Adding patois and Haiti to this constellation of words shifts the linguistic lens toward the colonial world and the complex, often violent, processes by which languages are born, suppressed, and transformed. Patois is a word that carries its own prejudice embedded within it: derived from Old French, it originally suggested rough, clumsy speech — the…
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Drachm, Phlegm, and Thumb
These three words share a fascinating silent consonant — the silent “b” in thumb, the silent “g” in phlegm, and the silent “ch” in drachm — and each of those silent letters is a kind of fossil, a remnant of an older pronunciation that speech gradually smoothed away while spelling stubbornly preserved it. This phenomenon,…
Black Jesus
ROMANS 10:9 is a reference to one’s belief in Jesus that leads to salvation. Jean Michel Basquiat once painted 109 on a painting. He even painted a male figure in the same picture that I would argue is Nipsey Hussle. Nipsey was not alive when the painting was created, but Nipsey took a photo that…
Final Thoughts
Every job is an opportunity. When the job ends, it’s important to take inventory of the lessons you have learned. In these videos, I decided to show the environment I worked in as well as talk about the many challenges I faced. I take full responsibility for my efforts or lack there of that did…
What Would Koreans Do?
Throughout my time in Korea, which was nearly ten years, I observed Koreans doing things that my Western sensibilities misunderstood. Koreans would hike mountains at the summit of which they would toast their achievement with a bottle of Soju. At the time I thought this was a strange practice. Alcohol was the last thing one…
The Ballad of Alfredo Sanchez Continues…
Alfredo Sanchez had never wanted to go to Costa Rica, so how he ended up living in the jungles of Drake Bay is summed up in two-words — volunteer opportunity.
Medellin, Colombia
My dinner cost $4.50!
I Made It.
Welcome to Latin America? I guess.
I Made It.
Welcome to Latin America? I guess.
Miss Korea 2017
The title of this blog is intentionally misleading. No, I am not writing about a beauty pageant in Korea, which some might find interesting. Then again, there are those who would find a beauty pageant in Korea less interesting due to a plethora of cosmetically altered faces, lack of diversity, and overwhelming body-image complexes. Instead I…
Art
Rome, Da Mi, and Su Jeong produced a video highlighting the challenges artists face. Both Da Mi and Su Jeong, artists in their own right, are ready to face those challenges head on. From the looks of their artwork, these two have the kind of work ethic that will help them succeed in the face…
Student Stories III
In the video below Ji Seon Kim describes the life lesson her father imparted to her. The video was produced by my students, Dong Kwan Kim and Woong Bee Oh. Ji Seon is interviewed by Jae Ho Yang. My students were kind enough to name the video: The Larry Show!
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