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[Review] “Where are You From?” A Danish Korean Adoption Story
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“Where are You From?” A Danish Korean Adoption Story
Speaker : Kasper Eriksen
Co-Writers: Lee Jueun and Joey Nunez
Date: January 10th, 2015
“I keep coming back, there is something here that I cannot find in Denmark.”
Kasper Eriksen shared his thoughts and perspectives as the GIC Talk Speaker on Saturday, January 10, 2015. Kasper showed the audience that his first life in Denmark is as a Korean adoptee and his second life in Korea is as an international resident.
First, Kasper enjoyed growing up with his family in Denmark, but when he became a teenager, he began to notice multiple stereotypes against him. For example, he shared that when he played games with other Asian children, some people would automatically assume that they were siblings.
Second, Kasper has visited Korea on three separate occasions, and every time he has come, Kasper has felt a part of community, until he has opened his mouth. Kasper is still learning Korean but he has to explain that he does not know the language to some Koreans who just cannot understand why he does not speak Korean.
This specific GIC Talk generated many questions from the audience, proving immense interest in Kasper’s life and perspectives. And, beginning January’s month of “New Beginnings,” the GIC’s first Theme for 2015, Kasper showed how he has enjoyed the “new beginnings” of being of both Korean and Danish descent in Korea. Because, as he mentioned, Kasper is both, “not a minority,” but he is just as much Danish as he is Korean.
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video : http://goo.gl/VW3LvG
