Medium Post #2

Hi, all. Here’s my post #2.

After reading the articles about Chinese in Honolulu, Koreans in Befu, and Okinawans on the battlefront, I find that they were not fully belonging to the place they live to some extent. I also see how they fought back and gained independence for themselves. The sense of community and belonging was created by themselves through their efforts.

Personally, I am an international student who came to United States in my first year in university. I received Chinese education and studied Chinese “cultural productions,” for example — art, music and literature, for 12 years. However, when I came to UCSD, I surprisingly found that even in American education, people learned similar books and knowledge. In many courses I study Confucianism, which is a Chinese idea taking about “Ren.” Then I believe that the cultural productions are world wealth, no matter what the nationality and identity is. In modern society, we listen to different types of music, Asian’s pop music, American’s rap and jazz; We study different countries’ history and background information, to learn their literary and classical work. In this aspect, we have the common sense of community, we belong to the modern world. We share the arts and cultural productions. After this, we belong to our country and nationality. Cultural productions record the political struggle, revolution and how ancient people fought for their rights and independence. Everyone should have the sense of community after understanding the ancestor’s attempt through their work. In UCSD I find many people with various backgrounds studying and living together. This is the process of intercultural communication. Here, we find our values. Although many literature work written about political situation and pushing people to fight, in the process of learning, we not only learn the history and politics, but also share the arts.