Sunday, November 1, 2015

Melissa Mae De Guzman - Week 7


Melissa Mae De Guzman
ASA 02 – Section A01

Week 7 Blog
           
Growing up as Asian American is always a challenging feat. Finding a place to “fit in” is the first step towards finding our identity in America. This week I read, “Korean American Youth and Transnational Flows of Popular Culture Across the Pacific,” and it describes how the South Korean culture can still be integrated for Asian Americans. I always found it fascinating how the technology is improving, but when I realized how technology is able to help people keep in touch with their culture amazed me even more. It was sad to read that Korean-Americans are still trying to figure out how they fit in America. They know they are considered part of the Model Minority Myth and have felt that it is a barrier from achieving better things. I found this to be the struggle of many Asian Americans, and sometimes I’m just never sure of how we can get ourselves out of this assumption about our culture.

Question: What can we do as a country to make everyone feel at home?


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