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To: tejek who wrote (333801)	4/17/2007 8:58:28 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571679

Ted, > Why would you take this personally? Do you identify more as Korean than American? I thought you were born and raised here. I have an advantage of being right in the cross-section of Korean and American cultures. If I had to choose, I'd probably identify more with America simply because of my citizenship and the fact that I can speak English much better than Korean. But I'll still cheer for Korea when it comes to baseball and soccer ... ;-) As for taking the Virginia Tech shooting personally, how can I not? The shooter was part of the Korean-American community, no matter how much of a loner he was. He came here when he was 9. My wife came over here when she was 10. Most of my friends came over here somewhere between the ages of 3 and 20. Only some of them were actually born here like me. The bottom line is that we never really gave up being Korean even after we moved here or was born here. Everything we do reflects on our Korean heritage whether we like it or not. By the way, I remember following this story of a Korean-American Cornell student killing his girlfriend: media.www.columbiaspectator.com He was the same year as me and apparently we had many mutual friends, even though I don't remember meeting him face-to-face. Of course, when news of this first broke, it seemed every Korean person in America was talking about it. Tenchusatsu