Kenji

Hey guys, another AA celeb. I actually didn't know this one before I saw it one a little google search for Fort Minor.

Mike Shinoda from Lincoln Park and Fort Minor is 1/4 Japanese, his dad is Japanese-American. One of his songs, "Kenji", focuses on the struggle of the  Japanese living in America during WWII. It talks specifically about interment camps and Mike's family's experience with them.

Asian Grown Website

If you were wondering a good link for Asian American sources here it is:

http://www.asian-nation.org

Happy educating :).

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How I have Changed Since Kpop Entered My Life

Point 1:

I really never used to conform...at all! In general I would purposefully not do the cool thing. Call it a habit, but I would never get things even if I wanted to, just because of everyone else who has them.


So, point is, there is a type of shoe (TOMS) that I thought were cool, but the only reason I wouldn't wear them is because everyone wears them at my school, so I thought it would be lame to start wearing them. That is until I saw B2st wearing them. 

If you wanted to know:

Yoseob is wearing http://www.toms.com/mens/classics/chocolate-men-s-classics
Kikwang (I think) is wearing http://www.toms.com/mens/new-styles/passport-black-men-s-vegan-classics
Doojon is wearing http://www.toms.com/mens/new-styles/black-velvet-men-s-classics
Hyunseung is wearing http://www.toms.com/mens/classics/navy-stone-washed-twill-men-s-classics
Dongwoon is wearing http://www.toms.com/mens/classics/red-stone-washed-twill-men-s-classics

So now, well, I am going to buy a pair of TOMS :D. And they're really helpful! For each pair bought, a child (in africa, I think) gets a pair of shoes!! Kpop not only made me realize it was silly for not getting something that I liked, but also it's OK to do the "cool" thing if you want to do it, and if it helps people. I'm still not going to be posting picture of Justin Beiber around my walls or anything, but it's not going to be because I likehim, but so does everyone else, it is going to be because it's not what I'm into. 

Steeler Steals My (non-bi-racial) Heart

Super Bowl XLV (or forty-five for you non-roman-numeral-reading people): My team (STEELERS BABY)  is playing/ played, depending on when I post this. A little fun fact for you, one of my favorite player on the team (mostly just because he’s half) is half Korean J. YAY! Who is this NFL player who promotes bi-racial-ness? He’s number 86 on the team so watch out for him on offense as one of the team’s wide receivers. “Ward, who was born in Seoul to a Korean mother and an African-American soldier father, and was raised mainly in Georgia by his mother.” (source link)

Racism in Korea  (and America, for that matter) hurt children as they grow up and put a dent in their self-confidence. Ward tries to help bi-racial kids from South Korea to realize they are just as special as every-other non-mixed person (see the earlier source link).

Mary Music

What's with the music in this show?!?!?! really....