And it’s not like Americans to get so worked up about ’soccer’, is it?

my grandfather used to tell me about the whip his father used to crack on him during their first few years off the boat. he was forbidden from speaking anything but english, and got a beatdown whenever he was caught playing with other immigrant children. his father repeated one phrase to him over and over: “We left for a reason and we’re not going back.”

thank jeebus he’s dead, because the sight of hundreds of thousands of “Americans” marching through the streets waving mexican flags, or 20,000 “Americans” proudly and publicly displaying their devotion and loyalty to South Korea without even an afterthought of doing the same for the US and A probably would have killed him.

‘wops and micks’. dang, bluebells, nice one. go ahead and add ‘krauts, frogs, nips and spearchuckers’. go on, get it out of your system. whatever credibility you had before, you just injected it into yourself for a quick rush.

origami, you’re all over the place. i couldn’t even follow what it is that irks you so. really, it’s just lazy teasing and bullying, isn’t it.

brendan, sorry to hear of your experiences. unfortunately, most countries require consanguinity for citizenship, including japan, germany, denmark and italy. and it’s a bitch to get french citizenship. the u.s. is an exception. it’s unfair and that’s why the u.s. is so cool. i’m sure canada is even cooler about it.

dissidentdave, i found it a little comical and sadly spiteful that you needed koreans to admit the ‘goal’. in the heat of the game, it appeared that the goalkeeper made a brilliant save. i’m sure it was a lot more ambiguous on the pitch and the referees rightly made a conservative ‘non-ruling’. yes, in a lot of the replays the ball looked in. but jeez, that’s sports, dude.

i just saw the togo-swiss game, and it looked to me like two obvious fouls by the swiss on togo as aberdayor tried to score in the penalty box. but again, that’s sports. and in the end it’s just a game.

i know it must feel overwhelming to be in korea surrounded by what seems like overzealous fans in full support of their team with controversial such and such about their players and socca orgs. but i assure you it is no different in any of the other countries. just in group g, togo has been less than admirable and just a mess. and there were huge riots in switzerland after their league championship.

no doubt, if you lived in any of the other world cup countries, you could find fault with at least one preening selfish forward (aderbayor has disturbed team chemistry and my french friends can’t stand henry), some of their insufferable fans and the inane politics of their football association.

but otherwise, i’m liking the blog and stand in unity with you on the no caps thing.

Team France should have simply scored more goals and simply they were not as sharp as expected.

Again one goal, as Dave described ” park’s goal was one of the ugliest”, screwed France up right at the end!

That is all about World Cup. Goal rules!

And for Albanians, with the greatest certainty I state there are absolutely no Albanians in the US. It’s the one group all Americans are unanimous in declaring, “Not them!”

We, KoreanAmericans, are going through the same immigrant experiences that other groups have gone through. Racism, hate, slurs, job discrimination, putdowns, mating difficulties, etc. Other groups, the Polish, the Irish, Italians, Germans, Jews, Eastern Europeans, the Chinese and Albanians, have gone through the exact experiences that you are facing.

You can choose to be all-American, 1/2 American-1/2 Korean or any combination you are comfortable with. But, our children at some point will be full Americans. There will have no ties with Korea. As we intermarry with other groups in the US, our Koreanness will be gone.

But till then, enjoy and celebrate “Korean” heritage. There is nothing wrong with it.