Comments on: I’m Korean and I’m Okay http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/im-korean-and-im-okay/ Et ignotas animum dimittit in artes Mon, 21 May 2012 22:13:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Diversity in YA | Uncreated Conscience http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/im-korean-and-im-okay/comment-page-1/#comment-3217 Diversity in YA | Uncreated Conscience Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:29:26 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3870#comment-3217 [...] do much to change Asian stereotypes; in fact, in many cases they reinforced them. (Ahem, APRIL AND THE DRAGON LADY. Okay, that book makes me see [...] [...] do much to change Asian stereotypes; in fact, in many cases they reinforced them. (Ahem, APRIL AND THE DRAGON LADY. Okay, that book makes me see [...]

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]]> By: I'm a Girl and I'm Okay | Uncreated Conscience http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/im-korean-and-im-okay/comment-page-1/#comment-2125 I'm a Girl and I'm Okay | Uncreated Conscience Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:22:55 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3870#comment-2125 [...] This morning I tweeted about lusting after Pottery Barn monogrammed towels and then felt the need to defend the fact that I have a yen for interior decoration. But why? It was a throwaway comment I made after Pottery Barn sent me an email blast about what was on sale. I don’t think any one cared or judged me for being unabashedly “girly”, yet I felt the need to qualify myself. That’s silly, so I am going to out myself, the way I came to terms with being Korean. [...] [...] This morning I tweeted about lusting after Pottery Barn monogrammed towels and then felt the need to defend the fact that I have a yen for interior decoration. But why? It was a throwaway comment I made after Pottery Barn sent me an email blast about what was on sale. I don’t think any one cared or judged me for being unabashedly “girly”, yet I felt the need to qualify myself. That’s silly, so I am going to out myself, the way I came to terms with being Korean. [...]

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]]> By: Ping of Recognition: Faces on Covers | Uncreated Conscience http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/im-korean-and-im-okay/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Ping of Recognition: Faces on Covers | Uncreated Conscience Mon, 10 May 2010 20:07:11 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3870#comment-1333 [...] I’m Korean and I’m Okay: A little background information on me. [...] [...] I’m Korean and I’m Okay: A little background information on me. [...]

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]]> By: What's the Story? | Uncreated Conscience http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/im-korean-and-im-okay/comment-page-1/#comment-1100 What's the Story? | Uncreated Conscience Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:28:29 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3870#comment-1100 [...] I’m Korean and I’m Okay: Some background information on me. [...] [...] I’m Korean and I’m Okay: Some background information on me. [...]

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]]> By: Shawn http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/im-korean-and-im-okay/comment-page-1/#comment-1094 Shawn Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:14:43 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3870#comment-1094 This is the reason I like sjaejones.com. Amazing post. This is the reason I like sjaejones.com. Amazing post.

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]]> By: Coffee, Chocolate, and Cream | Uncreated Conscience http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/im-korean-and-im-okay/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 Coffee, Chocolate, and Cream | Uncreated Conscience Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:24:33 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3870#comment-1083 [...] I’m Korean and I’m Okay [...] [...] I’m Korean and I’m Okay [...]

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]]> By: Representing Race in Fiction | Uncreated Conscience http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/im-korean-and-im-okay/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 Representing Race in Fiction | Uncreated Conscience Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:57:29 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3870#comment-1067 [...] week I swore that this week I would blog about race in fiction. I absolutely intend to adhere to my resolutions, but I will need help in the coming days. Today I [...] [...] week I swore that this week I would blog about race in fiction. I absolutely intend to adhere to my resolutions, but I will need help in the coming days. Today I [...]

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]]> By: Jenny http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/im-korean-and-im-okay/comment-page-1/#comment-1061 Jenny Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:32:39 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3870#comment-1061 Very insightful post. Though I do possess many of the traits of an "Asian-American", I find it annoying when people stereotype and generalize. "Oh, you like Asian dramas because you're Asian." Uh, no. I like Asian dramas because *I* like them, not because I happen to be 100% Asian. But as I criticize others for making assumptions about me because of my race, I know that I tend to do the same to others without even being aware of it. :/ Very insightful post. Though I do possess many of the traits of an “Asian-American”, I find it annoying when people stereotype and generalize. “Oh, you like Asian dramas because you’re Asian.” Uh, no. I like Asian dramas because *I* like them, not because I happen to be 100% Asian. But as I criticize others for making assumptions about me because of my race, I know that I tend to do the same to others without even being aware of it. :/

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]]> By: Natasha Fondren http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/im-korean-and-im-okay/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 Natasha Fondren Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:57:29 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3870#comment-1060 After my dad died, my mother married into an Italian-American family. It was very odd, because they were welcoming and somewhere inside me, I guess I started self-identifying as Italian, LOL. I guess that's weird, because I'm really an English/German/Native American mutt. In college, I lived in Little Italy because it's the only place my stepdad felt was safe, LOL, and also because it felt like home. Again, I worked there and felt like "one of them," I guess. But you know how a group, I guess, has that instant sort of recognition of mutual understanding? A few years ago, I was at a party, and there was a group of Italian-Americans there, and I was immediately drawn to them because I felt like I belonged. But of course, to them, I'm just some white mutt, LOLOL... and although kind, of course, I was NOT one of them. It felt weird and sad. After my dad died, my mother married into an Italian-American family. It was very odd, because they were welcoming and somewhere inside me, I guess I started self-identifying as Italian, LOL. I guess that’s weird, because I’m really an English/German/Native American mutt.

In college, I lived in Little Italy because it’s the only place my stepdad felt was safe, LOL, and also because it felt like home. Again, I worked there and felt like “one of them,” I guess.

But you know how a group, I guess, has that instant sort of recognition of mutual understanding?

A few years ago, I was at a party, and there was a group of Italian-Americans there, and I was immediately drawn to them because I felt like I belonged. But of course, to them, I’m just some white mutt, LOLOL… and although kind, of course, I was NOT one of them.

It felt weird and sad.

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]]> By: Erin Schultz http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/im-korean-and-im-okay/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 Erin Schultz Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:44:48 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3870#comment-1059 Great post!! Do you know Dr. Sarah Park? She is a professor at my school in the library science program and focuses on, "Representations of the Korean diaspora in children's literature, children's librarianship, library services to underserved populations, social justice, transracial adoption, and Korean diasporic history." I don't know her personally, yet, but hope to have a class with her next semester. Check out her info and list of published articles: http://www.stkate.edu/~mlisweb/people/park.php Just thought this might interest you :o) Keep up the great blog posts!! Great post!!
Do you know Dr. Sarah Park? She is a professor at my school in the library science program and focuses on, “Representations of the Korean diaspora in children’s literature, children’s librarianship, library services to underserved populations, social justice, transracial adoption, and Korean diasporic history.”

I don’t know her personally, yet, but hope to have a class with her next semester.

Check out her info and list of published articles:
http://www.stkate.edu/~mlisweb/people/park.php

Just thought this might interest you :o)
Keep up the great blog posts!!

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