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"I have a dream...that is now spoiled" Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” However, this dream that changed the course of American history, this dream that granted us equal opportunity, is jeopardized today in California. The campaign to reestablish Affirmative Actio.. 2015. 4. 24.
Healing Korea Recently, the theme of “mental illness” has become a trend in Korean dramas. From Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Savant Syndrome in Good Doctor (굿닥터), psychopathy and sociopathy in My Love from the Star (별에서 온 그대) and Bad Guys (나쁜 녀석들), Schizophrenia, social anxiety, and Tourette Syndrome in It’s Okay, That’s Love (괜찮아, 사랑이야), Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) in Heart to Heart (하트투하트), to Disso.. 2015. 4. 22.
삐뚤어진 국민들. 얼마전 같은 학교에 재학중인 중국인 친구와 논쟁 아닌 논쟁에 휩싸인적이 있었다."한국은 근대 사회 이전까지 중국의 부속 국가였다"우연치 않게 나온 한중 역사에 관한 이야기 중에 시작된 이 어처구니 없는 주장과 논리에, 필자는 무능하게도 결말을 맺을 수 없었다. 서로가 주장하는 역사적 배움과 사실이 판이하게 상반되었기 때문이다. 결국 서로의 '진실'만을 토해낸 채 씩씩 거리며 집으로 향할 수 밖에 없었다. 그 후, 가끔 길을 걷다 짧은 생각이 자주 스쳐 지나간다. 무엇이 과연 진실이며, 혹 진실이 존재한다면 어떠한 증거로 거짓과 혼란 속에서 '진실'을 밝혀내야 하는 것인가? 독일 나치 시절 '국민 계몽 선전부 장관' 자리에서 히틀러의 최측근 보좌를 맡았던 괴벨스, Paul Joseph Goebells, 는.. 2015. 4. 21.
Meditation on Dog Meat Soup In 2002, while the whole world was fanatic about the World Cup in South Korea, Brigitte Bardot, a French actress who is also a firm animal rights activist, condemned South Koreans, calling them “barbaric” for their custom of eating Dog Meat Soup. Touching upon the national sentiments of humiliation, this has ignited a hot debate over eating Dog Meat Soup in South Korea. On one side, this eating .. 2015. 4. 17.
The Power of Being Choiceless This article is written by our English columnist, Kyu Park. Did you ever go to a buffet and wonder why there are some dishes that no one would ever eat? They displease me, because they seem to serve as some cheap marketing of the buffet to look more appealing. But in our world, options are seldom taken as a burden. People think extra options are harmless, because they might as well not take thes.. 2015. 4. 15.
Blackboards versus Scoreboards Blackboards versus Scoreboards Millions of Americans live in poverty. Families suffering from hunger are prevalent, with the number of people living in homeless shelters obviously on a high – just strolling down Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California on any ordinary day conveys it all. While so many people fear not having the money to put food on the table or to live under a sturdy roof, we wa.. 2015. 4. 10.

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