tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post7106700001309280684..comments2024-03-26T03:31:06.199-04:00Comments on Ask a Korean!: T.K. (Ask a Korean!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-58504055058044320882010-02-25T11:28:32.948-05:002010-02-25T11:28:32.948-05:00That's why the Korean was careful to stay with...That's why the Korean was careful to stay with the word "comparable" and nothing stronger.T.K. (Ask a Korean!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-40638834238702044692010-02-25T10:04:58.237-05:002010-02-25T10:04:58.237-05:00You mean Jews and "Kews", as I just rece...You mean Jews and "Kews", as I just recently read in Bruce Cumings <i>Korea's Place in the Sun</i>. I thought that was sort of funny.<br /><br />The thing is, I always hear Koreans compare themselves to Jews, but as a Jew myself, I don't see the connection as deep as Koreans want it to be. Both have uniquely tragic histories, but they are very different. And while there is a division on the Korean peninsula, the division between Zionist and non-Zionist Jews is quite different. (I'm non-Zionist)<br /><br />Still, I'm happy to have Koreans perceive me as being different than "every other American in South Korea," whether I personally accept that to be the truth or not.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612269067356259698noreply@blogger.com