1.2: Growing up Korean in Mexico City
Dec 17, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 2
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Episode description
Eun Hee is a Korean who grew up in Mexico City and moved to New York by way of Boston.
Trilingual without a tribe, she's found peace in the grey area between the cultures of her motherland (S. Korea) and adopted homeland (USA). Let's find out how she got there.
Sneak peek of this episode:
- How Korean-Mexicans and Korean-Argentineans co-exist in Mexico City
- Fitting in (or not) with her adult alter-egos - the 'Koreans from Korea' and the 'Korean-Americans'
- How racism feels different in the US vs Mexico
- Pronouncing, abbreviating, and struggling to get her name right in the American workplace
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