A Story of Daniel Matthews

Torn between his two identities - a young Korean baby adopted by Caucasian parents - Daniel Matthews explores his deepest soul through performance art, spoken word, and sharing of his experiences with photographs and old footage of his motherland, Korea

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• Korean
• American
• Adoptee
• Culture
• Spokenword
• Kollaboration
• KASCON
• Identity

[medicdance]

Hey Daniel,

I doubt you'll ever see this comment, but I ran into you a few times when I was growing up in Camarillo. You might remember me from your scout troop.

Kind of a fortuitous turn that I find you on a random youtube search. It's fantastic what you're doing. Are you ever going to bring that to UCD?

Remember: Save a volcano; sacrifice a virgin

-Mike P

[liesu06]

That's a great video. Thank you for sharing.

[sindyk117]

I don't know why in some weird, intellectual way, you have touched me. Yes, there are many injustice is still happening against Asians and thanks for your honesty in sharing your experience. I thought, only first or 1.5 generation minorities are expose to this but oviously, if you have asian face no matter how white you are, you can still encounter racism. So proud have young Koreans standing for our rights!! Thank you.

[justmine4me]

If he almost had the job when he was interviewed over the phone (given his non-Asian first and last names) but couldn't get it anymore in person, I suspect there must be something more than this "business" you speak of.

Speaking out about an issue isn't being a brat.

[maninwhitedress]

deluxe

[7dontyouknow7]

The first three minutes, very powerful and moving!!

[justmine4me]

Daniel Matthews, we love you. <3

=)

[commentM0NSTER]

....facepalm...it's a business, if your Korean sucks or whatever ethnic food the restaurant served it's a loss of business to the owner. Get a clue, it's business nothing personal. You seem like a whiny brat.

[Babybobgirl]

i agree..u have seoul , a gift within u.may u use it wisely..

[eskimoqueen66]

Very nice. How old are you? I am a Korean American. You have Seoul.