“Only Koreans are allowed because our employees are not able to communicate in English. It is not racist. Sorry. Please be generous about it,” reads a sign outside a bar in Hongdae—one of Seoul’s most popular neighborhoods for foreigners. Discrimination ...
Throughout our lives, if we’re lucky, we will come across people and experiences that genuinely help us grow and change us for the better. Glimpse was more than luck; it was destiny. I joined Glimpse in 2020 from my apartment ...
For duck you say “antis.” Quack! My earliest memories were spent with my grandma, or my Močiutė. For several years she lived in a vacant room in our basement after emigrating from Lithuania, and that made her my babysitter during ...
A Note From The Writer: Identity. It’s at the forefront of who we are and what we do. Yet, when someone asks about my identity, I often just give them a funny look. It’s not that the question of my ...
When I tell somebody that I speak German, their reaction is nearly always something along the lines of, “Cool! Are you German?” (or, is your family?). My negative response is then met with confusion and an inquiry as to why ...
The 2020 U.S. census shows that the Hispanic population decreased from 81.6% in 2010 to less than 57.8% in 2020. This statistic may seem confusing, as Mexican immigrants are the largest group of U.S. immigrants, and the United States is ...
I’ve always felt somewhat distant from my culture. When I was a kid, something felt off. But, I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. “What even is my culture?” is a question that was always in the back of ...
Representation is supposed to be a good thing, right? So why does it so often feel like minority politicians are doing more harm than good? Indians in the United States and the United Kingdom comprise around 20% of all Indian ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent invasion has forced Ukraine into the international spotlight, raising several questions about the names of Ukraine’s cities and the proper phrasing when referencing the country itself. In English, is the country’s capital “Kiev” or “Kyiv”? ...