Mae Wong
Section 1
Week 7
“Annyeonghaseyo!!!” That’s ‘hello’ in Korean. I’m
not Korean, but I am Chinese. So how do I know that word? On my free time, I watch a bunch of Korean shows
and I listen to K-Pop. I enjoy learning
about the culture and eating Korean food. One of my main goals is to travel to
Korea after I graduate because I love the culture. Jung-Sun Park’s “Korean
American Youth and Transnational Flows of Popular Culture across the Pacific” discusses
about how Koreans are struggling to adapt to the American culture because they
feel a sense of losing their identity while trying to adapt to the American culture.
Therefore, they stay within their community and keeping their culture alive
while in America. Thus, as they keep their culture alive, it spreads to other communities
and everyone can share knowledge of their culture. Everyone should feel equal
and not feel segregated as Park indicated with the Korean youth. Learning about
another culture brings people together and a sense of understanding of one
another.
We may have not noticed, but the Korean culture has
been integrated into our lives. The popular clothing store, Forever 21, is
owned by a Korean. They aimed to bring trending Korean styles to America. It is
the same with America. Music has a big influence on Korean pop music,
especially rap or R&B. Everyone should come to understand that every culture
has influenced how we are living today and we should accept one another.
Question: Why
can’t we accept others and stop the segregation?
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