Cultural Identity: South Korea And Grew Up In The United States

I was born in South Korea and grew up in America. As a person who has dual-citizenship, it is nice to know that I have another home. When I become legal, I will have to choose which country I would like to have citizenship in and that would be a bit challenging. The United States is a place where I would want to continue my education while Korea is where I would like to reside in without having to have a work visa or get married to a native. Korea, my first home, is a country that I always look up to and admire from afar. America, my second home, is a country where I grow and mature. My cultural identity revolves around two countries: now that I have already adapted to and the country that I was born in. Although I grew up in America, I …show more content…
I may still be a bit foreign and uncomfortable with the way things run in America, but I have lived with American customs alongside Korean ones. Both countries are diverse in their own ways and have flaws that poke at the glands of a particular cultural trait. I used to hate being Korean because I went to a school where there were mainly students of Japanese or Filipino ethnicities. I felt like the odd-ball out, but when I started moving from school after school, I realized that I didn’t need to be a certain ethnicity to “fit in.” All I had to do was be me and know my objective in which I would carry out through my day. I miss Korea and often ponder what life would be like if I had not moved to America. Although I love and cherish Korea from afar, I don’t think that I would be the person I am today if I stayed in Korea. If I still lived in Korea, I would not have been exposed to the variation of different cultures and ethnicities within each community I have lived in. And, having a perspective or state of acceptance for one another would not be an easier thing for someone who survives in a closed society where everything circles around one certain group. I am fine with