“How your sense of self could change depending on your location. In Koreatown, no one ever thought Sam was Korean. In Manhattan, no one had ever thought he was white. In Los Angeles, he was the ‘white cousin.’ In New York, he was that ‘little Chinese kid.’ And yet, in K-town, he felt more Korean than he ever had before. Or to put a finer point on it, he felt more aware of the fact that he was a Korean and that was not necessarily negative or even a neutral fact about him. The awareness gave him pause: perhaps a funny-looking mixed race kid could exist at the center of the world, not just its periphery.”
-Tomorrow, Tomorrow, And Tomorrow
Via: Vulture
