Korean American Culture
America is the country of immigrants, besides the native American, Americans are made of people from all around the world. “The influence of beautiful helpful character is contagious, and may revolutionize a whole town.” said by Collier Graham. The group of Korean Americans occupy a big portion in Asian-Americans, they moved to the U.S. since 19 century. It is a important choice for Korean because they were moving to a completely country with strong government, freedom and money, especially compare to the country Korea with trauma after war. People considered the reason that Korean moved to the U.S., the way of people view them in America and how do they maintain their own culture and adapt a new culture at the same time. There are several
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However, the native Korean and native American have disagreement with them. The native Korean have complex feeling of those immigrants, they thought the Korean-American has betray their country, they create a huge havoc in tradition like they owe to Korea because they don't speak Korean. In the Oriental culture, the blood-tie is important. Compare to the United States, which is who you are depends on where you born in, Koreans believe that you regard to be a Korean if your parents are Koreans. On the other hand, the native Americans was not considered those immigrants as "American". According to the speech by Woo Susie , the native Americans always ask the Asian-Americans "where do you come from", but they don't usually ask the Anglo American. It shows that the native American still regard the Asian American as foreigner since they have yellow skin and black …show more content…
The Koreans decided move to America for a standard-up life, when they head over to the U.S., people who stayed in Korea regarded them as betrayers. Meanwhile, the native Americans don’t see them as “Americans”. Although people choose to leave their hometown, the culture still remain in their mind deeply, in order to avoid the lost of Korean culture in the states, the Korean-Americans raised some ways to save their culture like language and
However, the native Korean and native American have disagreement with them. The native Korean have complex feeling of those immigrants, they thought the Korean-American has betray their country, they create a huge havoc in tradition like they owe to Korea because they don't speak Korean. In the Oriental culture, the blood-tie is important. Compare to the United States, which is who you are depends on where you born in, Koreans believe that you regard to be a Korean if your parents are Koreans. On the other hand, the native Americans was not considered those immigrants as "American". According to the speech by Woo Susie , the native Americans always ask the Asian-Americans "where do you come from", but they don't usually ask the Anglo American. It shows that the native American still regard the Asian American as foreigner since they have yellow skin and black …show more content…
The Koreans decided move to America for a standard-up life, when they head over to the U.S., people who stayed in Korea regarded them as betrayers. Meanwhile, the native Americans don’t see them as “Americans”. Although people choose to leave their hometown, the culture still remain in their mind deeply, in order to avoid the lost of Korean culture in the states, the Korean-Americans raised some ways to save their culture like language and