what is culture culture is practice it is practiced by a particular group of
is practiced by a particular group of
is practiced by a particular group of people for a significant period of time
people for a significant period of time
people for a significant period of time this time period can range from a couple
this time period can range from a couple
this time period can range from a couple of days or weeks for example when you
of days or weeks for example when you
of days or weeks for example when you make new friends or it can range all the
make new friends or it can range all the
make new friends or it can range all the way up to centuries and centuries for
way up to centuries and centuries for
way up to centuries and centuries for example informing organized religion
example informing organized religion
example informing organized religion suggests Christianity Buddhism so on and
suggests Christianity Buddhism so on and
suggests Christianity Buddhism so on and so forth now throughout this time period
so forth now throughout this time period
so forth now throughout this time period more often than not certain social norms
more often than not certain social norms
more often than not certain social norms tend to form and while these social
tend to form and while these social
tend to form and while these social norms aren’t bad per se it can get
norms aren’t bad per se it can get
norms aren’t bad per se it can get dangerous when people start to get too
dangerous when people start to get too
dangerous when people start to get too comfortable within their social norms
comfortable within their social norms
comfortable within their social norms and start differentiating each other
and start differentiating each other
and start differentiating each other according to it I right now am 19 which
according to it I right now am 19 which
according to it I right now am 19 which makes me a young adult and I think I
makes me a young adult and I think I
makes me a young adult and I think I could say that I’ve lived a relatively
could say that I’ve lived a relatively
could say that I’ve lived a relatively dynamic life when it comes to my
dynamic life when it comes to my
dynamic life when it comes to my educational career and that is to say
educational career and that is to say
educational career and that is to say I’ve moved around a lot during my
I’ve moved around a lot during my
I’ve moved around a lot during my student life I was born in Seoul South
student life I was born in Seoul South
student life I was born in Seoul South Korea
Korea
Korea and when I was about five I moved to a
and when I was about five I moved to a
and when I was about five I moved to a moved to Arizona and went to
moved to Arizona and went to
moved to Arizona and went to kindergarten there after that I came to
kindergarten there after that I came to
kindergarten there after that I came to Daegu and then I started my elementary
Daegu and then I started my elementary
Daegu and then I started my elementary years at the fifth grade I moved to
years at the fifth grade I moved to
years at the fifth grade I moved to Atlanta and after that I came back to
Atlanta and after that I came back to
Atlanta and after that I came back to Daegu to start middle school here in D
Daegu to start middle school here in D
Daegu to start middle school here in D is I graduated D is then I went straight
is I graduated D is then I went straight
is I graduated D is then I went straight to a regular Korean public high school
to a regular Korean public high school
to a regular Korean public high school currently I just finished my freshman
currently I just finished my freshman
currently I just finished my freshman year at Kelly University so you can see
year at Kelly University so you can see
year at Kelly University so you can see that I’ve done a lot of moving and
that I’ve done a lot of moving and
that I’ve done a lot of moving and shifting around so I think it’s safe for
shifting around so I think it’s safe for
shifting around so I think it’s safe for me to say that I was involved in many
me to say that I was involved in many
me to say that I was involved in many different cultures now seemed to me that
different cultures now seemed to me that
different cultures now seemed to me that everywhere I went there always seemed to
everywhere I went there always seemed to
everywhere I went there always seemed to be some type of discrimination that was
be some type of discrimination that was
be some type of discrimination that was present now I’m not talking about the
present now I’m not talking about the
present now I’m not talking about the explicit discrimination that we’re all
explicit discrimination that we’re all
explicit discrimination that we’re all used to hearing about what I’m talking
used to hearing about what I’m talking
used to hearing about what I’m talking about
about
about the more implicit and subtle ones I
the more implicit and subtle ones I
the more implicit and subtle ones I really enjoyed my two years in Atlanta I
really enjoyed my two years in Atlanta I
really enjoyed my two years in Atlanta I would even consider the two most
would even consider the two most
would even consider the two most significant years of my life in terms of
significant years of my life in terms of
significant years of my life in terms of shaping Who I am today
shaping Who I am today
shaping Who I am today however now that I look back there are
however now that I look back there are
however now that I look back there are some
some
some eyebrow-raising moments that I’ve faced
eyebrow-raising moments that I’ve faced
eyebrow-raising moments that I’ve faced for example all of my best friends and
for example all of my best friends and
for example all of my best friends and the friends that I still keep in touch
the friends that I still keep in touch
the friends that I still keep in touch with today they’re all Korean now I
with today they’re all Korean now I
with today they’re all Korean now I thought that was pretty interesting
thought that was pretty interesting
thought that was pretty interesting because while I’m not trying to cause
because while I’m not trying to cause
because while I’m not trying to cause any speculation about all the other
any speculation about all the other
any speculation about all the other friends being being a racist or
friends being being a racist or
friends being being a racist or discriminating me I am saying there’s a
discriminating me I am saying there’s a
discriminating me I am saying there’s a possibility that they weren’t as
possibility that they weren’t as
possibility that they weren’t as comfortable with me them and everyone
comfortable with me them and everyone
comfortable with me them and everyone else mainly because at that part of it
else mainly because at that part of it
else mainly because at that part of it at that part of their life they really
at that part of their life they really
at that part of their life they really haven’t seen anyone outside of America
haven’t seen anyone outside of America
haven’t seen anyone outside of America and whose first language isn’t English
and whose first language isn’t English
and whose first language isn’t English then I’ve noticed something a little bit
then I’ve noticed something a little bit
then I’ve noticed something a little bit more significant here Indy is I joined
more significant here Indy is I joined
more significant here Indy is I joined the is a little bit late a semester to
the is a little bit late a semester to
the is a little bit late a semester to be exact and D is at the time although
be exact and D is at the time although
be exact and D is at the time although it was an international school it was a
it was an international school it was a
it was an international school it was a Korean majority school that there are
Korean majority school that there are
Korean majority school that there are four there were a little bit of
four there were a little bit of
four there were a little bit of foreigners here and there but then at
foreigners here and there but then at
foreigners here and there but then at the time I was mostly Korean so so like
the time I was mostly Korean so so like
the time I was mostly Korean so so like at that time when people are talking I
at that time when people are talking I
at that time when people are talking I could instantly tell on my first day of
could instantly tell on my first day of
could instantly tell on my first day of school
school
school that difference and the intimacy between
that difference and the intimacy between
that difference and the intimacy between the Korean friends and the foreign
the Korean friends and the foreign
the Korean friends and the foreign friends no one like a group of people
friends no one like a group of people
friends no one like a group of people are trying to have a conversation so
are trying to have a conversation so
are trying to have a conversation so they’re like in a circle and there’s
they’re like in a circle and there’s
they’re like in a circle and there’s always the one or two people like on the
always the one or two people like on the
always the one or two people like on the edge of the circle or trying to get in
edge of the circle or trying to get in
edge of the circle or trying to get in the conversation that aren’t doing it
the conversation that aren’t doing it
the conversation that aren’t doing it very successfully those are always the
very successfully those are always the
very successfully those are always the foreigners and one of these foreigners
foreigners and one of these foreigners
foreigners and one of these foreigners actually ended up becoming one of my
actually ended up becoming one of my
actually ended up becoming one of my best friends so I asked him one day if
best friends so I asked him one day if
best friends so I asked him one day if he ever felt like he was left out just
he ever felt like he was left out just
he ever felt like he was left out just because he was a foreigner in a Korean
because he was a foreigner in a Korean
because he was a foreigner in a Korean majority society and he replied by
majority society and he replied by
majority society and he replied by saying that on his first day of school
saying that on his first day of school
saying that on his first day of school there were seven boys including himself
there were seven boys including himself
there were seven boys including himself six of them or Korean and in that
six of them or Korean and in that
six of them or Korean and in that classroom you are loved seven pairs so
classroom you are loved seven pairs so
classroom you are loved seven pairs so one person automatically had to be left
one person automatically had to be left
one person automatically had to be left out guess what that person was you
out guess what that person was you
out guess what that person was you guessed it so on his first day of school
guessed it so on his first day of school
guessed it so on his first day of school right off the bat he was the person to
right off the bat he was the person to
right off the bat he was the person to be left out
be left out
be left out and notice similar things in my college
and notice similar things in my college
and notice similar things in my college life in almost every lecture there are a
life in almost every lecture there are a
life in almost every lecture there are a few foreign students and I counted these
few foreign students and I counted these
few foreign students and I counted these students some of them are exchange
students some of them are exchange
students some of them are exchange students some of them just completely
students some of them just completely
students some of them just completely moved to Korea and
moved to Korea and
moved to Korea and all their their students just like us
all their their students just like us
all their their students just like us college students just like us it’s
college students just like us it’s
college students just like us it’s sometimes or more times than not the
sometimes or more times than not the
sometimes or more times than not the Korean friends end up sitting with their
Korean friends end up sitting with their
Korean friends end up sitting with their friends leaving the foreigners at what
friends leaving the foreigners at what
friends leaving the foreigners at what part of the room by themselves that I’ll
part of the room by themselves that I’ll
part of the room by themselves that I’ll be the first person to admit I find
be the first person to admit I find
be the first person to admit I find myself doing with this from time to time
myself doing with this from time to time
myself doing with this from time to time and I can confidently say it’s not
and I can confidently say it’s not
and I can confidently say it’s not because we have any negative feelings
because we have any negative feelings
because we have any negative feelings towards these foreigners it’s probably
towards these foreigners it’s probably
towards these foreigners it’s probably because we’re not as comfortable with
because we’re not as comfortable with
because we’re not as comfortable with them than we are with other Koreans now
them than we are with other Koreans now
them than we are with other Koreans now these are just discrimination or
these are just discrimination or
these are just discrimination or differentiation based on one’s ethnicity
differentiation based on one’s ethnicity
differentiation based on one’s ethnicity I’d like to talk to you about a
I’d like to talk to you about a
I’d like to talk to you about a different type of discrimination I told
different type of discrimination I told
different type of discrimination I told you already after I graduated from Dee
you already after I graduated from Dee
you already after I graduated from Dee is I went to a regular Korean public
is I went to a regular Korean public
is I went to a regular Korean public high school and this is a pretty rare
high school and this is a pretty rare
high school and this is a pretty rare path-to-tape
path-to-tape
path-to-tape because once you graduate from an
because once you graduate from an
because once you graduate from an international school you either stay at
international school you either stay at
international school you either stay at that school go to a different
that school go to a different
that school go to a different international school or go abroad none
international school or go abroad none
international school or go abroad none of them were the case for me so on my
of them were the case for me so on my
of them were the case for me so on my first day of school it’s pretty hard for
first day of school it’s pretty hard for
first day of school it’s pretty hard for me to make friends groups are already
me to make friends groups are already
me to make friends groups are already formed based on because everyone already
formed based on because everyone already
formed based on because everyone already had someone they were familiar with no
had someone they were familiar with no
had someone they were familiar with no it’s mainly because they probably went
it’s mainly because they probably went
it’s mainly because they probably went to the same middle school or they went
to the same middle school or they went
to the same middle school or they went to the same Academy and so on and so
to the same Academy and so on and so
to the same Academy and so on and so forth but so it was really hard for me
forth but so it was really hard for me
forth but so it was really hard for me in the beginning but this all changed on
in the beginning but this all changed on
in the beginning but this all changed on my first English class of my high school
my first English class of my high school
my first English class of my high school because in a regular Korean public high
because in a regular Korean public high
because in a regular Korean public high school not a lot of people really have a
school not a lot of people really have a
school not a lot of people really have a chance to study abroad for a significant
chance to study abroad for a significant
chance to study abroad for a significant period of time and does they’re not
period of time and does they’re not
period of time and does they’re not asked fluent in English and it was
asked fluent in English and it was
asked fluent in English and it was likewise our Korean public high school
likewise our Korean public high school
likewise our Korean public high school was the same I was pretty much the only
was the same I was pretty much the only
was the same I was pretty much the only one only person to be phoned in English
one only person to be phoned in English
one only person to be phoned in English so when this teacher asked me to read a
so when this teacher asked me to read a
so when this teacher asked me to read a paragraph though in textbook and I
paragraph though in textbook and I
paragraph though in textbook and I started reading I could feel everyone’s
started reading I could feel everyone’s
started reading I could feel everyone’s attention shipping towards me now after
attention shipping towards me now after
attention shipping towards me now after that class a good 10 to 20 people
that class a good 10 to 20 people
that class a good 10 to 20 people approached me asked me for my name and
approached me asked me for my name and
approached me asked me for my name and wanted to get to know me better so I met
wanted to get to know me better so I met
wanted to get to know me better so I met a lot of I left I met a lot of my high
a lot of I left I met a lot of my high
a lot of I left I met a lot of my high school friends through that incident I
school friends through that incident I
school friends through that incident I have a similar story in college recently
have a similar story in college recently
have a similar story in college recently I was recently I mean I was um
I was recently I mean I was um
I was recently I mean I was um I was pretty much a regular freshman
I was pretty much a regular freshman
I was pretty much a regular freshman during my college life and one day I was
during my college life and one day I was
during my college life and one day I was lucky enough to get a decent score and
lucky enough to get a decent score and
lucky enough to get a decent score and this supposed to be hard class now it
this supposed to be hard class now it
this supposed to be hard class now it was good for first in the entire class
was good for first in the entire class
was good for first in the entire class but I was happy but I didn’t really tell
but I was happy but I didn’t really tell
but I was happy but I didn’t really tell anybody but then this fact somehow got
anybody but then this fact somehow got
anybody but then this fact somehow got leaked because you know Koreans they’re
leaked because you know Koreans they’re
leaked because you know Koreans they’re very into which person getting which
very into which person getting which
very into which person getting which grade so and how they figured out is a
grade so and how they figured out is a
grade so and how they figured out is a different story for another day but the
different story for another day but the
different story for another day but the fact is that it got leaked and then as
fact is that it got leaked and then as
fact is that it got leaked and then as soon as I got leaked people have never
soon as I got leaked people have never
soon as I got leaked people have never talked before started approaching me
talked before started approaching me
talked before started approaching me asked me for advice and help for that
asked me for advice and help for that
asked me for advice and help for that class’s final exam now I’ve noticed that
class’s final exam now I’ve noticed that
class’s final exam now I’ve noticed that once you’re good at something or you’ve
once you’re good at something or you’ve
once you’re good at something or you’ve done something good people automatically
done something good people automatically
done something good people automatically approach you that is to say people
approach you that is to say people
approach you that is to say people selectively choose who they want to be
selectively choose who they want to be
selectively choose who they want to be friends with that is to say they choose
friends with that is to say they choose
friends with that is to say they choose who they want to be friends with based
who they want to be friends with based
who they want to be friends with based on how beneficial they think you could
on how beneficial they think you could
on how beneficial they think you could be now this action in and of itself is
be now this action in and of itself is
be now this action in and of itself is discrimination because the
discrimination because the
discrimination because the subconsciously ranks people from top to
subconsciously ranks people from top to
subconsciously ranks people from top to bottom
bottom
bottom based on how valuable they think you are
based on how valuable they think you are
based on how valuable they think you are it’s preposterous to think that people
it’s preposterous to think that people
it’s preposterous to think that people still to this day think they’re better
still to this day think they’re better
still to this day think they’re better or worse than a certain person but we
or worse than a certain person but we
or worse than a certain person but we still do this anyways because
still do this anyways because
still do this anyways because subconsciously when we start forgetting
subconsciously when we start forgetting
subconsciously when we start forgetting the simple on a an unequivocal fact that
the simple on a an unequivocal fact that
the simple on a an unequivocal fact that every single person here is equal where
every single person here is equal where
every single person here is equal where everywhere is equal that’s when society
everywhere is equal that’s when society
everywhere is equal that’s when society starts to be real we have plenty of
starts to be real we have plenty of
starts to be real we have plenty of examples that happened recently in real
examples that happened recently in real
examples that happened recently in real life let’s start with the row hinga
life let’s start with the row hinga
life let’s start with the row hinga where either Bangladesh normil Maher
where either Bangladesh normil Maher
where either Bangladesh normil Maher wanted to UM wanted to accept these
wanted to UM wanted to accept these
wanted to UM wanted to accept these Muslim minorities into your society the
Muslim minorities into your society the
Muslim minorities into your society the Catalonians thought they were better
Catalonians thought they were better
Catalonians thought they were better than every other region in Spain and
than every other region in Spain and
than every other region in Spain and does subscribe for independence prompt
does subscribe for independence prompt
does subscribe for independence prompt it looks like seems like he thinks less
it looks like seems like he thinks less
it looks like seems like he thinks less of every other country that’s not named
of every other country that’s not named
of every other country that’s not named America and he he doesn’t he refuses to
America and he he doesn’t he refuses to
America and he he doesn’t he refuses to help country
help country
help country that are in need most most notably
that are in need most most notably
that are in need most most notably recently puro Rico all these happened
recently puro Rico all these happened
recently puro Rico all these happened fundamentally because one group thought
fundamentally because one group thought
fundamentally because one group thought they were superior to another so how do
they were superior to another so how do
they were superior to another so how do we fix this
we fix this
we fix this there isn’t a tangible solution but
there isn’t a tangible solution but
there isn’t a tangible solution but rather an intangible one and that is to
rather an intangible one and that is to
rather an intangible one and that is to always remember and keep in mind that
always remember and keep in mind that
always remember and keep in mind that there’s only one thing and one of the
there’s only one thing and one of the
there’s only one thing and one of the only thing all seven billion of us on
only thing all seven billion of us on
only thing all seven billion of us on earth have in common and that is that we
earth have in common and that is that we
earth have in common and that is that we are human beings you’re not better than
are human beings you’re not better than
are human beings you’re not better than anyone just because you loved into a
anyone just because you loved into a
anyone just because you loved into a wealthier family just because you you
wealthier family just because you you
wealthier family just because you you happen to have a higher IQ
happen to have a higher IQ
happen to have a higher IQ so you’re smarter at a particular field
so you’re smarter at a particular field
so you’re smarter at a particular field just because you want the birth Lottery
just because you want the birth Lottery
just because you want the birth Lottery and you’re considered more beautiful in
and you’re considered more beautiful in
and you’re considered more beautiful in this society
this society
this society none of these arbitrary things factored
none of these arbitrary things factored
none of these arbitrary things factored into you fundamentally being human so
into you fundamentally being human so
into you fundamentally being human so all in all and the status quo and
all in all and the status quo and
all in all and the status quo and especially in a capitalistic society
especially in a capitalistic society
especially in a capitalistic society although we preach equality there seems
although we preach equality there seems
although we preach equality there seems to be an invisible or transparent
to be an invisible or transparent
to be an invisible or transparent hierarchy that exists we must learn to
hierarchy that exists we must learn to
hierarchy that exists we must learn to break this hierarchy down and the first
break this hierarchy down and the first
break this hierarchy down and the first step and the cornerstone in doing so is
step and the cornerstone in doing so is
step and the cornerstone in doing so is acknowledging every single one of you
acknowledging every single one of you
acknowledging every single one of you are the same thank you
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