bottom surgeries while they're in the military.
Giving Away a Ram Truck00:00:59
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And the government's paying for it.
Yeah.
Our military is woke.
You are not experiencing racism in the military.
You can't.
It's impossible.
They're woke.
If anything, they're giving you preferential treatment.
Probably white people are treated bad in the military, but not your black ass.
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Yeah.
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