How does one's regional history affect one's individual identity? The term regional history is preferred to national because nation-states are relatively new phenomena and represent too large a territory to categorize per se. One’s sense of national identity can vary substantially within its regional borders, such as in India or the United States, and current borders do not designate previous …
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Immigrants, Refugees, and Halabeoji Hospitality
Some remember Mr. Rogers with his mild manner encouraging his viewers to be a good neighbor. Consider this example of caring for immigrants. My 93-year-old Texan friend was affectionately called “Ellis halabujji,” which is Korean for grandfather (할아버지). Mr. Ellis Baskette Reed, Jr. spent more than twenty years mentoring foreigners, most of whom were Koreans. As if we had been transported to the …