tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post1703901770563274372..comments2024-03-26T03:31:06.199-04:00Comments on Ask a Korean!: Book Review: My Korean Deli by Ben Ryder Howe (2011)T.K. (Ask a Korean!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-1796484515104305182013-08-13T20:06:05.498-04:002013-08-13T20:06:05.498-04:00"Howe is actually not that different from Kor..."Howe is actually not that different from Korean Americans of his generation: generally in white-collar profession, little experience in the gritty parts of life, and unable to truly understand Korean Americans of our parents' generation even as we love them dearly."<br /><br />Speak for yourself TK. I toiled away for four years working full-time at my parent's One Hour Photo shop in a heavily hispanic part of town...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-48704260038288486182011-09-26T11:52:23.753-04:002011-09-26T11:52:23.753-04:00Probably because "love and warmth" is no...Probably because "love and warmth" is not everything. I have had plenty of kindly people say some really ignorant, offensive things to me in the past.<br /><br />I have a major love-hate relationship with anthropological texts in general -- the majority of what is written is written from an outsider's perspective, because we are supposed to relate to them as outsiders. I'm sure the authors would say that they like and respect their "subjects", but they are still looking in from the outside, and will never truly know what is like to be a part of that culture. Ethnocentrism is something you can't just shake off.Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227695659650434117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-76956431035479271162011-09-25T18:21:45.396-04:002011-09-25T18:21:45.396-04:00Corporate law work is BS compared to running a Kor...Corporate law work is BS compared to running a Korean deli? In high school, I used to help out at my parents' store located in a bad part of town. BS ... is getting a gun drawn in your face for that benji in the cash register; BS ... is watching your parents slave away 365/24/7 while getting humiliated daily. I'll take my plush corporate law drone work over that BS any day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746703368836306851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-88384110181552601032011-09-23T15:42:31.518-04:002011-09-23T15:42:31.518-04:00The OP pretty clearly said the author treats the p...The OP pretty clearly said the author treats the people around him with love and warmth (and hardly like "zoo animals,") so the Korean has no idea why you would even write a comment like that.T.K. (Ask a Korean!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-39101636672984630632011-09-23T15:39:07.765-04:002011-09-23T15:39:07.765-04:00The whole premise sounds like "look at me! I&...The whole premise sounds like "look at me! I'm a white guy (aka one of YOU, the readers) and I'm doing what non-white people usually do! I'M SO SPECIAL. Oh by the way look at all these weird people I have to work with, aren't they hilarious?" Dwayne the big foul-mouthed black guy sounds like a stereotype too.<br /><br />Obviously I haven't read it so maybe it's totally different and the author doesn't treat minorities like zoo animals.Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227695659650434117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-25884252440612427212011-09-23T09:38:47.281-04:002011-09-23T09:38:47.281-04:00Thanks for the rec. Always looking for another go...Thanks for the rec. Always looking for another good author. Have added this one to my Goodreads "to read" list & am looking forward to its turn.Jesmylukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04918161685062319534noreply@blogger.com