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Title: Korean-American Experience in the United States

Subtitle: Initial Thoughts

Author: Christian Kim

Narrator: Young Choi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-21-13

Publisher: The Hermit Kingdom Press

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

This book is very helpful for understanding the nature and the history of the Korean community in the USA. There are over one million Korean-Americans in the USA. Despite the small number and a short immigration history, Korean-Americans have been able to contribute to America in important ways. Korean-American students generally comprise the biggest block of ethnic minorities in Ivy League universities and other leading research universities. The current Yale University Law School Dean is Korean-American. A Korean-American has been the leader of the biggest Presbyterian denomination in the USA. Korean-Americans can be found all over the USA in every profession, and they have been very successful. And, perhaps, the Korean-American community is the most evangelical Christian ethnic community in America. In fact, many InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and Campus Crusade for Christ leaders in America's major universities are Korean-Americans.

How is it that Korean-Americans came to play such an important role in the American society, particularly in the area of religion? This is a very good book to understand what makes the Korean-Americans "tick". Particularly insightful are the ways in which Christian Kim, the author, captures general patterns for the Korean-Americans and their successes. This is by far the best introductory book on Korean-Americans in the market and will be very useful for use in classroom settings, both on the high school and college levels, in courses dealing with ethnic studies and the Asian experience in American history and society.

Members Reviews:

Brief is right

This guy conducted absolutely no research and bases his thoughts on things he's noticed. This may be appropriate for a biography, but it certainly is not appropriate for a book describing an ethicity of people. He stereotypes his own people without giving any merit to his thoughts in form of other sources. This book is extremely brief, and you'd be better off learning about Korean Americans from a biography or from a more documented source.

Unsubstantiated...Opinionated...Rubbish

I've been led to believe that American universities make up a large majority of the world's greatest universities in terms of academic quality. So I'm a little puzzled by the large swath of American reviewers of this book who think it is a work of notable acclaim. It is poorly written first, merely a collection of zealotted right wing, unsubstantiated drivel containing such ex cathedra gems as on page 21: "Countries that do not have many evangelical Christians tend to be less aggressive about fighting for the rights of color..." (Flabbergasted doesn't describe the feeling enough).

There is no self critique of the Korean people whatsoever, quite clearly in his eyes they are the pepetual victim who has never once done anything wrong (although plenty of other Korean commentators, like Dr. M.H. Jo, can bring themselves to criticise the community when needs be ie. their negative views of black people).

I also know plenty of Koreans who smoke, drink and would hopefully stick two fingers up at this rubbish.