Elizabeth Gomez: 9 Constant Struggles for Korean Puerto Ricans (Koricans, if you will)

  1. Being mistaken for Filipino

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  1. Fighting the urge to add kimchi to arroz con pollo

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  1. Being mistaken for Hawaiian

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  1. PUERTO RICAN PRIDE expressed through a subtle display of Asian emotion

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  1. Being mistaken for Native American

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  1. Having endless fantasies of a threesome with Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Daniel Dae Kim

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  1. Being mistaken for Mexican, and then being berated for not speaking Spanish, even though it was your Korean mother who raised you and she does not speak Spanish.

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  1. Listening to people tell you that if Margaret Cho and Rosie Perez had a baby, it would look like you.

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  1. Trying not to show your excitement when you find out someone else is Korean and Puerto Rican because you thought they were Filipino.

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3 Comments

  1. We share almost the same struggles. In my case my mother is 1/2 Japaneses and Korean and my dad Puertorican. I do speak both languages.

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