Our Stories Dr. Paul Youngbin Kim Our Stories Dr. Paul Youngbin Kim

Creatively Narrating the Stories of Multiracial Individuals: A Conversation with Becky White

My own bitterness towards the Korean society and culture followed me for a long time. I hope I can relieve my fellow mixed Koreans of that same bitterness by providing the words to help us understand ourselves. Perhaps this isn’t explicitly a “Christian” tenet  wrapped neatly in a Bible verse; but everything I do, I hope it may be founded in the honest and joyful love of Christ.

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Justice & Culture, Our Stories Dr. Paul Youngbin Kim Justice & Culture, Our Stories Dr. Paul Youngbin Kim

Beyond BTS and Squid Game: Leveraging Korean Pop Culture for Deeper Conversations

On one hand, I love that Korean culture is no longer at the fringes and instead showing up in mainstream American media, often making their way into my classroom discussions and written assignments. On the other hand, I am also keenly aware of the fact that these elements, while true products of my motherland, only represent a fraction of what makes Korea, Korea.

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