I appreciated hearing an older Korean-American speak of his experiences and feelings so candidly!!! Today's Korean-American youth NEED to hear more of that from your generation of American-born Koreans.
On Japanese/Korean history: “because I had to learn that to learn my place in my world.” I totally agree with this. I’m 40 now, but only in my thirties did I take a deep dive into Korean history, literature, translated works, etc, to really understand what it meant to be Korean. I think about generational trauma as well. My grandparents passed away, but when they were alive, I didn’t have the context to even begin fathoming why they were the way they were; at the very least, I can now understand why my father is who he is. One has to understand the past to make sense of the present. On a side note, I grew up in Ohio and was well aware of the Sejong camp in Michigan. In Ohio, Korean youths were and are still extraordinarily well connected through the Korean church retreat network. Thank you for your story.
Parents back then were incredibly negligent when it comes to a child's emotional and psychological needs. They were and are myopic. Even today, they are extremely negligent and abusive. But, back then, it was far worse because information wasn't dispersed so rapidly or abundantly. The internet didn't exist.
I appreciated hearing an older Korean-American speak of his experiences and feelings so candidly!!! Today's Korean-American youth NEED to hear more of that from your generation of American-born Koreans.
On Japanese/Korean history: “because I had to learn that to learn my place in my world.” I totally agree with this. I’m 40 now, but only in my thirties did I take a deep dive into Korean history, literature, translated works, etc, to really understand what it meant to be Korean. I think about generational trauma as well. My grandparents passed away, but when they were alive, I didn’t have the context to even begin fathoming why they were the way they were; at the very least, I can now understand why my father is who he is. One has to understand the past to make sense of the present. On a side note, I grew up in Ohio and was well aware of the Sejong camp in Michigan. In Ohio, Korean youths were and are still extraordinarily well connected through the Korean church retreat network. Thank you for your story.
I wished I went to that camp growing up. I totally understand your story.
Those old pictures are groovy outta sight!
Parents back then were incredibly negligent when it comes to a child's emotional and psychological needs. They were and are myopic. Even today, they are extremely negligent and abusive. But, back then, it was far worse because information wasn't dispersed so rapidly or abundantly. The internet didn't exist.
Great stroy!
너무 감동적인 이야기였습니다 지금도 세종캠프가 이어지는지 궁금합니다
아저씨, this is amazing.