I am Korean American - Identity1

Whether in America or Korea, second generation Korean-Americans are labeled 'outsiders.' Although their passports may say they are American, they are still seen as 'immigrants.' Though they are Koreans in appearance, they are seen as 'foreigners' in the eyes of native Koreans.

Are second generation Korean-Americans Koreans or Americans? An even more difficult question is, how should half-Koreans identify themselves?

The struggle over the issue of their identity is not easily understood by their parents or even friends. The question of one's cultural identity can only be answered by the individual alone. The answers to these questions vary greatly among second generation Korean-Americans.

In this episode, Korean-Americans share their hardships and how they have overcome the struggles to find their own answers to these difficult questions.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• korean american
• rktv
• radiokorea
• I am Korean American
• IDENTITY

[sela325]

Koreans are cool I have a Korean friend and she's awesome

[oneofthejapanese]

★ Many Ignorant South Koreans don't know the Vietnam War. Because former South Korean soldiers have been kept secret their brutal massacre in Vietnam. Dirty South Korean government also has been thoroughly hidden the guilty massacre in Vietnam. In Korean school textbook of history, there is only a very very short brief description about the Vietnam War. Of course there is no description that South Korean military has massacred more than 300,000 Vietnamese in the Vietnam War.

[thary6]

@ElMakz  yuup

[ElMakz]

All the americans are from another country except the native americans. Stupid mentality, the whites are from europe the blacks from africa the orientals from asia. Why doesnt anybody call the whites europeans or the blacks african? Why are they more americans then oriental americans?

[ElMakz]

@palkonpapa why?

[ElMakz]

@thary6 indians and pakistanis bhangladesh and sri lankans to huh?

[thary6]

It's not only Koreans who are outsiders. Asians in general.

[ageniusx187]

@palkonpapa you delusional fuck, like america has no plastic surgery or anywhere else!

[palkonpapa]

@peechycurls I lived in Japan and I think plastic surgery is all asian's problem including chinese

[inachu]

in my church when a korean exclaims he is american at the pulpit then usually the other koreans boo jokingly.