Diaspora

Michelle Obama gets diasporic communities more than Donald Trump ever will

The films you can find at the movie theatre this weekend: Dumbfounded Edition

If you’re planning on going to the movie theatre this weekend, you will most likely encounter a limited amount of diversity amongst the stars on the big screen, a problem highlighted in…

“Your Skin Color Defines You” — Donald Trump

I had always thought that who I saw myself as was who I should be. That the slant of my eyes, my lightly tanned skin, and off-colloquial accent didn’t label me as different from anybody else. It shouldn’t, and most of the time, I don’t even notice it —…

Korean Hanboks are for Gyopos, too

What I never knew I was

I grew up in America’s culture, watching the same shows and learning the same language as everyone else in the United States. I also grew up as a minority for most of my life. My community was made up…

PTSD, Identity, and the Immigrant Experience

Shot with the emotional and cinematic intensity of a crime thriller and…

Continuously migrating: South Korean Man deported to Korea after 40 years later

Knowing Your Roots

In Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang’s second episode of “Master of None,” Parents, Dev and Brian treat their parents out to a nice dinner in order to learn more about their immigrant stories as well as to thank them for all the sacrifices they made. I absolutely loved this episode because I could…

Gender Diaspora: Reclaiming the Sex…

When discussing the concept of a diaspora most people think about the idea of migration, loss…