This part from your review of “Ode to My Father” really hit me - “Some people make choices. Others, like my father, were bound by duty to tackle responsibilities that would have crumpled others.”
Your father made a brave, noble and honorable choice to be bound by that duty. Many people just leave. On this Father’s Day, I celebrate his example of humanity and familial responsibility.
Those other reviews you speak of are just clueless and the one about Old Boy is just racist. I’m not Korean but I am from two other cultures that have been similarly treated by history - constantly colonized with efforts at erasure but nonetheless keeping culture and language alive. I think this is why I relate to Korean content so much. This need to survive with culture somewhat intact despite the world’s ignorance or object hatred breeds a kind of world view that people from dominant cultures just won’t understand easily. Idk maybe I’m wrong too. Just Sunday musings.
And seriously that guy needs to eat some Kimchi. Maybe if his gut was healthier he wouldn’t be so cranky. Lol
Lynn, thank you for taking the time to read this post (a bit longer than usual) and taking the time to leave your beautiful comment. It really means a lot to me. There are some people on social media, including other Koreans and Korean Americans, who have said vile things about my parents simply because they don't like me (and also, they're just hateful people). So to hear that you understand the difficult choices he had to make during a horrible time is very appreciated. 💜
I skimmed this and noticed a trend in your writing. You accuse critics of "ethnocentrism" when I think "ethno-hatred" is more apt. Or perhaps there's a better word? Anyway, it's nothing to be upset about. You can't be liked by everyone.
Accusing someone of ethnocentrism is like saying "if you considered the other's perspective then you would understand," but lack of understanding isn't the problem. The problem is they don't like Koreans or Korean culture.
This part from your review of “Ode to My Father” really hit me - “Some people make choices. Others, like my father, were bound by duty to tackle responsibilities that would have crumpled others.”
Your father made a brave, noble and honorable choice to be bound by that duty. Many people just leave. On this Father’s Day, I celebrate his example of humanity and familial responsibility.
Those other reviews you speak of are just clueless and the one about Old Boy is just racist. I’m not Korean but I am from two other cultures that have been similarly treated by history - constantly colonized with efforts at erasure but nonetheless keeping culture and language alive. I think this is why I relate to Korean content so much. This need to survive with culture somewhat intact despite the world’s ignorance or object hatred breeds a kind of world view that people from dominant cultures just won’t understand easily. Idk maybe I’m wrong too. Just Sunday musings.
And seriously that guy needs to eat some Kimchi. Maybe if his gut was healthier he wouldn’t be so cranky. Lol
Lynn, thank you for taking the time to read this post (a bit longer than usual) and taking the time to leave your beautiful comment. It really means a lot to me. There are some people on social media, including other Koreans and Korean Americans, who have said vile things about my parents simply because they don't like me (and also, they're just hateful people). So to hear that you understand the difficult choices he had to make during a horrible time is very appreciated. 💜
I skimmed this and noticed a trend in your writing. You accuse critics of "ethnocentrism" when I think "ethno-hatred" is more apt. Or perhaps there's a better word? Anyway, it's nothing to be upset about. You can't be liked by everyone.
Accusing someone of ethnocentrism is like saying "if you considered the other's perspective then you would understand," but lack of understanding isn't the problem. The problem is they don't like Koreans or Korean culture.
I'm an white American male. Why do you disagree? I think it's normal to be upset.