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Reading Reflection Week #8 In response to: "Korean American Youth and Transnational Flows of Popular Culture Across the Pacific"
This article was very interesting in the fact that it talked about how the United States views globalization as a whole. Although we live in a "globalized world," where many countries exchange business with one another, we often overlook that through globalization, we also trade culture as well. This article goes into depth with this "cultural trading," because if we look past American mainstream media, it is evident that many minority and recent immigrant groups being back their culture to the United States. This culture is highly evident among the first generations, but as time progresses, these cultural values and traditions get lost and reinterpreted over time. Some youth may end up feeling disconnected from their native culture. Fortunately, due to media and Asian American youth (in this case, Korean American youth) collaborating, this "lost culture" is brought back through many forms of media like books, news articles, popular hang out spots, Korean dramas, and through social media sites like Youtube. Thus, this content helps reconnect the youth and make them feel closer than ever with their culture.
This is in fact true with not only Korean Americans, but for all ethnic groups, including myself. Although the Cambodian community is fairly small in the United States, through exported news and media from Cambodia, I myself can feel connected with my culture. Furthermore, through popular groups like Khmerican Inc, I can also be connected by keeping up to date with the current Cambodian trends and news.
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