I think young adult Korean Americans today (I’ll use Koreans as an example since I can’t speak for others) are more Korean than ever. Young adult Korean Americans today are more Korean than Koreans living in Korea. I think Korean Americans try very hard to be “Korean,” whatever that may look like in their mind. Sure, we all speak english and know how to act in the white dominated world, but once we’re accused of being white, or told, “can’t you read Korean faster?”, or asked why we don’t eat kim-chee, asked if we can read it, write it, and speak it, we feel as if we’re being told that we’ve been whitewashed and we go on the defensive. So, I think Korean-Americans today (again, I don’t know about other Asian Americans) feel more comfortable in their skin than previous generations who grew up in the States. The 2nd gen. is defined as being conflicted between two cultures…for some reason I think we need to reassess that definition, particularly with Korean Americans today. This is merely my observation so it could be total bunk.

Wayne, just curious, what is your beef with liberation theology? I’m guessing it’s the Marxist background? How scripture is interpreted? I really don’t know too much about LT, but reading the interview with Bill Moyer, I think Wright clearly understands that God is the one who changes things not governments. I’ll be honest and say that when I heard Rev. Wright’s “controversial” sermon, I did not find it to be anti-patriotic or anti-American.