Reflections
Thoughts from a Social Transplant
Published on 10. July 2015
56 pages
978-1-5049-2227-2 (ISBN)
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I have come to realize that when I look at the people around me, I never saw anyone like me. I was in first grade when I really came around to seeing myself as different. I was teased before that moment but did not understand where and why that was happening. It was early part of the 70s decade, and Vietnam was slowly coming to a close and people have come to misunderstand the Asian culture and that we were not all one in the same just like European people are not ALL the same-different countries, different culture, different people, and different thinking.
We all have one thing in common. We are HUMAN and a very social group. With being human comes making mistakes and learning about each other.
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I was adopted at a young age from South Korea by an American Catholic family who wanted to give a chance to a child for another life. My adopted parents had four kids of their own and one other adopted American child. The intentions are good, but the social aspect at the time was not the best in the US.
Asians were not viewed very highly in the sixties and early seventies. I had to deal with a lot of abuse from kids around my age and older. I can still see the stares from people from time to time to this day when I am out with my American girlfriend.
I have grown up in the Midwest and still live in the Midwest, just four hours south of where I was raised outside of Saint Louis. The area reminds me a lot of my childhood.
I am proud to call myself an American! I stand behind the oath I took to become a part of this country and represent it the best I can always!
