Catfish and Mandala

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of a time growing up, because everywhere you go there is bound to be lots of white people. At times I also wanted to be black, because I loved playing sports and I wanted to one day become a professional football player.go pro to the NFL one day. But growing up and going through experiencing the racial comments, the fights, and more fights, and then and learning more about myself and my heritage, helped me to be proud to say that I wasam Korean.
Some can say Korean American, but to me I consider myself Korean because that is what I am, and what I was born to be. I am a Korean living in America, but I can also say that I am a Korean in China, no matter where I am, I will always be Korean. For me I am lucky that I realized my identity at a younger age than Pham, because it clears up a lot of confusion about who I am, while Phan at an older age is still trying to find himself, and his purpose..
For me realizing my identity was good, but knowing that I also had to come to realize the expectations with being Korean. Since Pham was the oldest child, For Pham being the first son his parentsfather had high educational expectations on him for him. were the highest, sending him to a private school hoping he’d c...