MORE IMPORTANTLY, I LOVE HOW THEIR BABY GIRL HAS ACCEPTED MR KWON AS HER SECOND DAD SO QUICKLY
I think he means more in the sense of having American blood running through his veins?
i'm sure different native american traditions have an specific way to call themselves instead of "american", this name and concept was invented by western people
I think it's just reading between the line, it's more like he's saying he has an American blood so he's half in blood. He just not saying it in detail. But if you have a name to call someone who has an American blood but not full, and never really live there, what would that be?
And I think they just broaded the extent of country, or generalized.
it's very obvious what he means by 'half-american' is that he's half white. idk why you'd jump to "this author must not know this information" rather than "this might be an issue of korean to english translation" first lmfao
I'd say neither
Cause most east asians don't bother with ethnicity and race that much (since most of them are homogenous population )
Yes I'd could be a "this might be an issue of korean to english translation"
But by half-american they ment half-foreigner and then they discovered the "half" is actually someone from American land and thus it came to be half-american (that is the conclusion I came at lol come come at me that how my brain worked)
Anyways I am not against anyone in here just sharing my first thought ya ll
I read all the above comments and still I stand by my opinions ...it's idk... interesting(?) to read people's first thoughts that end up being the talk of the town LOL
“I can’t believe i’m half american” eh, not to nitpick but you aren’t, bb boy. friendly reminder that american isn’t an ethnicity, it’s only an nationality. i’m guessing the author is a little confused but there is a difference between ethnicity and nationality. nationality is legal status of belonging to a particular nation (some ppl can have dual nationality esp when they’ve moved somewhere). mr kwon isn’t american bc he has never had status of living there. ethnicity is belonging to a population made up of people who share a common descent or cultural background (korean, puerto rican, nigerian). sometimes the words for ethnicity and nationality can be the same (like korean) but in an american’s case, it’s usually two different things unless you are native american. since america is a melting pot, there are many ppl with different ethnicities. I’m guessing the author is trying to suggest his father is white and in that case, his half ethnicity could fall under many things like italian, german, irish, or english (uk) etc. that being said. the only true ethnicity that is ‘american’ is ‘native american’ and I’m gonna take a blunt guess that his father is not that. it’s possible mr kwon could have some french or german in him.
this is such a minor thing I know and not a big deal to the story so I hope my comment doesn’t bother anyone but sometimes it’s moments like this where you can tell the cultural education of america sometimes gets lost or confused in eastern countries. kinda like how some japanese mangakas depict ‘americans kiss as a greeting’ in their stories and it’s like… no we don’t lol.