-Chapter 1 Did you hate or were you hated today?
Disgust, what is that?… 011 / The emotion called ‘disgust’ / I’m afraid of my ‘boundary’ being violated / You’re the problem, you easygoing person! / If not, then get promoted? / Disgust, the logic of power… 026 / Do all the kids you hate have a reason? / Nothing is naturally funny to everyone / Disgust and expressions of disgust are different / [Tok Tok Plus] Is it my fault?

Chapter 2: The Many Faces of Hatred
Self-loathing… 041 / I hate myself? / Self-destructive self-reproach / To stop self-loathing / I am me, you are you / [Tok Tok Plus] The 'me' as it is / Ability-hate… 055 / We're starting from different places? / Who's number one? / Does that mean I don't need to study? / Ability-hate… 066 / I'm just a patient, what's wrong with that? / I have autism spectrum disorder / My right to move whenever I want / My right to consume what I want / I tried to be considerate, but I ended up discriminating / Gender-hate… 085 / Because I'm a man? Because I'm a woman? / Are men and women enemies fighting against each other? / Be manly, be womanly? Be me! / Age-hate… 099 / For some, it's something they can't buy even if they have money / For others, it's a place they can't go even if they want to / [Tok Tok Plus] Talking back / Racial-hate… 110 / Are we really a 'single ethnic group'? / Who do the laws and systems call Korean? / Does nationality matter? / [Toktok Plus] Have you heard about overseas Chinese? / Jobs are disappearing because of migrant workers! / Aren't they just asking for benefits and rights without fulfilling their obligations? / They say the number of foreign criminals is rapidly increasing.

Chapter 3 Beyond Hatred
Different, but equal!… 133 / Building a house called ‘me’, understanding my boundaries / The five friends of ‘Inside Out’ / Do not invade!… 140 / Did you think before you spoke? / Anti-discrimination law, prohibits discrimination / Expanding the boundaries of ‘me’!… 148 / Even if it’s unfamiliar and uncomfortable / The cracks and expansion of my world / That we all live well together… 154 / I have to step on you to survive? / [TokTok Plus] Resisting hate

▶ We covered representative hate phenomena in our society, such as 'self-hatred,' 'ability-hatred,' 'ableism,' 'gender-hatred,' 'age-hatred,' and 'racial-hatred.'

Hatred begins with the fear of losing one's safety, but because the criteria for hatred are innumerable, anyone can be the object of hatred, and anyone can be the recipient of hatred.
It's natural to be wary, but the problem is that instead of looking for the real cause that threatens your safety, you scapegoat and despise those weaker than you.
Hatred doesn't arise because someone did something wrong or caused a problem, but because of those who set out absurd standards.


Even though 'age' is just a difference, certain age groups, such as the elderly and children, are hated.
Despite the numerous races on earth, pride in being a single ethnic group fuels hatred toward a specific race.
Although academic background and academic achievement cannot be the standard for ability, there is discrimination based on academic background and academic achievement.
Also, individuals who are uncomfortable looking into themselves because they have many weaknesses that they are not proud of have chosen the easy way out: 'self-loathing'.
If you don't meet the standards you set for yourself, you feel bad about yourself, consider yourself useless, and scold and torment yourself.
Discomfort, anxiety, disappointment, and anger towards oneself coalesced into a massive emotion called self-loathing.
This book critically examines the phenomenon of hate that has emerged in our society recently, focusing on self-hatred, ability-hatred, able-phobia, gender-phobia, age-phobia, and race-phobia.

▶ An educational sociologist and a psychological counselor have come together to conduct a thorough analysis of why young people easily sympathize with and promote hate.

Disgust goes beyond simply feeling dislike or hatred.
Hatred is hating someone because they have certain attributes or because they belong to a group that has those attributes.
In other words, hatred is the mind that seeks to push away, be wary of, and attack those who could threaten one's safety.
Adolescence is a time when people learn to create their own boundaries, and those boundaries are bound to be fragile and imperfect.
So, out of anxiety that their own boundaries might be violated at any time, they infiltrate and break down the boundaries of others first.
It is to hate others by emphasizing how inferior they are to oneself.


Also, during adolescence, they form groups to strengthen their protective shield and increase their strength.
Because when we come together as a group, we become much more powerful than when we are individuals.
Within a group, adolescents feel secure and try to discover their own value.
Moreover, if someone does not belong to the group, is unusual or different, they are viewed as strange, uncomfortable or ostracized.
It's just small differences like appearance, accent, parents, friends, clothes, and origin that can cause bullying.


It's just a 'difference' that exists in everyone, and there's no reason to be bullied.
These are just unreasonable reasons seen only from the perspective of those who are more powerful.
Because my grades were good, because my grades were bad, because I wore flashy clothes, because I was ugly, because my older sister was disabled, because I was fat, because I enjoyed bullying her, as a joke, just for fun.
There are no people who 'deserve' to be bullied, there are just people who are 'easy' enough to vent their anger on.
Anyone can bully, and anyone can be bullied.

- From the text of "Disgust, I Hate You"

▶ The causes of hatred stemming from class and power conflicts are explained in an interesting way using anecdotes and situations that are suitable for young people.

We live entangled in a complex web of conditions, including gender, age, nationality, region, health, strength, occupation, money, and education level.
Everyone is in different situations and conditions.
So, there is no such thing as 'common sense' that is taken for granted by everyone.
It's just that the locations are divided according to certain criteria.
The positions created in society in this way are called ‘classes.’
And the power and influence that a class exerts on others becomes 'power'.
People with great influence can seize power and assert their own way of doing things forcefully.
Furthermore, the methods of those in power can soon become common sense in society.
Common sense, created through the logic of power, sometimes becomes the standard for hatred.
If something does not fit the common sense of the strong, it becomes abnormal and an object of hatred.


This book finds the cause of hatred in the logic of power.
Additionally, situations and incidents that young people may encounter in their daily lives are presented in the story, making it easy to explain power relations.


▶ This is a youth guide to escaping hate, offering concrete directions for escaping the hateful situations that permeate and reproduce our daily lives.

Hatred has existed in every era and every society.
Historically, hate has been more prevalent during times of social and economic crisis.
COVID-19 has shown that the boundaries that protect our personal safety can easily crumble in unpredictable situations.
Instead of responding appropriately to anxiety and discomfort, our society has chosen the easy way out: to 'hate' someone.
Blaming someone else for your fears, anger, or difficult situations can give you temporary relief.
So, we pick someone 'easy' and hate them.
If we turn a blind eye to someone being blamed here and now, tomorrow someone else will be blamed for another reason.
This book provides concrete directions for breaking the endless loop of hate.