Korean Diaspora in L.A.
From Invisible Immigrants: In Los Angeles, the "old country" for many Koreatown residents is not Korea. Try places like Argentina, Brazil and Russia.:
KS Comment: When I lived in Santiago, Chile, I was impressed by the numbers of Koreans living there. They dominated the textile industry there and sent their children to the best schools. The majority of passengers on a flight I took from Santiago to New York City seemed to be Koreans going from one Koreatown to another. In fact, the entire Southern Cone has a large Korean (and Asian) population. São Paulo, if I'm not mistaken, has about 1,000,000 citizens of Japanese descent! You see as many Asian faces in that city as you do in San Francisco or Toronto.
[Thanks to The Marmot's Hole for the link.]
From Invisible Immigrants: In Los Angeles, the "old country" for many Koreatown residents is not Korea. Try places like Argentina, Brazil and Russia.:
- “'Yo soy Coreano.'
"'Eu sou Coreano.'
“'Ya Koreanka.'
"I am Korean.
"These are a few of the Korean voices in Los Angeles that you may have never heard. They are the invisible immigrants who live among the largest Korean population in the United States. Hailing from places like Argentina, Brazil and Russia, they are a dispersed people within a community that they don’t always identify with. This Diaspora has challenged notions of what it is to be Korean since its members all have widely varied experiences. Now living in the United States, their backgrounds and cultures are merging into what should be considered, in light of our nation’s history, decidedly American..."
KS Comment: When I lived in Santiago, Chile, I was impressed by the numbers of Koreans living there. They dominated the textile industry there and sent their children to the best schools. The majority of passengers on a flight I took from Santiago to New York City seemed to be Koreans going from one Koreatown to another. In fact, the entire Southern Cone has a large Korean (and Asian) population. São Paulo, if I'm not mistaken, has about 1,000,000 citizens of Japanese descent! You see as many Asian faces in that city as you do in San Francisco or Toronto.
[Thanks to The Marmot's Hole for the link.]
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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