Victor Chen
Week 8 Reflection

A look at this week's articles provides an in-depth discussion about South Korean culture and its slow move to the U.S.  To start off this entry I'd like to say that I am biased against K-pop, as I don't like it nor do I find it's interesting.  That being said, I will be responding to this article in a more objective fashion.  South Korean culture has slowly been trickling into American culture, which is indicative of America's overall growing tolerance for outside media becoming more popular.  Its 3 main routes are through study abroad students, called yuhaeksaeng, the U.S. born generation and the 1.5 generation.  The 1.5 generation is the generation of younger, mid teens that immigrated from Korea to America.  Korean culture that is becoming popular in the U.S. mainly focuses on their gaming culture and their music/idol scene.  It is well known within gaming circles that Koreans hold the title in some of the most popular games on the market with a firm grip.  This causes players to study them and in doing so, also learn about certain habits that may arise from their upbringing.  "k-pop" music, as I understand it thus far, is what N sync was to teenage girls, except in this case, the stars are Asian.  Although I don't have a taste for Korean Pop culture, it does create an umbrella to unite Korean Americans under.  DOes it work this way for other races too?